Dyspnoea

(Loss of breath—see also "ASTHMA", "HEART" and "CROUP")

Naja

Oppression of the chest with choking and obstruction of breathing,

Chloralum

Extreme dyspnoea, with sensation of weight and constriction of chest. Asthma with sleeplessness.

Nux Vom

Dyspnoea due to accumulation of gas in abdomen.

Natrum Mur

Breathlessness accompanied with chill. Better in and desire for open air. Worse on exertion.

Carbo Veg

Wants to be fanned in breathlessness.

Cedron

Dysponea during coition.

Staphisagria

Dyspnoea towards the end of coition.

Arsenic Alb

Dyspnoea accompanied with albuminuria.

Apis M

Dyspnoea in hydrocephalus.

Petroleum

Violent dyspnoea all day.

Glonoine

Dyspnoea in sun-stroke. Albuminuria may also be present.

Lachesis

Suffocates during sleeping or gasping for breath on waking. Dyspnoea after drinking liquor.

Phosphorus

Dyspnoea on taking slightest food.

Ammonia Carb

Dyspnoea with palpitation due to exhaus­tion and weak heart but without any functional or organic defect; without asthma. Dyspnoea on slightest movement. Worse in warm room and better in cold open air.

Carboneum Sul

Fast or difficult breathing. Suffocation from alcohol or from coal gas. Worse in the evening or as­cending, close room, when coughing after eating, after slight exertion.

Graphites

Suffocation when falling asleep and often wakes up in the night gasping for breath.

Aspidosperma

Cardiac dyspnoea. Thrombosis of pulmonary artery. Uraemic dyspnoea. It increases oxygen in the blood.

Silicea

Dyspnoea on stooping.

Ferrum Met

Breathlessness worse during rest. Feels better from gentle, slow, quiet motion. Rapid motion aggravates.

Psorinum

Dyspnoea worse when sitting up, better lying down with arms wide spread apart across the bed. Worse when the arms are brought near the body.

Medorrhinum

Spasms of the glottis; air expelled with difficulty but inhaled with ease. Better by lying down on the face.

Aconitum Ferox

Dyspnoea increased to such a degree that he was obliged to breathe half sitting up, with head resting on palms of hands.