Pharyngeal Spasm

Tetanus homeopathic approach
It is a state of toxemia due to the absorption of soluble toxin from the wound contaminated with Clostridium tetani.

Agency:

Clostridium tetani is an anaerobic gram + ve bacteria with terminal spores giving a drum stick characteristic appearance. This is primarily found in manure and soil.

It releases mainly two main types of exotoxins

1. Tetanospasmin: it is a neurotoxin acting on the endplate

2. Tetanolysin He is an oxygen labile toxin hemolytic

Input mode:

1. usually by a penetrating wound

2. dirty abrasions

3. chronic ulcers such as boils, whitlow, dental extractions

4. Subcutaneous injections of irritating medications

5. contaminated umbilical cord of a newborn

6. post abortion and post partum

7. Postoperative tetanus

The incubation period:

Three days to three weeks on average 7 days

The time interval between the first and the first symptom is called reflex spasm onset period. The less the period of onset of the disease is more fatal.

Pathology

The soluble toxin is absorbed from the site of infection.

The spores germinate in anaerobic conditions is contributed by necrosis and decay of the site of the lesion, the calcium ions from the soil or hemorrhage.

The toxin reaches the central nervous system, either by nerve blood or lymphatic system.

Then he attaches to the anterior horn cells and causes nerve hyperexitability motor neurons and inhibits cholinesterase, leading to reflex spasm

Clinical features:

1. Trismus (lockjaw)

2. Stiffness of muscles of the head, neck, back, abdomen.

3. sardonicus Risus

4. Opisthotonous (bow as bending) of the body. Sometimes the psoas and abdominal muscles can break

5. due to a spasm of swallowing muscles dysphagia

6. Initially the spasms are conditional and subsequently becomes unconditional

7. The general symptoms such as fever, cyanosis is present

8. High temperature (fever) of 38C (100.4F) or above

9. heart rate (tachycardia)

10. Sore throat

11. Sweating

12. Headache

13. Great tenderness

Leading causes of death

1. lung infections mainly bronchopneumonia

2. Aspiration of the pharynx leading to suffocation (asphyxiation)

3. laryngospasm

4. Pulmonary embolism due to dislodgement of emboli

5. Anemia and fatigue from repeated convulsions

6. Hyperpyrexia

7. compression fracture of thoracic vertebrae

8. blood poisoning (septicemia)

9. Heart attack

10. Renal

Prophylaxis:

1. to provide active immunization with alum precipitated tetanus toxoid Im with diphtheria and pertussis (DTP) in the hood child for each newborn

2. good care of surgical wounds is necessary

3. isolation of patients in a quiet, dark room

homeopathic approach:

Nux vomica:

1.It has convulsions tetanic opisthotonus with the distortion of the eyes and face, dyspnoea excited by any external impression.

2. convulsion of muscles renewed by any external impression,

3. sardonicus risus

4. spasm of the airways

5. Blue Face cyanotic

6. clear mind ..

Hydrocyanic acid:

1. It produces a persistent tonic spasm of its direct action on the spinal cord. It manifests itself in the muscles of the face, jaw and back.

2. It is trismus or lockjaw, risus sardonicus and hindered breathing, with livid and frothing at the mouth, rigidity is strong

3. The body is bent backwards

4. The attack is sudden

5. Fewer reflex excitability.

6. Stiffness and painful Stret.