{"id":1007,"remedy_name":"Latrodectus Mactans","remedy_type":"Homeopathic Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Psoric Miasm","temperament":"Neutral","aggravation_time":"Neutral\/Anytime","keynote_indications":"S.A. Jones and A. J. Tafel introduced Lat -m. into the Materia Medica. The bite produces \ntetanic effects that last several days. From the time a man was bitten he took 3 1\/2 quart bottles of the best \nrectified whisky without any sign of intoxication. \nAffects the heart, producing angina pectoris. Heart attacks. The precordial region seems to be the center \nof attack. Restless with heart pains and prostration. Constriction of chest muscles with radiation to shoulders \nand back. Fear of suffocating or dying. \nBlood becomes thin, watery. Lowered coagulab ility. Inflammation of the coronary arteries. Pain in the solar \nplexus. Infectious purpura. Chronic hemorrhaging endothelial plasmatic condition. Chronic idiopathic \nthrombocytopenia. \nItching and redness of the part bitten, at first without pain, but violent pain soon commenced there (back of left \nhand), and extended in a short time up forearm and arm to shoulder and then to precordial region. Painful \nsensations extended up arm to shoul der, along neck to back of head, later, pain in pr\u00e9cordia and apnea, \nscreaming fearfully. Nervous tremors.","modalities":"Better by sitting quietly. Worse from the slightest movement, even of the hands, exertion.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Speech hesitant with tears. Apparently moribund. Depression. Mental fatigue. Amnesia. Memory gives \n \n \nno answer to logical deduction. Reading impossible. Staring up at ceiling, vague, in a stupor. Emotional \ndisturbances. Very nervous. \nAcute and enormous anxiety, with sensa tion of imminent death. Anxiety about the heart.  Intense anguish \nwith the sensation of severe thoracic constriction. Screams fearfully with pain, exclaiming that she would lose \nher breath and die. Thinks he will suffocate. Fear of dying. Lamenting helplessly. Wailing. \nAgitation. Mental irritability and restlessness. Sensitive to noise. Writhing and rolling in pain. Extreme state of \nnervous irritation with fear of going mad. Psychosis, becomes mad and psychotic, with hallucinations. Speech hesitant with tears. Apparently moribund. Depression. Mental fatigue. Amnesia. Memory gives \n \n \nno answer to logical deduction. Reading impossible. Staring up at ceiling, vague, in a stupor. Emotional \ndisturbances. Very nervous. \nAcute and enormous anxiety, with sensa tion of imminent death. Anxiety about the heart.  Intense anguish \nwith the sensation of severe thoracic constriction. Screams fearfully with pain, exclaiming that she would lose \nher breath and die. Thinks he will suffocate. Fear of dying. Lamenting helplessly. Wailing. \nAgitation. Mental irritability and restlessness. Sensitive to noise. Writhing and rolling in pain. Extreme state of \nnervous irritation with fear of going mad. Psychosis, becomes mad and psychotic, with hallucinations.","Vertigo":"Vertigo and constrictive headache. \nCOMMENTS - Heart attack (Cact.), with sharp, shooting pains. Chest pain. Gasping for breath, difficulty \nbreathing with a fear of dying. \nSemple recorded a case of a man bitten on the prepuce. At first there was itching, in less than half an hour \nnausea, followed by severe abdominal pains. Soon after, violent precordial pains, extending to axilla and down \nleft arm and forearm to fingers with numbnes s of the limbs and apnea. Dry cupping was resorted to and the \nblood that flowed was thin, florid and un-coagulable. \nWhen Semple arrived, he found violent precordial pains, the left arm almost paralyzed, pulse 130, very feeble, \nSkin cold as marble, countenance expressive of deep anxiety. At eight the next morning, in spite of stimulants, \nthe symptoms were worse and continued to increase until 2:30 p.m. \nThe pulse was uncountable and scarcely felt. Vomited black vomit, a quart or more. Soon after, reaction set in \nand the man gradually recovered. He had two copious stools like the black matter vomited earlier, and after \nthat felt quite well. \n \n \nJones noted that the precordial region is the chief locus of attack. He considered the order of the occurrence \nof these symptoms of great importance. \nLinnell recorded a case of angina pecto ris, pain in precordial region and left arm, brought on by the slightest \nexertion, that was cured with Lat-m. 3c.","Head":"Pain in neck to back of head. Occipital pain. Headache, aggravated between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Pain in neck to back of head. Occipital pain. Headache, aggravated between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.","Eyes":"Constant pulsating pain in the eyes.","Ears":"Pain in the right middle ear.","Face":"Expression of deep anxiety.","Mouth":"Labial fissure. Copious salivation. Trembling of the tongue. White coloring of the tongue. Hypertrophy \nof the lingual papillae. \nNose - Nose blocked, thick, yellow discharge. \nPulse - Pulse, feeble and rapid. Puls e so frequent it could not be counted and so feeble it could scarcely be \nfelt. Left pulse extinct, right pulse doubtful.","Throat":"Throat red, dry. Tonsillitis with glairy deposit on tonsils. Pain on swallowing.","Chest":"Angina pectoris.  Violent, precordial pain extending to the axilla and down the arm and forearm to \nfingers, with numbness of the extremity. Sinking sensation. Cramping pain from chest to abdomen. Precordial anxiety. Angina pec toris. Pain in pr\u00e9cordia with a loss of breath, screaming fearfully, \nexclaiming that she would lose her breath and die. Violent heart pains, sharp, extending to shoulders or \nboth arms to fingers with numbness. Restless with cardiac pain and prostration. Pulse feeble and rapid. Bronchial rales. Cough with hawking, yellow, thick, acrid sputum. Pulmonary edema. Gasping for \nbreath. Extreme apnea. Respiration only occasional, gasping. Respiration very slow, thinks he will suffocate. \nFear of losing breath and dying.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Eructation and loss of appetite. Nausea, then abdominal pains. Vomiting of black blood, which \nsoothes the condition. Transfixation of pain or sinking at epigastrium. Feeling of weakness in epigastric region. Severe abdominal pain with nausea and a sinking sensation at epigas trium. Colic and hardness \nof the abdominal wall. Chronic cramp of the abdominal muscles without painful tenderness on palpation. Extreme thirst, vomits what he drinks.","Urinary & Genital":"Frequent erections. Testicularpains, aggravated by movement. Very acute pains in the right testicle. \nPerspiration in the genital regions. Itching of prepuce with a little redness of the part.","Extremities":"Left arm partially paralyzed, or feels paralyzed, with pain. Hard, aching pain in axilla. Stinging in right \nwrist with itching and redness of bitten spot. Paresthesia of lower limbs. Weakness of legs followed by cramps \nin the abdominal muscles. \nKidneys - Burning pains on urinating in the urethra. Urine red, albuminous with casts. Proteinuria, hematuria, \nglycosuria, diminution in the level of nitrogen eliminated through the urine.","Neck & Back":"Dorsal and lumbar cramps, going from the nape to the loins.","Skin":"Skin cold like ice, marble-white. Blue coloring. Heavy, cold perspiration. Skin very painful at the slightest \ntouch. Burning of the soles of the feet. Eruption, \nwhich itches. Formication and extreme sensitivity. Loss of hair.","Sleep":"Insomnia. Sleep disturbed, anxious. Dreams of flying."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}