Syphilinum

Common name: syphilitic virus.

Is indicated in affections that are dependent upon a latent syphilitic taint (Bl.).

Is of great service in children with congenital syphilis, who show the effects of the disease (Aur., Bar-C., Nit-Ac.) (Bl.).

Rheumatism in syphilitic constitutions (Aur., Kali-B., Nit-Ac., Phos-Ac., Sil.) (D.).

Rheumatism of the shoulder-joint, or at the insertion of the deltoid; worse from raising the arm laterally (Rhus-T.) (A.).

Sciatica, worse at night, better about day-break (B.).

Carious ulcers (Asaf., Fluor-Ac., Sil.); pains worse from sun down to sunrise (N.).

Caries of the spine (Calc., Lyc., Merc., Nit-Ac., Sil.) (N.).

Severe pain in long bones (Br.).

ALL THE SYMPTOMS ARE WORSE AT NIGHT; THE PAIN BEGINS IN THE EVENING AND END AT DAYLIGHT (Bl.).

Ophthalmia neonatorum (Arg-N., Calc.; Hep., Kali-S., Sulph. (A.).

Pain in the eyes intensified at night and are relieved by cold bathing (Puls.) (A.).

Falling of the hair (Lyc., Nat-M., Phos-Ac.) (A.).

Chronic syphilitic headaches (Aur., Kali-B., Nit-Ac., Sil.) (D.).

Headache causing sleeplessness and delirium at night (A.).

Deep, crushing head pains (B.).

Profuse lachrymation (All-C., Euphr., Nat-M., Rhus-T.) (R.).

Top of the head feels as if coming off (C.).

Eyes glued together in the morning (Arg-N., Calc., Carb-S., Clem., Graph., Med., Rhus-T., Sulph.) (R.).

Diplopia; one image seen below the other (C.).

Ptosis (Arg-N., Caust., Sep.) (A.).

Photophobia (Con., Nat-M., Phos.) (C.).

Recurrent phlyctenular inflammation of the cornea (C.).

Otorrhœa with acrid, watery or purulent discharge (Kali-S.) (R.).

Abscesses or boils coming in succession (Sulph.) (R.).

Copper-coloured, reddish-brown eruptions over the body, with a disagreeable odour (B.).

Pustular eruption on different parts of the body (Ant-C., Merc., Rhus-T., Sulph.) (R.).

Pains increase and decrease in severity gradually (Plat., Stann.) (Bl.).

Offensive, thick, yellow-green nasal discharge (Kali-B., Puls.) (R.).

Scabs form in both nostrils during sleep (Nux-V., Puls.) (R.).

Ozæna (Aur., Calc., Kali-B., Lach.) (C.).

Caries of nasal bones (Aur., Kali-I.) (C.).

Face drawn to one side, with difficult speech and mastication (Caust.) (R.).

HEREDITARY TENDENCY TO ALCOHOLISM (N.).

CRAVING ALCOHOL IN ANY FORM (Sulph-Ac.) (N.).

Extreme emaciation of the entire body (Abrot., Iod., Nat-M., Sanic., Sil.) (A.).

Lancinating pains from the base to the apex of the heart at night (from the apex to the base of the heart- Med.; from the base of the heart to the clavicle or shoulder- Spig.) (A.).

Salivation at night (Merc., Rhus-T.) (B.).

Vomiting of food, or dark, grumous matter (Con., Lach.) (R.).

Heart-burn with pain and rawness from the stomach to the throat-pit (Iris) (R.).

Teeth decay at the edge of the gum and break off; are cupped, edges serrated; dwarfed in size, converge at their tips (Staph.) (A.).

Stools dark, bilious and offensive (Bapt., Nat-S., Sulph.) (R.).

Fissure in the anus and rectum (Graph., Nat-M., Nit-Ac., Petr., Thuj.) (A.).

Prolapse of the rectum (Merc., Podo., Sulph.) (A.).

Thick, yellow and offensive leucorrhœa, with constant pain across the back (Sep.) (R.).

Obstinate constipation for years; rectum seems tied up with strictures; when enema was used the agony of passage was like labour (Lac-C., Tub.) (A.).

Ulcers on the labia (Merc., Nit-Ac.) (C.).

Leucorrhœa profuse, soaking through the napkins and running down to the heels (Alum., Calc., Graph., Sep., Sil., Stann.) (N.).

Menses have odour of rotten meat (B.).

Fears the terrific suffering from exhaustion on awakening (Lach.) (A.).

Terrible dread of night on account of mental and physical exhaustion on awakening; it is intolerable, death is preferable (A.).

Sensation, as if going insane, as if about to be paralyzed (A.).

Sensation of apathy and indifference (Phos-Ac., Sep.) (A.).

Loss of memory (Kali-P., Lyc., Nat-M.) (A.).

Cannot remember names of books, persons or places Merc., Nux-M., Psor.) (A.).

Hopeless, despair of recovery (Psor.) (C.).

Always washing her hands (K.).

AGGRAVATION: At night; from sundown to sunrise; from extreme cold or heat; in damp weather; from raising the arm laterally; during thunder-storm; every alternate full moon.

AMELIORATION: From change of position; from slow motion; by cold bathing; in high altitude; and during the day.

RELATIONSHIP: Compare: Asaf., Aur., Calc., Fluor-Ac., Graph., Kali-I, Lach., Lyc., Merc., Nat-M., Phos-Ac., Phyt., Plat., Rhus-T., Sep., Sil., Thuj. and Zinc.