Hi all,
The whole family has come down with the flu/cold. I've been possibly able to help all of them, but myself. That's why I'd love your assistance.

Sx came on after exposure to cold. Monday night. (PST)

First a deep, painful cough, producing little yellow mucus. The chest and throat hurt for a while after coughing.

Fever up to 101°F/39°C with chills on feet/legs and up my back. Stiff neck and achy body. The bodyaches are better this morning.

Nose is stuffed with one nostril open alternatively. Mucus is yellow, tough to get down, very little mucus. That is the nighttime situation. This morning, violent sneezing with clear discharge.

Throat painful, scraped feeling, pain extending to ears. Most painful upon swallowing and after coughing.

Crave cold drinks, but hot drinks soothe better.
Forget to drink most of the time.
Lips/mouth dry.

Ears painful, extending up through the temples/forehead, forming something like a "paincirlce" up to forehead, down to throat.

Funny feeling as if I feel the roots of my hair mainly right over the forehead, but also behind the ears.

Moods: would love to curl up in bed and be left alone with no responsibilities. That's not possible though with 2 small children and one big one (hubby) , so I'm somewhat crabby, irritable, snappish.

I'll consider whatever you come up with and I really appreciate your help here, since I'm so blind when it comes to myself.

Thanks.
Claudia

[ 30 January 2002, 17:49: Message edited by: ClaudiaRosemarin ]

Hi Claudia,
Sounds like you've got what I've got! Sorry you aren't feeling so well.

Have a look at Gelsemium and Sulph. (maybe look at Nat-mur and Bry too?).

I was thinking Gels because of your desire to be left alone (to curl up and just lie down) along with 'forgetting to drink' (no thirst), throat/ear sx (pain extending to ears), & dry painful cough -- achy back and chills up spine, too.

Are you cold? Wanting to cover up and get warm? Do you want fresh air? What time are you worse? (10am Gels and Nat-mur so have to differentiate between those)

Gels seems to me to be the closest, but I haven't gone through the other rem's closely enough to try to differentiate ...just have a look and see what you think.

But the irritability and crabbiness makes me think strongly of Sulph with those other sx.

BTW, I was just prescribed Sulph for this (Gels yesterday....)..I can tell you what my homeopath and I discussed tonight - regarding this nasty cold/flu (whatever the heck it is!) via email.
Feel better soon ,
Lisa xo

PS have a look at Puls too.....

[ 30 January 2002, 18:04: Message edited by: LisaAnnan ]

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Hi Lisa,
Thanks for the suggestions and compassion - that's really what I need !
Please do email me, it would be interesting. Meanwhile I'll look into your remedy suggestions.
Claudia

Hi Claudia,

Please take Aconite before you go on to any other remedy. The reason being exposure to cold.

Give few doses of 30, whoever was exposed to cold.

Other remedies will follow on depending on the symptoms.

Please let us have the feed back.

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Claudia

I agree with Shashi Roy - Aconite also has the symptom of head, hair, painful roots

barb

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Hi Shashi Roy and Barb,
That's actually what I did upon coming in from the cold, I took Aconitum ! The next morning (a combination of cold and exhaustion because of my baby having high fevers and being endangered to seize) I wasn't myself ! I'll keep looking though, perhaps Bryonia, which follows Aconite well and goes deeper.
Thanks anyways,
Claudia

Hi Claudia,
Sorry you haven't figured out what you need yet.
(Shashi, thanks for pointing out the sudden onset..I'm a bit under the weather and didn't look closely at the onset -which I shouldn't have missed. Also, I rather was [preoccupied] looking at the whole set of symptoms as well - and compared it to what I have - and a few others I know..and it is sooooo similiar...so was thinking along the lines of what the GE's might be.......)

I was just reading through Nash - under Aconite...just thought this was interesting:

Was the air dry or wet (fog, etc?)? This might help when you put all the symptoms together.......

Also, which potency did you try? Was there a smidge of improvement at all? (just thinking maybe you needed a 200 instead of a 30 if that is what you took)? Just some thoughts.

Man it's not easy getting all this down - is it?! That's why I love reading authors like Nash - he differentiates between rem's like above...and helps to do short comparisons on key points that I might likely miss not being so experienced!

Hope you figure out what you need soon. Like Shashi said, please let us know what works for you.
Take care,
Lisa

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IF it is dry cold I would next look at hepar sulph. I think everyone I know is sick - including moi. Take care.

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Barb, sorry to hear you got something too. Hope it will get better soon.

I've actually gone to the mentals again and figured that they are a lot like Ignatia, so I decided to take a 30 C. I was running about 38.8 and after the remedy, it peaked at 39.2, I got hot ears (boy they were steaming) and now the temp. is down to 38.3. Overall, I'm a lot calmer and for the first time in hours warm to the finger tips and toes. It feels like I have some overall lifejuice again !
The head doesn't hurt as much as before, but I'm still quite sick. I'll keep informing you whether my own body just did the "adjustment" or whether it was the remedy giving me a kick - it's such a learning curve when it happens on oneself !
Thanks to all for their input.
Claudia