Anyone able to give any suggestions on a remdy dosage and frequency for us?
we're sick of this endless cough!




QUESTIONNAIRE FOR CHILDREN

Child's First Name:RUBY
Age:4
Height:100 CM
Weight:17 KILOS
Birth weight:3.900 KILOS
Hair color:BLONDE
Race/nationality:ENGLISH

1. What is the chief complaint?

Persistent cough. lots of mucous in the chest. difficult to bring out. Especially nighttime. To the point of vomiting yellow mucous. (no nausea). I have the same. We have had the same cough for 3 weeks now. no real improvement. tried ant tart, maybe not long enough and tonight i started silicea 30 c.

2. When did this problem start? What happened in the child's life around that time? What do you think caused it?
3 weeks ago. a lot odf people seem to have the same but ours won't go away.

4. What makes the chief complaint better? {See examples above.}
herbal cough syrup - alittle better for a brief time


5. What time of day is the worst for your child {try to specify a time}?Nightime

6. What symptoms accompany the chief complaint? Examples might be headache with runny nose or runny eyes, stomach pains with irritability, and so on.
intermittent conjunctivitis.


7. What was the mother's and father's state of health at time of conception? How did the mother feel during pregnancy physically and mentally? Did she suffer any shocks or traumas while pregnant?
Relatively good i think {though her father drinks a lot of alcohol}. Pregnancy-good, i felt healthy. Mentally very positive but upset by break-up of relationship with her father.

8. Did the mother have any unusual or memorable dreams while pregnant?
That i could swim with dolphins.

9. Did the mother take any drugs while pregnant?
The odd glass of wine.

10. Were there any complications at birth? Cervical disproportion - caesarian

11. At what age did the child: crawl, walk, talk, teethe, toilet train, wean? walk- 1 year. talk -1 and a half to 2 years. teethe- 8 months? toilet train - 2 years. wean - not yet.

12. How did the child react to the following situations: vaccinations, birth of younger sibling, tarting day care, starting school, spending night with a friend, going away to camp, traveling with the family?
day care - she was very confident and at ease. travelling - always been able to adjust quite well.

13. How many rounds of antibiotics has the child had and for what conditions? She may have had antibiotics via my breast milk when she was born as i had them intravenously during the birth (in case of streptococcolys). They may also have put some antibiotic in her eyes on her birth as regular procedure but I never found out.


15. Did the child have an especially severe childhood illness--measles, mumps, croup, etc.? no

16. When ill or upset does the child want to cling or be left alone, or something else
altogether? Usually wants to be with me.

17. How would you describe the child's behavior when playing with other children? Very open and generally gentle and interested.

18. What feedback do you get from the child's teachers?
That she is very independent. that she plays alone easily, and makes friends easily. that she is rather sensitive and gets upset if they ask her to do something even when there is no real sense of chastisement -like "can you put your shoes on to go outside?" for example and she sets upset as if they have told her off and can get very angry too. She loves looking after baby dolls. she is very gentle and sweet-natured most of the time but has a real angry temper on her too.

19. How does your child treat animals? she chases her cat around but is (mostly) gentlewith him..

20. What foods and drinks does your child crave? What foods is he or she averse to? Are there any
foods he or she reacts badly to and in what way? Do the drinks have to be cold {or with ice} or
can they be any temperature?
She likes yoghurt, chocolate, chocolate ice cream {not any other flavour though}, fish, meat, potatoes,cucmbers artichokes, leeks, broccoli,spinach, coconut milk, milk, egg white.
She dislikes carrots, peas, peppers, egg yolks,

21. What fears does your child have? None that i am aware of.

22. Is the child chilly or warm? Is there excessive perspiration anywhere?
She gets hot easily.
She likes cool water and being in the shade.

23. How affectionate is the child when not sick? She is pretty affectionate.

24. How sympathetic is the child {concerned with the suffering of others}? Very much with her baby dolls and if anyone cries, she is really concerned.

25. How is the child affected by music and dancing? Loves music and dancing

26. What emotion tends to predominate with the child? Humour.{is that an emotion? if not, curiosity and generosity.<}

27. Is the child fastidious? Please explain. No though sometimes she will pick out foods she likes and leave those she doesn't.

28. Is the child sensitive to criticism and reprimand? Give examples. Yes. She will sometimes understand a neutral request as a criticism as i mentioned above.

29. Describe the child's eating habits, for example: picks at his food, or eats voraciously, or

It has varied a lot over the last year, its difficult to say. She used to sit down and eat quite well now i find she dioesn't really unless we pretend she's a baby who needs to be fed. Sometimes she picks, occasionally she is voracious. She finds it hard to sit still especially but then there is no big family eating occasion, she tends to be on her own with me sitting with her.

30. Are there any digestive complaints--waking with stomach pains, or a lot of gas and bloating or burping, or constipation, etc.?
No

31. Are there any problems associated with sleep? What position does he sleep in? Does he throw
the covers off? Does he sweat during sleep? On which part of the body? Trouble falling asleep?
Nightmares, etc.?
She has never really slept through the night but constantly wakes up
because she wants to sleep with me. She often sleeps on her front with her bottom up in the
air.She grinds her teeth very loudly and it sounds painful She always throws offf the covers. She dislikes the idea of going to bed. Her head is sometimes sweaty, but then it is hot here.

32. Any skin symptoms or anything note-worthy about the skin, the complexion, etc.?

33. Is there anything striking, or characterizing about your child, for example: attatchments,
unusual desires and abilities, preferences in clothing, etc.? She is learning 3 languages at a time and I think she is verbally very precocious in her mother tongue {English} even if that were not the case.
I don't think she is particularly attached to any of her teeddy bears etc, maybe for a few days then a different one but there has never been a special tedy or thing she wanted to always have with her. {She likes her realistic baby best though}.
She likes flamboyant princessy clothes but then I guess most 3 yr old girls do...

34. How cooperative is the child? Very, when she wants to be. She is incredibly wilful if she doesn't want to co operate.

35. What's standing in his way of getting what he wants or needs?
Nothing really
36. How often does the child get sick? Does he tend toward certain illnesses?
Generally extremely robust.
She has had the odd cold, but basically her health has been wonderful except for the recurrent mouth thing . And actually i was worried for quite a few motnths as she seemed to have a chronic cough at night which i even thought might be asthma but it seems to have gone in the last few months.

37. What illnesses run in the family, including the grandparents?
Cancer, grandparents on both sides.

38. What does the child really love to do?
Play on the beach. run around near and in water with no clothes on. Hide under sheets/blankets. Look at animals. Be with babies. Go to parties. Draw and paint. dress up as a princess.

39. It's important for us to know what may have been the cause for the complaints you have mentioned. To this end, please make a list, in order of occurence, of the major events in the child's life, including such things as physical and emotional traumas, major illnesses, losses,deaths in the family, surgeries, etc. and the child's age at the time. If he or she had a notable reaction to these events, please describe.
5 weeks - she started crying for a few weeks solidly. Later i found out she had had vaginal thrush {probably because of the antibiotics i had intravenously during her birth}
3 months - she fell off a bed. Cried a lot, then was fine. No damage.
4 months - we went travelling in the Philippines and Thailand for 6 months. She seemed very happy and well adjusted, though we both got sick directly after the two long aeroplane flights there and back. At this time she had a severe cold and cough.
No traumas, major illnesses, losses , no deaths or surgeries so far...


THANK YOU!!!!!