my 3-year old son has become sick very often lately.
this summer he got stung by a bee 4 times and has developed an allergic reaction to the stings. he got stung first time on his 1st birthay and twice when he was two. the bees seem to attack him without any reason, he is nowhere near them when they just head directly towards him.
he is allergic to dogs also, can not even be in the same room without getting a rash.
this fall he has been sick almost every other week. fevers, cough, stuffy nose and he is complaining about his ears. he received trimox in november, that's the only medication he has received. i don't think it did any good, he threw it up a few times. my husband believes in medicine, i rather use other methods.
he starts coughing 1-2 hours after he falls asleep and continues until the morning. as if something wanted to come out of his lungs but can't. he picks his nose because there is dry nasal disharge, after i pull out the dry green stuff, there is long slimy transparent "snakes" coming from i don't know where. he hates it when pull out those "snakes".
it seems that forced air heating that we have makes things even worse. he likes to sleep in a cold room, we also use a humidifier since he seems to get worse when we don't.
a day or two before he gets sick his behavior is weird. he is very sweet and kind and then all of a sudden he starts to run around and attack violently his sister (18 months) or me... as if he was a bee. he doesn't like loud noises and if there is any nearby, this same behavior starts.
this has started to happen this summer after he got stung the second time and i don't know what to do. he is suffering, doesn't have a very good appetite as he used to. he cries sometimes and wants to be held. he complains about pain in his tummy and something tickling his throat. he throws up easily when he is sick.
due to the allergies that we have in the family, he doesn't eat red meats, mostly chicken and fish. wheat makes him cough and the dairy does the same. we use organic soy products and pay a lot of attention to his diet.
he has not been vaccinated and this trimox has been the only medicine he has ever received.
last winter i gave him pulsatilla 30x, maybe it was not enough. he also got apis30x couple of times, i can't remember for how long. we don't have a homeopath nearby. i don't know what to do.
please help.

Please give the current symptoms he is having now if he is in the middle of an acute at this time.

When were the doses of apis given in relation to his stings? How long ago was this? How many doses were given and was there a reaction?

You say he has an allergic reaction to the stings now - how does this manifest as far as symptoms go?

Are you saying he wasn't ill until after the last of the bee stings?

Please describe his personality, likes dislikes, food preferences, perspiration etc. Also - what personality changes since the stings?

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Also - did I read correctly - he was stung 4 times this summer and twice before that? Six times total?

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Perhaps Apis 200C. I loved the way you said he attacks as if her were a bee--well, that's a pretty safe bet! The bees come straight to him!
And when he's sick, he goes into bee mode. I would really try apis 200. Apis 30X is the equivilent of Apis 12C. You'd need more than one dose of that. One dose of Apis 30X once a day would be more like it.

Snoopy

hi barb,
current symptoms:
ear infection (right ear), mild temperature early mornings, that dissappears after he's been up for awhile. lots of coughing at naptime and at nights, that starts after an hour or so after he has fallen asleep.
snakes in the nose...
he had three red spots on his body, one on the side of his neck, one in the armpit and one above his liver (size of a penny) they were little bumpy (i thought first he is getting measles or something) red and itchy. they are almost gone now. all those areas have a lot of lymph nodes so i thought that it could be some kind of a cleansing thing for him.
poor appetite, would like to have potato chips or pickles or crackers. used to like cereal or oatmeal in the mornigs, now almost spits it up.
used to like fruits, not now. eats chicken and fish, doesn't touch meats. wants to have yogurt now, didn't like it a few weeks ago. wants to drink lemonade or water with some lemon in it. likes mashed potatoes and french fries, egg whites, he also loves olives, broccoli and corn. macaroni and spaghetti are ok, he used to like them more. doesn't like bread, cheese, (loves feta cheese though) and puddings, cookies, candy (exept chocolate)
he drinks soy milk, i nursed him until he was 12 months, then we started with soy formula.
he is whining a lot now, almost about everything and that's not like him at all. he runs around the house like a headless chicken and the just attacks (throws himself onto)someone, often my daughter or me. he is very rough when he does that. when i ask him to stop he gets mad and can go to his room and slam the door (normally he is more quiet and peaceful, not aggressive at all) that is the part of his personality that changes most when he is sick. he can change from being very sweet to a very mean and aggressive person in a second.
complains about his tummy and throat and picks his nose.

he likes to be outdoors and play in the garden. he likes to plant anything, grass, new flowers.... most of his activities are garden oriented. he studies the flowers and knows the ones we have. (we have a lot, my husband is a horticulturist) he waters everything.
he likes to be around his friends and is doing well at pre-school. he has a very good memory.
jealous of his sister (18 months), has become more tolerant of her after i put him to pre-school.
likes to kissed and hugged, very tidy, doesn't like dirty hands or clothes. talkative and laughs a lot. doesn't like to be corrected. (we speak two languages in the family, he doen't like it when i sometimes have to correct him. he mixes up the languages sometimes). bossy. wants to have things his way.
likes to sleep in a cool room (we keep it at 68 degrees), doesn't like hot weather. wants to wear socks all the time.
not interested in sports too much. likes playing alone, too.
likes to talk to himself in front of the mirror, does it very often and he does a lot of dramatic gestures then (maybe he'll be a politician later!!!)

by now he's been stung 7 times altogether.
this summer he got so sick and swollen, he had fever for over a week and his personality changed (that attacking part) and his appetite changed too. he was whining and wanted to be held all time. his swelling was abnormal (i also took pictures and showed them to his pediatrician)
it was harder for him to breathe the last time and i'm afraid that next time he'll go into a shock. we are seeing a doctor for that next tuesday.
i gave him apis 30x after the sixth sting for a week.
the last time he got bach's rescue remedy, i wasn't too sure about the apis.
he got pulsatilla when he was younger, he seemed to fit into that picture. it was also 30x and i think he got it for a week or so.
he is very tall for his age, slim. blond with blue eyes, delicate skin. his nails are very brittle, specially on his toes.
what else?

hi again,
he started this on-off cough, nasal discharge, ear infection, fever thing after the last (7th)sting. he was NEVER sick before that, never even had a cold.
when i gave him apis after the 6th sting, he calmed down a lot although it didn't help the swelling at all. he slept a lot.

Please check all the chronic symptoms as Barb said- for example, does he feel worse from a warm or cool bath? You mentioned worse in hot weather, is he also worse from applied warmth? Does he keep his blankets on? Does he have generalized swelling, ie puffy hands and fingers and feet, puffy around eyes, swollen glands? Does he drop things a lot or seem clumsy? Is he thirsty? How are his toilet habits? What time of day is he worse? It's always good to see a homeopath hif possible, as they can see him and may pick up information that way.

Please read the thread Brown Recluse Spider for some other suggestions on bee stings. And I would have homeopathic Carbolic Acid on hand.

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I would give him a dose of Apis 200, or 30C three times a day for 2 or 3 days--stopping if the remedy acts, starting again if a relapse occurs.

He's putting out a mental picture of apis and there are confirmatories in his jealousy, his right-sided complaint and desire to sleep in a cold room.

Snoopy

You may start an anaphylactic attack if you give the apis too high. Start with 3 doses of 6C. The 200 is too dynamic to risk in my opinion.

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I would agree to starting low- stay with 6c 3 times a day for as long as you can get benefit from it, and then ascend potencies if needed. If you do ever use the 30c, I would give only one dose and wait. One dose of 30 can work for a long time, no need to overstimulate and bring on an aggravation. And I would still wait till you have the carbolic acid since it is not an emergency and that would give you the time to post the case more fully and be sure of the remedy- especially since it is one that has caused such strong reactions. The Carbolic Acid 200c is for in case of anaphylaxis.

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