Fluoricum Acidum
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General
Fluoricum Acidum.
Hydrofluoric acid. H F. Made by distilling pure fluorspar (Calcium fluoride) in a state of fine powder with sulphuric acid. Solution.
Clinical
Abscess. Alcoholism. Alopecia. Apoplexy.
Bone, affections of. Brain, atrophy of. Cicatrix. Coccygodynia.
Decubitus. Dropsies. Eyes, affections of. Fistula.
Gleet. Goître. Gonorrhoea. Haemorrhoids.
Hair, falling out. Hands, perspiring. Headache. Hydrocele.
Liver, induration of. Locomotor ataxy. Naevus. Nose, inflammation of.
Nymphomania. Otorrhoea. Peritonitis. Perspiration.
Pityriasis. Satyriasis. Splenalgia. Suppuration.
Syphilis. Teeth, defective. Toothache. Tongue, ulceration of.
Varicosis. Veins, diseased. Whitlow.
Characteristics
Fluoric acid acts on the lower tissues of the body much like Silica, which it follows and precedes well. It is useful after the abuse of Silica. The modalities of the two are different; Fluor. ac. having > from cold applications.
It acts on the bones, especially the long bones, causing caries and necrosis, and favours the expulsion of the necrosed part. Fistulae, rectal, dental, and lachrymal come within its sphere. Old cicatrices become redder and itch. Small red spots here and there, < by warmth, > in cool place.
Red blotches on body which tend to desquamate. Nails grow rapidly. Teeth are deficient in enamel; black, rough, unsightly-looking. Increased sensitiveness of vision and hearing.
According to Guernsey Fluor. ac. affects the right ear; left teeth; left hypochondrium; left side of abdomen; right side and nape of neck; right side of back. T. F. Allen has recorded an experience (N.
A. J. H., 1886, p. 288) showing the applicability of Fl. ac. in whitlow. A lady spilled some of the acid on her hand and though treated at once with turpentine a few spots escaped on one hand, and these soon gave her great pain, intensely pulsating.
The pulsations involved the tip of the thumb especially, though this had not been touched by the acid. It was not red like the spots touched by the acid but was sore to touch, and when pressed there was a sensation as of a splinter under the nail and in the cellular tissue. This lasted some days. The whole hand was swollen and hot, > in cool, open air.
In a workman whose hand was exposed to the fumes of the acid there was intense throbbing pains especially in the thumb; suppuration occurred later and was very slow to heal. According to McLachlan, the left hand is affected rather than the right and the pus tends to point on the dorsum of the finger. > From cold washing distinguishes it from Silic. Fl. ac. is also distinguished from Sil. by the general > from walking in the open air.
"A constant, irresistible desire to walk in the open air; it does not fatigue," is characteristics of Fl. ac. Hunger predominates. There is < from wine like Zinc.; but also < from red wine, which is peculiar to Fluor. ac. Abdominal symptoms > by tightening clothes (Nat. mur.—opp.
Lach., Hep.). Peculiar symptoms are: Increased ability to exercise his muscles without fatigue. Is less affected by excessive heat in summer or cold in winter. Sensation as of a cold wind blowing under lids, even in warm room; as of air passing down from shoulder-joint to fingers.
Numbness of limbs even when not lain on. Motion <. Bending backward, and bending head back >. Cold drinks < toothache; washing with cold water >.
Warm drink < diarrhoea. Symptoms seem to go from below upward. Suited to complaints of old age, and premature old age; weakly constitutions, sallow skin, emaciation.
Relations
Compatible: after Arsen. in ascites from gin-drinker's liver after Kali c. in hip disease; after Phos. ac. in diabetes. Compare: Coca (fatigue); Coffea (toothache); Citr. ac. and Sep. (aversion to one's family); Oxal. ac. (diarrhoea < from coffee); Rhus t. and Ruta (coccygodynia); Silic. (fistula, onychia, bone diseases, coccygodynia); Brom., Iod., Spongia and Kali c. (goître); Staph. (teeth). Followed well by: Sulph., Nit. ac.
Mind
Uncommon buoyancy of mind; fears nothing and is self-satisfied
Disposition to be exceedingly anxious, causing perspiration
Aversion to his own family
Sensation as if danger menaced him
Forgetfulness of dates and of his common employment.
Head
Vertigo with sickness of the stomach
Congestion of blood to the head (forehead)
Dulness (towards night) in the occiput
Dulness and pressure in occiput
Sensation of numbness in the forehead
Heaviness above the eyes, with nausea, < on motion
Compressing pain in the temples
Headache > by profuse flow of urine
Severe pressing pain in temples, from within outward
Pain along the sutures
Caries of the temporal bones
Sensation of weakness, like numbness in the head (and hands)
Itching of the head
Falling off of the hair; the new hair is dry and breaks off
Baldness.
Eyes
Violent itching in the canthi
Burning in the eyes
Pressure, as if it were behind r. eyeball
Fistula lachrymalis
Sensation of sand in the eyes, or as if a fresh wind was blowing on them.
Ears
Intolerable itching in both ears
Singing in ears
Hardness of hearing > bending head back.
Nose
Red, swollen, inflamed nose
Obstruction of the nose
Fluent coryza.
Face
Heat in the face; desire to wash it with cold water
Perspiration, esp. in the face
Crusta lactea, dry, scaly, itches very much
Tubercles in skin of forehead and face, suppurating; syphilis infantum.
Mouth
The teeth feel warm (l. upper jaw)
Fistula (near the r. eye-tooth) with great sensitiveness of the upper jaw to the touch
Sensation of roughness (lower incisor teeth)
Toothache < from cold drink; or > until water becomes warm in mouth
Rapid caries of teeth
Acrid, foul taste from the roots of the teeth
Increased flow of saliva
Increased flow of saliva (with sneezing; with pricking of the tongue.)
In the morning the mouth and teeth are full of mucus
The posterior nares feel expanded during a walk
Tongue deeply and widely fissured in all directions, with a large, deep phagedenic-looking ulcer in the centre.
Throat
Throat peculiarly sensitive to cold, slightest exposure resulting in inflammation, with increase of pain and impeded deglutition.—Constriction in the throat with difficult deglutition; in the morning hawking up of much phlegm which is mixed with blood.
Stomach
Hunger predominates
Thirst, craves refreshing drinks
Aversion to coffee
Eructation and discharge of flatulency
Frequent eructations
Nausea, eructations, and lassitude
Sickness of the stomach, with general heat
Fulness and pressure in epigastrium
Pressure from weight in the stomach, between meals
Heat in the stomach before the meal
Bilious vomiting after slight errors in diet, with increased alvine discharges, preceded by tormina.
Abdomen
Frequent passages of flatus and belchings, which relieve
Great tension and dropsical swelling of the abdomen
Pinching in the region of the spleen (extending to the hips), 11 a.m
Pressing pain in the region of the spleen and l. arm
Sensation of emptiness in the region of the navel, with desire to draw a deep breath;
> by bandaging and eating.
Stool And Anus
Soft small stools in the morning after drinking coffee, and again in the evening, with protrusion of the haemorrhoids
Watery stools in the morning after rising
Frequent passages of flatus and eructations (with constriction of the anus)
Stool pappy, yellowish-brown, fetid, with tenesmus and prolapsus ani
Protrusion of the anus during an evacuation
Constipation; stools infrequent and hard
Itching within and around the anus, in the perineum (evening).
Urinary Organs
Free discharge of light-coloured urine, affording relief
Very frequent discharge of light-coloured urine (thirst increased)
Whitish purple-coloured sediment in the urine
Intolerable burning in the urethra during and after urination.
Male Sexual Organs
Increased sexual desire (in old men) with violent erections all night
Sensation of fulness in both spermatic cords
Highly excessive enjoyment and pleasure during coition
Seminal discharge tardy but free, and without bad after-feeling.
Female Sexual Organs
Menstruation too early and too copious; the discharge is thick and coagulated.—Acrid leucorrhoea; itching.
Respiratory Organs
Itching in the larynx, which causes him to hawk and to swallow
Short frequent cough, mostly dry, white, frothy sputa
Itching under the ribs (l.)
Difficult respiration (afternoon and evening)
During respiration wheezing (hydrothorax).
Chest
Oppression of chest, > bending backwards
Nipples itching, sore, cracked
Itching, redness, swelling of (r.) nipple
Itching on l. breast and r. side of nose.
Heart
In the heart sensation of soreness, jerking.
Neck And Back
Rigidity in the nape of the neck
Pain (headache) from the nape of the neck extending through the centre of the head to the forehead
Bruised pain in the os sacrum and loins, > by stretching, bending backwards, and by pressure.
Upper Limbs
Pain in r. shoulder-joint
Pain in r. shoulder-joint, extending toward fingers, with sensation as if air were passing down
Trembling in the biceps and triceps of r. arm
Slight lameness in r. arm (has some difficulty in writing)
Rheumatic pains in l. arm from shoulder to elbow, with lameness
The l. forearm and hand asleep (in the morning)
Numbness and lameness in l. forearm and hand (morning)
Pain in l. index finger; the whole finger is painful internally
Weakness and numbness of the hands and head
Constant redness of the hands, esp. the palms of the hands
Acute prickings, as with needles, in the fingers
Thumbs and fingers inflamed, with acute throbbing pains
Sensation of a splinter under nail
The nails grow more rapidly
Brittleness of the nails
Panaritium; also simple onychia.
Lower Limbs
Oedematous swelling up to the abdomen
Varicose veins
Acute stitches in r. hip-bone
Lameness in l. hip
Pain in r. knee-joint
The l. leg falls easily asleep
Burning stitches under the soles of the feet (in the morning)
Feet hot and burn
Soreness between the toes
Soreness of all his corns.
Generalities
Lassitude.—Loss of strength.—Limbs go to sleep, although he does not lie on them.—Increased ability to exercise his muscles without fatigue, regardless of the most excessive heat in summer or cold in winter.—Violent jerking, burning pains, confined to a small spot.
Skin
Old cicatrices become red around the edges, covered or surrounded by itching vesicles, or they itch violently
Burning pains on small spots of the skin
Itching of the skin (in the month of March)
Elevated red blotches
Red, round, elevated blood vesicles, resembling little flesh-warts
Varicose veins on the (l.) leg
Caries and necrosis
Ulcerations, esp. after the abuse of Silica.
Sleep
Sleeplessness without inclination to sleep; a short sleep suffices and refreshes him
Drowsy and sleepy in the early evening
Dreams toward morning.
Fever
General heat with nausea
General heat with nausea from the least movement, with inclination to uncover oneself and to wash oneself with cold water
Perspiration, clammy, acid, disagreeably smelling, principally on the upper part of the body, esp. on moving in the afternoon and evening, with itching
The perspiration favours soreness of the skin and decubitus
Less susceptible to the summer heat.