If youve caught hold of the news lately, youll be aware that theres a scary epidemic unfolding in West Africa. Ebola, a highly contagious and deadly virus that was first identified in 1976, started spreading through Guinea in March this year, and has since spread to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Mali. To date, close to 1,000 people have died which makes this the biggest outbreak of the disease ever recorded. The high number of fatalities has got a lot of people talking, and with talk comes speculation: is Ebola already in New York? Is it going to spread to Australia? I have a cough — am I going to die? To clear up any queries you might have, weve got the basic facts here. This is what you need to know about Ebola. Symptoms present themselves two to 21 days after contraction. Once they start to appear, patients become very ill very quickly. Signs include: Fatigue Fever Headaches Joint pain Muscle aches Abdominal pain Vomiting Diarrhoea Loss of appetite Bleeding is a symptom that presents itself at the later stages of the disease. The white around the eyes turns red, victims vomit blood, and the skin becomes red as blood rushes to the surface. The following remedies may help in the initial stages of the disease. In the later stage remedies with marked bleeding tendencies like Phos, Lach, Bell may help. Of course it will be a great advantage to add other symptoms of the patient to arrive at the indicated remedy with more confidence. Rub 1 - Generalities; weakness; fever; during Rub 2 - Head; pain, headache; fever; during Rub 3 - Extremities; pain; joints; fever, during Rub 4 - Stomach; nausea; fever; during Rub 5 - Abdomen; pain; vomiting; with Rub 6 - Stomach; appetite; wanting; diarrhea, in Sr. No. Remedy Occurrence Marks Rubrics 1 puls 6 15 R-1(3),R-2(4),R-3(1),R-4(3),R-5(3),R-6(1) 2 phos 6 13 R-1(4),R-2(3),R-3(1),R-4(3),R-5(1),R-6(1) 3 ars 5 16 R-1(4),R-2(4),R-4(3),R-5(4),R-6(1) 4 nux-v 5 16 R-1(3),R-2(4),R-3(1),R-4(4),R-5(4) 5 calc 5 11 R-1(3),R-2(3),R-3(3),R-4(1),R-5(1) 6 sil 5 10 R-1(3),R-2(4),R-3(1),R-4(1),R-5(1) 7 hell 5 9 R-1(1),R-2(1),R-3(3),R-4(1),R-5(3) 8 merc 5 5 R-1(1),R-2(1),R-3(1),R-4(1),R-5(1) 9 ip 4 13 R-1(4),R-2(1),R-4(4),R-5(4) 10 rhus-t 4 13 R-1(4),R-2(3),R-3(4),R-4(2) 11 verat 4 13 R-1(3),R-2(3),R-4(3),R-5(4) 12 chin 4 12 R-1(4),R-2(4),R-4(3),R-6(1) 13 sep 4 11 R-1(2),R-2(3),R-4(3),R-5(3) 14 ant-t 4 10 R-1(3),R-2(2),R-4(1),R-5(4) 15 bry 4 10 R-1(3),R-2(3),R-4(3),R-5(1) 16 lyc 4 10 R-1(3),R-2(3),R-3(1),R-4(3) 17 sulph 4 10 R-1(3),R-2(3),R-3(3),R-4(1) 18 bell 4 9 R-1(1),R-2(4),R-4(1),R-5(3) 19 cupr 4 9 R-1(3),R-2(1),R-4(1),R-5(4) 20 lach 4 9 R-1(3),R-2(4),R-4(1),R-5(1)
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 05:04:54 +0000
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