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Homeopathy for
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
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About Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
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This virus
affects the upper and lower respiratory tracts, but is most prevalent in
lower respiratory illnesses such as pneumonia and bronchiolitis. RSV causes
mild symptoms similar to those of the common cold. RSV is a common virus. In
fact, by the age of two almost all children have been infected with RSV. For
most babies, this easy-to-catch virus can cause symptoms such as a runny
nose, fever, and other cold-like symptoms. However, premature babies or
those with lung or heart problems have a high risk of getting very sick if
they catch RSV. This is because premature babies do not have fully developed
lungs.
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Respiratory
syncytial virus (RSV) causes mild, cold-like symptoms in adults and older
children. However, it can cause serious problems in young babies, including
pneumonia and severe breathing problems. In rare cases it can lead to death.
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Premature
babies and those with other health problems have the highest risk.
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A child with
RSV may have a fever, stuffy nose, cough and trouble breathing. Tests can
tell if your child has the virus.
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RSV easily
spreads from person to person. You can get it from direct contact with
someone who has it or it by touching infected objects such as toys or
surfaces such as countertops.
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Washing your
hands often and not sharing eating and drinking utensils are simple ways to
help prevent the spread of RSV infection.
Symptoms Of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
RSV
infection can spread to the lower respiratory tract, causing pneumonia or
bronchiolitis inflammation of the small airway passages entering the lungs.
Signs and symptoms may include:
- Fever
- Severe cough
- Wheezing a high-pitched noise that Is usually heard on
breathing out (exhaling)
- Rapid breathing or difficulty breathing the person may
prefer to sit up rather than lie down
- Bluish color of the skin due to lack of oxygen (cyanosis)
Infants are most severely affected by RSV.
Signs and symptoms of severe RSV infection
in infants include:
- Short, shallow and rapid breathing
- Struggling to breathe — chest muscles and skin pull
inward with each breath
- Cough
- Poor feeding
- Unusual tiredness (lethargy)
- Irritability
Most children and adults recover in one to two weeks, although
some might have repeated wheezing. Severe or life-threatening infection
requiring a hospital stay may occur in premature infants or in anyone who has
chronic heart or lung problems.
Homeopathy For Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
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Aconitum
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Laryngitis with sudden onset of hoarseness.
Husky, crowing or squeaky voice. Voice loss after fright, shock, or after
chilling from dry, cold winds. Fever and hollow, croupy cough with dry windpipe.
Restless and fearful. Worse: night, touch, breathing in, cold air, talking.
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Allium cepa
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Hay fever with violent sneezing, watery
acrid discharge that corrodes nose and lips. Worse on left side. Lump feeling at
bridge of nose. Hay fever in August. Eyes: burning, red, sensitive; rubs them.
Much watery, bland discharge. Anxiety, headache, laryngitis; cough causes
splitting pain in the larynx. Worse: warm room, evening, damp, cold, flowers.
Better: open air.
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Ambrosia
- Hay fever with red, swollen nose, sneezing
and acrid, watery discharge or stuffed up nose and head. Sneezing. Nosebleed.
Tickling, irritated trachea. Eyes: stringy mucus, itching lids, smarting,
burning, tearing. Difficult breathing, wheezy cough. Whole respiratory tract
feels stopped up. Asthma.
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Antimonium
tartaricum – wheezing or gurgling sound on breathing with mucus that is
hard to clear; rattling or suffocative cough.
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Argentum nitricum
- Laryngitis with chronic hoarseness, loss of voice, laryngitis
in singers. High notes cause a cough. Soreness of larynx and throat pit. Thick
mucus in airways. Feeling of splinter in larynx on swallowing. Tickling in
throat. Worse: a.m., anticipation anxiety, sugar, warm room. Better: cool air.
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Arsenicum
album – chilly, anxious, fear of death or disease used for early stage
prevention of colds, flu, diarrhea, vomiting or gastro-intestinal
disturbances.
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Arsenicum iodatum
- Hay fever with sneezing and watery discharges if acute,
thick and green if chronic. Hot irritating discharges with red upper lip, raw
nasal passages. Post nasal drip. Short of breath, hacking cough. Hoarse or loss
of voice. Burning sensations. Restless, weak and chilly, but hates heat. Worse:
dry, cold or windy weather, warm room, smoke. Better: open air.
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Bryonia
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dry or
burning cough worse with motion; thirst. Pneumonia symptoms.
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Carbo vegetabilis -
air hunger, difficulty breathing with weakness and collapse. Skin cold
to touch but not wanting to be covered or warmed. Blue extremities.
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Camphor
- used for extreme weakness, collapse and exhaustion. Used at the end
stages of ongoing respiratory symptoms when the person can no longer fight
back.
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Causticum
- Chronic laryngitis. Sore, rawness, burning,
dryness. Tender larynx, throat. Hoarse, hollow, husky, cracking. Weak voice,
paralysis of vocal cords. Mucus accumulates, hard to expel with hawking, sense
of constriction. Pressure in larynx on blowing the nose. Worse: dry and cold,
inspiration, coughing, a.m., speaking, voice strain.
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Hepar sulphur
- Sinusitis with thick yellow-green, foul discharge, like old
cheese. Sneezing in drafts. Blocked nose in cold air. Sinuses and bones tender
to touch. Nosebleeds. Nose is red, inflamed, swollen with burning pains. Loss of
smell. Aching at root of nose. Irritable, chilly. Worse: cold, drafts, dry
winds, pressure. Better: warmth, wrapping up.
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Hydrastis
- Sinusitis with watery acrid discharge, becoming thick, offensive
and yellow or bloody. Burning, smarting, rawness. Crusts in the nose. Constant
blowing. Severe frontal sinus headache and post nasal drip. Free nasal discharge
in the open air, relieving the headache, blocks up in a warm room. Worse:
inhaling air, cold air, dry winds, night, left side. Better: pressure.
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Kali bich
- Laryngitis with chronic hoarseness, total loss of
voice, worse evening. Tickling, causing hawking, coughing, clearing of throat.
Dry, constricted. Sore and raw larynx, burning extends up into nostrils.
Rattling cough. Accumulation of tough, stringy mucus that is hard to expel.
Croup. Worse: cold, damp, weather changes, speaking, laughing, coughing, a.m.
In Sinusitis:
Bursting pain or pressure in sinuses; at the root of the nose or cheeks. Thick
yellow-green, stringy mucus. Post nasal drip, may hawk mucus, but hard to expel.
Stuffed up; loss of smell, nasal voice, hoarseness. Thick scabs in nose, raw
when pulled off. Sinusitis with colds or coughs. Worse: cold, damp, morning,
beer. Better: warmth, pressure.
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Lycopodium
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short
rattling breathing, worse lying on back. Cough dry, tickling. Tightness
across the chest with burning, difficult respiration. Aching over lungs.
General weakness. Used for unresolved pneumonia.
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Mercurius
Sol - Frontal sinuses. Thick or runny yellow-green, foul discharge.
Bad odors in the nose. Foul breath with gray coated tongue and metallic taste.
Raw nostrils, may form ulcers. Swollen cheeks. Sneezing, nosebleeds. Frequent
colds, end in sinusitis. Hurried, suspicious, weak memory. Worse: night, both
hot and cold weather, damp or cloudy, drafts, touch.
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Napthalinum
- Hay fever with sudden allergy attacks, constant sneezing, acrid
discharges. Eyes inflamed, painful, acrid discharges, acrid saliva. Full, hot
head. Chronic hay fever. Eruptions around mouth, eye problems. Anxiety.
Spasmodic cough with choking; constricted sore chest. Asthma; mucus difficult to
expel. Worse: night. Better: open air, loosening the clothing.
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Phosphorus
- Laryngitis with hoarseness, loss of voice. Sore, raw, burning larynx causes
tickling cough. Talking causes intense sticking pain into trachea. Constriction.
Expectorates thick mucus. Cough or croup causes sharp pain in throat. Worse:
entering cold air, talking, laughing, touch a.m. and evening, eating warm
things, lying on left, weather changes. Better: cold things.
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Pulsatilla
- Sinusitis with dull, heavy frontal and maxillary sinuses.
Stuffed nose and loss of smell. Thick yellow, non-irritating discharge at the
end of a cold. Red, teary eyes. Moody. Clingy or dependent, passive type. Wants
company, sympathy. Nose drains on lying down, stopped on rising up. Worse: going
from cold air to warm room or indoors, rich foods, evening. Better: fresh air.
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Sabadilla
- Hay fever with much sneezing and runny, watery discharge,
itching and tingling in nose and mouth. Eyes: red, burning, tearing. Chilly,
cold sweats. Sinusitis with frontal headache in a.m. Left sided sore throat.
Obsessive thoughts about health; worse thinking of problems. Worse: smell of
flowers, mowed grass. Better: warm room, food or drink.
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Silicea
- Sinusitis with frequent colds or hay fever (Low immunity) with
chronic sinus infection. Alternately dry and blocked, or profuse thick, yellow
mucus. Crusts, pimples, ulcers, fistula in nose. Gnawing pains, swollen glands.
Violent sneezing. Chilly. Sour sweats. Lack of confidence yet stubborn. Worse:
cold, damp, drafts to head. Better: warmth, wrapping up.
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Spongia
- Acute and chronic laryngitis. Hoarseness, with sore, burning
larynx. Tickling in larynx. Dryness, Hawking constantly. Constriction of larynx,
worse midnight or during sleep with suffocative feelings, anxiety. At the
beginning or during croup with barking cough. Worse: touch and pressure,
talking, swallowing sweets, dry, cold wind. Better: warm food or drinks,
sitting, lying with head low, eating a little.
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Wyethia
- Hay fever with violent sneezing, profuse flow. Dryness in back
part of nose. Itching, crawling in back of nose, throat, and soft palate,
scratches it with tongue. Throat is dry, burning, swollen with constant need to
swallow. Mouth feels scalded, uvula feels swollen. Hoarseness. Dry hacking
cough. nervous, dizzy, weak, headaches. Worse: afternoon, flowers, roses.
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