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Nasal Block While Sleeping

Hi,
I am 37 yrs old man suffering from Nose Block during night time causing disrupted sleep. This is happening for last 4-5 years which lead to High BP,Fatigue, memory loss, loss of attention, Bad breath and all sort of complications. I had also undergone Angiogram to find the root cause of High BP. I had taken a sleep test and diagnosed with mild-moderate sleep apnea. My doctor also directed to take a Allergy test and it came up with Allergy to DUST MITES and POLLEN. I had a chronic POSTNASAL DRIP and got some allopathy medicines to cure that. But now still this nose block during night is troubling me a lot even though I don't feel POSTNASAL DRIP and any phlegm or cold. Please help me cure this.
 
  muthukrishy on 2013-12-10
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Patient ID: Sex: Age: Nature of work: Habits:


Please answer the following questions in a descriptive manner after careful analysis and recollection of previous experience and happenings.

1. Describe your main suffering? State the correct location.

2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?

3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?

4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst? Describe the sensation in your own words.

5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?

6. Which time of the day you are worst?

7. What are the things that aggravate your suffering and those that ameliorate the same? Example: time, temperature, pressure, rubbing, washing, eating, tight clothing etc.


8. Do you think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?

9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?

10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.

- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?
- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
Weeping, talking to one self etc?
- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?

11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?

12. What do you crave in food items and what are your aversions?

13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?

14. How is your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?

15. Is there any kind of food which your body can’t stand?

16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?

17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?

18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?

19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?

20. Do you have any strange, peculiar or unusual symptom or feelings? How are you different from others?

21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?

22. What major diseases are running in your family?

23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance.

(For Females)
24. If your menstrual cycles are not normal, please describe the irregularities, like pains, moods, flow type, clots etc.

25. What major diseases have you had in your life and when. Please write them in a chronological manner.
 
rishimba last decade
Please answer the following questions in a descriptive manner after careful analysis and recollection of previous experience and happenings.

1. Describe your main suffering? State the correct location.
Main suffering is not able to sleep because of nasal block all day. This has shoot my BP and finally after all test I came to know that this is because of dust mite allergy and Pollen allergy. To add: I had Typical Bronchitis and hyperthyroidism. I got it cured by homeopathy 6-7 years back. I had GERD symptoms too, This too got cure by homeopathy. Now I came to CANADA and not in touch with my homeo doctor as he has changed his address.

2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
I get headache when waking up in the morning and tired because of not much of sleep. When I lie down on one side that side nostril gets blocked and when I turn to other side that nostril gets blocked. I don’t have cold. Some times I feel mucus id flowing from the back of my throat. For this I took some allopathic Medicine and its not of that much of concern. When I get exposed to strong odour é perfume é cleaning agent etc I get headache and does not get sleep that night. I don’t feel like concentrating to any thing like work etc. I forget very quickly and I feel bad at work because of this.

3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
Feeling depressed as all tell me that I forget, And frustrated always at everything.

4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst? Describe the sensation in your own words.

I get irritated at everything and feel like shouting and yelling at any small things happening around me.

5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?
Not sure when it started but after I came to CANADA this started, This is mainly due to family issues and troubles.

6. Which time of the day you are worst?
Day time is the worst as I feel tierd and feel like sleeping but could not. Some times I get a bresk and come home to sleep but I cannot sleep during the day

7. What are the things that aggravate your suffering and those that ameliorate the same? Example: time, temperature, pressure, rubbing, washing, eating, tight clothing etc.
strong smell, temperature is hot

8. Do you think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?
Not sure

9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
Its worse in hot weather and little bad in cold wheather

10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.
I am moody, nervous, easily offended.

- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
Nothing…

- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?
No not at all. I get depressed a lot.

- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
Yes to smell. I cannot sleep when noisy and during day or with light

- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
Weeping, talking to one self etc?
NO

- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
I get irritated at my wife if she argues and out of control I shout at her.

11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?

I feel like I am left lonely and fear about life.

12. What do you crave in food items and what are your aversions?
it depends not sticking to one.

13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
less

14. How is your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
normal

15. Is there any kind of food which your body can’t stand?
yes gastric food causes severe problems like flatulence and stomach pain.

16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
I sweat a lot, in the arm pit and in palms and foot.

17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?
some time loose and tight at times..

18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
I have problems with sleep and I cannot sleep facing up. I feel good when sleeping on my tummy but the nose block wakes me up.

19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?
I am generally not satisfied and loose the desire as I get more tired the next day.

20. Do you have any strange, peculiar or unusual symptom or feelings? How are you different from others?
No not to my knowledge

21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
I used to take NEXIUM, cetzine, sleeping pill.

22. What major diseases are running in your family?
BP, Sugar

23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance.

I am 5.11 feet tall and 173 pounds in weight and moderate in appearance.


25. What major diseases have you had in your life and when. Please write them in a chronological manner.
Typical Bronchitis
Hyperthyroidism
GERD
SLEEP APNEA (sleep analyst found this, but I feel its because of nose block)
[message edited by muthukrishy on Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:15:29 GMT]
 
muthukrishy last decade
You said it all started when you started living in Canada. You also said, its because of family issues and troubles.

-What exactly changed in your life when you came to Canada?

-Workwise, are you exposed to some heavy metal vapours?

-Is it due to changes in temperature and environment as Canada is a cold country.

-Can you elaborate on your family issues and what have been your feelings due to these problems? Like dissapointment, dissatisfaction, despair, anger, shame, indignation, guilt etc.

-Do you like listening to music? Does music affect you mentally?

- Do you like having hot or cold drinks? Can your system tolerate both hot or cold drinks?

- Do you like being covered or uncovered during sleep?
[message edited by rishimba on Fri, 13 Dec 2013 09:35:55 GMT]
 
rishimba last decade
-What exactly changed in your life when you came to Canada?
I got married just before coming to CANADA. I work in software and after coming here I had to work for less salary bound by the company which sent me here. I thought of going back to India but I did not as I had to face some troubles and struggled to live here.

-Workwise, are you exposed to some heavy metal vapours?
I work in software and not exposed to any kind of vapours. I am exposed to snow and cold climate during winter alone.

-Is it due to changes in temperature and environment as Canada is a cold country.
No its basically due to mental pressure in work and in Family issues after marriage. Lots of shame, disappointment and anger. I got stressed a lot because of all the above said, may be this high level of stress caused to revert all the cured symptoms. But I did not get the ASTHMA attack even once in the last 5 years of stay in CANADA.

-Can you elaborate on your family issues and what have been your feelings due to these problems? Like disappointment, dissatisfaction, despair, anger, shame, indignation, guilt etc.
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-Do you like listening to music? Does music affect you mentally?
I love to hear soothing songs and if I hear any sad songs all my feelings gets related to the problems I faced in my life and get depressed. I like watching funny movies comedy shows to keep my mind distracted from all of these..

- Do you like having hot or cold drinks? Can your system tolerate both hot or cold drinks?
I like both Hot and cold drinks depending on the outside climate..

- Do you like being covered or uncovered during sleep?
I like covered while sleeping exposing just my face out of the quilt. I keep my room temperature at aroung 22-24 degrees.
[message edited by muthukrishy on Mon, 16 Dec 2013 15:48:18 GMT]
 
muthukrishy last decade
Dr. Rishimba, I have heard about your magic touch thru this forum. Thanks for taking myu case.
[message edited by muthukrishy on Mon, 16 Dec 2013 15:46:09 GMT]
 
muthukrishy last decade
Do you have GERD symptoms even now? You wrote you got cured of GERD symptoms.

If you have these problems even now, you need to describe them to me here. Homeopaths need full information about the individual to erect a totality. Partial information will not help in finding your remedy.

Please describe the GERD symptoms with its modalities and sensations if you still have them.

Also, are you presently taking any homeo remedies for your GERD. If you want me to suggest a remedy to you, the other one need to be discontinued as we would not know if the two would be inimical to each other.

Are you fond of sweets or salty stuff?
[message edited by rishimba on Sat, 14 Dec 2013 17:12:22 GMT]
 
rishimba last decade
The GERD symptoms are control right now after his booster dose.
The symptoms were.
Burning sensation in esophagus.
Regurgitation
Headache
no sleep, and some kind of surge which triggers an acute headache. The only medicine to control and get back to normal in 2 days was NEXIUM.

But I dont have these symptoms now. Not sure I may get when stressed at work for long hours...!!!!
 
muthukrishy last decade
Can you answer the rest of the questions?
 
rishimba last decade
Also, are you presently taking any homeo remedies for your GERD. If you want me to suggest a remedy to you, the other one need to be discontinued as we would not know if the two would be inimical to each other.

I might not need medicine for GERD symptoms right now. Will definitely let you know If i get the symptoms back so thaty we can go about it.

Are you fond of sweets or salty stuff?

I like sweets rather than slaty stuff.
 
muthukrishy last decade
Please take ARGENTUM NITRICUM 30C three doses a day for two days maximum.

In case you feel a change in your sleep right after taking the first three doses on the first day, you should not take the doses on the second day.

Take the doses at a gap of 6 hours.

Each dose would be 3 drops of remedy in 10 ml of water slowly sipped up in empty stomach and clean mouth. Don't take anything one hour before and two hours after taking the doses.

You need to stop taking sweets, coffee, mint and any aromatic substance for a week to see the response to this remedy.

If it creates a response in you, this needs to be continued whenever your symptoms relapse.

Come back to me after a week and then based on your response, we will decide the treatment plan.
 
rishimba last decade
Sir, I get ARGENTUM NITRICUM 30C as pills only, but you suggested as 3 drops. not sure, please confirm if I can buy these pills and mix it water..?
 
muthukrishy last decade
You can take 2 pills directly into your mouth and place them under your tongue. Don't chew or bite the pills. Let them dissolve by themselves and get absorbed.

The above is one dose.
 
rishimba last decade
Dear DR Rishimba, I took the dose as suggested on the first day and did not feel any change in my sleep pattern, so I took the second day dose as well. I feel my nose block is kind of OK but sleep was very disturbing and could not sleep well for the last two days after medication. Please guide me as how to proceed from now.
 
muthukrishy last decade
Don't take any homeopathic or allopathic medication. Just wait and watch. Sometimes, it takes time for the body to align itself after an indicated remedy.

Tell me, what did you feel like when you were sleeping or trying to sleep?

Did you dream of familiar things or the things that you used to dream long back?

What exactly disturbed you from having a sound sleep?

Let this phase be over. You may be going through the so called 'healing crisis'. Let the body adjust itself to the stimuli the remedy as caused.
 
rishimba last decade
Yes I had dreams of familiar things and kind of half asleep. Today I feel tired with pains in the calf muscle and slight headache. Yesterday I had a severe headache and came back from work eat food and took the last dose and slept at 10.00.I did not feel of a good sleep as I do feel before the medication.
I used to grab a good sleep when taken CETRIZINE 25 mg. Which is drowsy and makes me feel better the next day morning.

Could I take coffee or alcohol in next few days. AS Holidays are approaching and friends would be dropping etc..
 
muthukrishy last decade
Alcohol is fine but try to avoid coffee in the next few days.

Are these symptoms the same you used to have often? Or do you think some new feelings or sensations have come up after you have taken the doses?
 
rishimba last decade
Thanks for the reply, These symptoms are common even before the medication.
 
muthukrishy last decade
Sir, Its a week now. I feel better than before taking medicine. But now I get the none block still but I get it in early morning around 5-6 disturbing my sleep during that time. Should I continue the same medicine or let me know your advice...Thanks.
 
muthukrishy last decade
Good to know you feel better overall.

Please take one dose of the remedy in 30C potency everyday morning for about a week and then stop. In case you see the rest of the symptoms getting relieved within a week, don't take the rest of the doses.

We will go to higher potency if 30C cannot cure all symptoms.
 
rishimba last decade
Hello Dr, I started taking 2 tablets from this Monday and the symptoms does not fade. I wake up every day morning at 4.30 and loose my sleep. The next day I feel tired and not able to perform my day to day activities. Here the climate has gone to -20 Deg Celsius would this impact the medicinal effect..? And on Tuesday night I had a sever stomach ache and lost the whole night sleep. This was due to some gastric problem which was a symptom long back. I had to take 'OVAL (Semithicone)' to get rid of the symptoms as it was really worse. Not sure if this is also accompanied with this medicine. Please advice.
 
muthukrishy last decade
Before you change remedy, you should check out a few higher potencies.

Wait for a few days to exhaust the effects of this sustained dosage of 30C potency and then try three doses of 200C potency on a single day six hours apart.

If the 200C potency doesn't produce results, we will go a step higher.
 
rishimba last decade
Dear Sir, Tried a single day dose of 200C potency yesterday. Should I wait and see for a week of how this goes..?
 
muthukrishy last decade
That's right. One must wait for atleast 4 to 5 days to ascertain if the potency/remedy has produced response.
 
rishimba last decade

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