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Seeking Throat Pain Remedy
Hello! Thank you for any advice. We have been dealing with health concerns with my 6 year old daughter for several months now and her doctor has prescribed an H2 Blocker Pepcid Complete. We haven't seen any positive results yet and I would much prefer to try something natural. I have read the other posts regarding reflux and GERD but am not sure about the dosing. here are her symptoms:1. 6 months ago started complaining of nausea, specifically the feeling she gets before she vomits. Says it is feels like her throat is hurting, points to her adam's apple and says it's in there. The doctor didn't see any redness in her upper throat. The pain started out occasionally and she now complains of it 12+ times a day. Sometimes it starts to go away and then comes back when she starts talking. Seems aggravated by greasy foods (chips, fatty meat). The doctor thinks it is GERD or silent reflux. She sometimes complains of heartburn.
She also has a chronic cough, sometimes increases at night. Post-nasal drip. Darkness under eyes. These symptoms present when she seems to have allergies. She saw a chiropractor who did a natural allergy test on her and said she is allergic to corn, so perhaps these are from her allergy. We try to eliminate it but it seems to hide in everything.
The BIGGEST thing I would like to help her with is relief for this chronic throat pain. I have read Arnica can help heal the throat? The doctor said she needs to be on H2 Blockers so that the throat has a chance to heal, but I know it must be damaged from all the acid reflux and it causes her pain all the time. What can help?
2. Around the same time she started complaining of this she had her first ear infection. She has had back to back ear infections all treated with antibiotics. This was the first time she had ever had antibiotics. She never complained of ear pain, always presented itself with fever and general malaise.
3. Due to chronic ear infections and illnesses, had her bloodwork done 1 month ago and showed iron deficiency and vitamin D deficiency. She is now taking a liquid form of iron Floradix 10ml 1x day and 8,000 IU Vitamin D daily. Just had her bloodwork redone this week and awaiting results. No more illnesses or ear infections since we started the iron and vitamin D.
She is also taking probiotics daily and a digestive enzyme.
She is an anxious child. Easily stressed and suffered from separation anxiety for a long time. She is naturally warm to the touch, although very pale in color (perhaps due to the iron). She is a picky eater, although she eats a mostly whole-foods diet.
Thank you so very much for any time and help!
Marie
MaddieMom on 2013-06-01
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- State at what time your troubles or any single symptoms, is made better or worse.
- State what season of the year, what time in the month, whether the phases of the moon cause either, what part of the week, what hour of the day or night the trouble or single symptom comes on or is made better or worse.
- Is there any position which you may assume that causes a particular trouble or any single symptom to be better or worse? It may be when you first lie down; or after lying down awhile or rising after sitting or on sitting after standing, walking; walking much; walking in the house or in the open air, or in the cold air ; or at night; running, running rapidly or slowly; when stooping over, after
stopping, or on rising from stooping; leaveing the head backwards, forwards; to one side or leaning the head on the table or the hand; lying with head high or low; lying in some particular position ; crawling on the hand + knees or some other or many possible positions.
- Does anything cause the trouble or a single symptom to be better or worse ? It may be reading ,writing , music ascending or descending the stirs or a hill, biting the teeth together ,blowing the nose , before or after one of the meals, breathing, breathing deeply, when chewing food, when eating or drinking, closing or opening the eyes , looking up, down or sideways, from heat, cold, from warm or cold air heat of stove or sun, dry or moist air going into the air or going into the warm, sunlight or lamplight from excitement, fight, grief, grief, sorrow fasting, some kind of food or drink
motion or quiet, when nose is discharging or is dry, from gratification of passions , scratching, rubbing, beginning of sleep, during a storm, thunder storm, snow storm, swallowing food, gulping of saliva, talking, singing, hearing other talk or sing, music touch, turning over in bed, covering up or uncovering, wet dry, windy or cloudy weather.
(Note :- The above is given to impress on the mind the great importance of noticing what may seem to be little things.
DISCHARGES---
- It is thin or thick, stringy, clotted like jelly, white of an egg, gruel, water etc? (Give the consistency)
- What does it look like, the color and the time or condition when the appearance varies? (The appearance)
- The odor, what it reminds you of; whether the odor varies and the circumstances of variation?
Tongue----------Is the tongue moist or dry.?
- What is the coating on the tongue, its colour & appearance? What part of the tongue is coated? Is there any peculiarity about the coating?
- How are the edges of the tongue? How is the lip? How is the back part?
- Does the tongue show imprint of the teeth? Can you put it out of the mouth easily? When putting it turn to one side or tremble?
- Any swelling or soreness under the tongue?
- Give direction of any cracks or fissure on the tongue?
Throat-----Have you a desire to keep swallowing?
- At what time or from what cause do throat troubles come on?
- On which side of the throat is the trouble? Upper/Lower part of the throat?
- Is there mucus causing hawking? When do you have to hawk the most? What causes the hawking?
- Do colds usually affect the throat?
- is there any rattling in the throat?
- What is the color, appearance and condition of the throat?
)
EATING & DRINKING
- Have you a craving for any special article or food? (Not only a desire, but a feeling that you must have it.) Name the article.
- Any aversion to any special article or food name it.?
- Are you hungry most of the time or at any special time?
- Is hunger or craving for food excessive?
- Have you no desire for food?
- Do you have hunger with aversions to eating ? Do you eat without hunger?
- Does the food taste good or it has a natural taste?
- How do you feel before eating?
- Bad effect from eating much or less?
- Do you desire much/less food at a time?
- Is there any special food that disagrees?
- Do you desire solid or liquid food?
- Do you crave for, what you don,t know?
- Do you crave substantial food or dainties, candy, cakes, sweet things, sour things etc.?
- Is the appetite even or variable?
- Does the food satisfy you?
- Any troubles that always comes on after eating all you want or after a little food?
- Do you eat hastily or slowly?
- Do you have a sick stomach or vomiting after eating?
- Does eating aggravate other complaints?
- Are you sleepy after eating?
- Do you have pain anywhere after eating? (See section)
- Do you suddenly loose you appetite or relish for food while eating for any time?
- Are you very thirsty or thirst less do you wish to drink often or seldom ? Do you want to drink much at a time or less? Any trouble that always comes after drinks?
- State at what time your troubles or any single symptoms, is made better or worse.
- State what season of the year, what time in the month, whether the phases of the moon cause either, what part of the week, what hour of the day or night the trouble or single symptom comes on or is made better or worse.
- Is there any position which you may assume that causes a particular trouble or any single symptom to be better or worse? It may be when you first lie down; or after lying down awhile or rising after sitting or on sitting after standing, walking; walking much; walking in the house or in the open air, or in the cold air ; or at night; running, running rapidly or slowly; when stooping over, after
stopping, or on rising from stooping; leaveing the head backwards, forwards; to one side or leaning the head on the table or the hand; lying with head high or low; lying in some particular position ; crawling on the hand + knees or some other or many possible positions.
- Does anything cause the trouble or a single symptom to be better or worse ? It may be reading ,writing , music ascending or descending the stirs or a hill, biting the teeth together ,blowing the nose , before or after one of the meals, breathing, breathing deeply, when chewing food, when eating or drinking, closing or opening the eyes , looking up, down or sideways, from heat, cold, from warm or cold air heat of stove or sun, dry or moist air going into the air or going into the warm, sunlight or lamplight from excitement, fight, grief, grief, sorrow fasting, some kind of food or drink
motion or quiet, when nose is discharging or is dry, from gratification of passions , scratching, rubbing, beginning of sleep, during a storm, thunder storm, snow storm, swallowing food, gulping of saliva, talking, singing, hearing other talk or sing, music touch, turning over in bed, covering up or uncovering, wet dry, windy or cloudy weather.
(Note :- The above is given to impress on the mind the great importance of noticing what may seem to be little things.
DISCHARGES---
- It is thin or thick, stringy, clotted like jelly, white of an egg, gruel, water etc? (Give the consistency)
- What does it look like, the color and the time or condition when the appearance varies? (The appearance)
- The odor, what it reminds you of; whether the odor varies and the circumstances of variation?
Tongue----------Is the tongue moist or dry.?
- What is the coating on the tongue, its colour & appearance? What part of the tongue is coated? Is there any peculiarity about the coating?
- How are the edges of the tongue? How is the lip? How is the back part?
- Does the tongue show imprint of the teeth? Can you put it out of the mouth easily? When putting it turn to one side or tremble?
- Any swelling or soreness under the tongue?
- Give direction of any cracks or fissure on the tongue?
Throat-----Have you a desire to keep swallowing?
- At what time or from what cause do throat troubles come on?
- On which side of the throat is the trouble? Upper/Lower part of the throat?
- Is there mucus causing hawking? When do you have to hawk the most? What causes the hawking?
- Do colds usually affect the throat?
- is there any rattling in the throat?
- What is the color, appearance and condition of the throat?
)
EATING & DRINKING
- Have you a craving for any special article or food? (Not only a desire, but a feeling that you must have it.) Name the article.
- Any aversion to any special article or food name it.?
- Are you hungry most of the time or at any special time?
- Is hunger or craving for food excessive?
- Have you no desire for food?
- Do you have hunger with aversions to eating ? Do you eat without hunger?
- Does the food taste good or it has a natural taste?
- How do you feel before eating?
- Bad effect from eating much or less?
- Do you desire much/less food at a time?
- Is there any special food that disagrees?
- Do you desire solid or liquid food?
- Do you crave for, what you don,t know?
- Do you crave substantial food or dainties, candy, cakes, sweet things, sour things etc.?
- Is the appetite even or variable?
- Does the food satisfy you?
- Any troubles that always comes on after eating all you want or after a little food?
- Do you eat hastily or slowly?
- Do you have a sick stomach or vomiting after eating?
- Does eating aggravate other complaints?
- Are you sleepy after eating?
- Do you have pain anywhere after eating? (See section)
- Do you suddenly loose you appetite or relish for food while eating for any time?
- Are you very thirsty or thirst less do you wish to drink often or seldom ? Do you want to drink much at a time or less? Any trouble that always comes after drinks?
♡ anuj srivastava last decade
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