Hæmorrhage.
Dr. Sayeed Ahmad
D. I. Hom. (London)
By the term “Hæmorrhage” is meant the
escape of blood from those vessels in which it is naturally contained,
whether the discharge be external, or into one of the internal cavities
of the body. Profuse and long continued hæmorrhages being dangerous and
the results often most serious, it is undesirable, except in
emergencies, to trust to domestic treatment. In consideration, however,
of the frequent suddenness of such occurrences, the impossibility of
securing at all times the immediate attendance of a qualified medical
man, and the importance of being prepared to act promptly to afford
temporary relief, the following immediate treatment is suggested.
Hæmorrhage Diathesis :
In some patients a predisposition to hæmorrhages
exists which may be hereditary or acquired, and is designated the
“Hæmorrhagic Diathesis”. This condition probably consists in
defective contractility of the arteries, which may also be fragile or
soft from diseased processes, so being unable to resist the force of the
circulation, especially in congestion ; and in loss of
coagulability of blood, from a defective or altered character of the
fibrine, the chief agent in coagulation and some change in the red
corpuscles.Hence the most trivial wound bleeds almost
uncontrollably and even life may be jeopardized by a slight injury or
surgical operation. The hæmorrhagic diathesis may not in all cases be
hereditary, but caused by diseases of the liver, spleen, etc., which
then exert a deleterious influence upon the constituents of the blood.
Arterial Hæmorrhage :
Bright red blood which escapes in rhythmic spurts,
corresponding to the beats of the heart.
Venous Hæmorrhage :
Dark red in colour and the blood flows evenly.
Capillary Hæmorrhage :
Oozing of blood. Hæmorrhage may also be :
a). Primary :
– At the time of operation or injury.
b). Reactionary or Recurrent :
– Occurring later when the blood pressure rises and
ligature slips or a vessel opens up.c). Secondary :
– As a rule about 10 days after injury and always
due to sepsis.
SPECIAL TYPES ARE :
Accidental Hæmorrhage :
Bleeding from the uterus during pregnancy. It may be
revealed or concealed.
Antepartum Hæmorrhage :
That which occurs before labour starts.
Cerebral Hæmorrhage :
Rupture of a cerebral blood vessel. Likely causes are
aneurysm, hypertension, apoplexy (the symptoms are coma, accompanied by
stertorous breathing, and a varying degree of paralysis of the opposite
side of the body to the lesion).
Concealed Hæmorrhage :
The blood collects in a cavity of the body.
Contrecoup Hæmorrhage :
That which occurs at a distance from where the force
was applied e. g. a blow on the skull may cause the brain to strike the
bony casing directly opposite the site of original force, causing
bruising of the nerve tissues.
Extradural Hæmorrhage :
Bleeding inside the head, but outside the dura. The
result of injury to the skull causing signs of raised intracranial
pressure. The cerebrospinal fluid is not blood stained. It is treated by
trephining, removal of clot and ligature of bleeding vessel.
Inevitable Hæmorrhage :
That which is unavoidable, as in placenta prævia.
Intradural Hæmorrhage :
Bleeding beneath the dura matter. It may be due to
injury and causes signs of compression. The cerebrospinal fluid will be
blood stained.
Post-Partum Hæmorrhage :
That which occurs after child birth.
Revealed Hæmorrhage :
Bleeding which is obvious.
Subarachnoid Hæmorrhage :
Of the cerebral vessels between the pia and arachnoid
mater.
HOMŒOPATHIC TREATMENT.
Threatening abortion. —– Cinnm. Q, 3.
In abortion, at third month. —– Trill. Q, 6.
After abortion, worse from motion, mental or sexual
excitement. —– Sil. 30.Causes anæmia. —– Ferr. 3 – 6.
With prolapse ani (debility). —– Coll. Q, 3.
Asthenic. —– Ham. Q, 6.
Asthenic, with exhaustion. —– Rat. 3 –6.
In atonic constitutions. —– Mill. Q.
Black. —– Ars., Elaps., Kali-m., Kali-p.
Black, from bowels (typhoid). —– Rhus-t. 6 – 30.
Black, from all outlets. —– Sul-ac. 3 – 30.
With feeling as if bones were broken. —– Trill. Q,
6.From bowels. —– Sec.. Sil.
Of decomposed blood from bowels (chorea) —– Lach.
30 – 200.Bright. —– Acon., Ant-t., Ars., Dros., Ferr-p.,
Graph., Hyos., Ipec., Kali-p., Mill., Nat-m., Trill.With dysuria. —– Mit. Q.
Bright in typhus —– Nit-ac. 6.
Incoagulable. —– Apis 30.
Bright fluid. —– Mill. Q.
Bright, with shock from injury. —– Phos. 6 – 30.
With Bright’s Disease. —– Phos. 6 – 30.
From abuse of Chamomile. —– Chin. 6 – 30.
Passive, blackened coagula, worse from Movement.
—– Sec. 30.Lumpy, light, coagulates easily. —– Ferr. 3 – 6.
Coagulates slowly or not at all. —– Ars. 3 – 30.
Clotted. —– Kali-m. 3 – 12.
Thick clots, fluid, or in one grumous mass, thick and
tarry. —– Plat. 30.Causes collapse and death (Cyanosis, Asphyxia) —–
Anthr. 30.Relieves congestion. —– Meli. Q, 6.
Causes convulsions. —– Chin. Q, 6.
After violent cough. —– Coch. 3.
Dark. —– Ant-c., Apis, Caust., Ign., Lyc., Nat-m.,
Nit-ac., Ph-ac.Dark, easily coagulating. —– Puls. 6 – 30.
Incoagulable, dark, in typhoid. —– Lach. 30 –
200.Dark, from nose, gums and bowels. —– Am-c. 6.
Causes delirium. —– Chin. Q, 6.
Hæmorrhagic Diathesis. —– Sec. 30.
From different parts of body. —– Anthr. 30.
In drops, crimson. —– Gels. Q, 30.
Bad effects. —– Chin., Ferr., Ham., Nux-m.,
Stront.Bad effects, after blood letting. —– Bism., Lyc.
Of external ears. —– Bufo 6.
At 10, every evening and during day when Removing
dress. (Syphiltic ulceration of penis). —– Lac-c. 30.From over-exertion. —– Nit-ac. 6.
From external and internal parts. —– Arn. 3 –
30.Exudations, hæmorrhage. —– Anthr. 30.
Six, profuse, on twentieth day after typhoid Malarial
fever. —– Ham. Q, 6.With yellow fever, at an early stage. —– Phos. 6
– 30.Fluid. —– Ars. 3 – 30.
Frequent and profuse, pouring out freely, then
ceasing for a time. —– Phos. 6 – 30.From gums. —– Lach. 30 – 200.
Occasional, profuse with hæmoptysis. —– Phos. 6
– 30.Causes hysteria. —– Stict. 6.
From inner parts. —– Calc., Phos. 6 – 30.
From inner parts, particularly if blood is dark.
—– Nux-v. 6 – 30.Causes iritis, after confinement. —– Chin. Q, 6.
All kinds, mostly from lungs and bowels. —– Mill.
Q.From leech bites. —– Alum. 6 – 30.
With cold legs. —– Trill. Q, 6.
Lips white. —– Ipec., Ver. 30.
Of mechanical origin. —– Arn. 30, Mill. Q.
Between menses. —– Mang. 3 – 30.
From all mucous membranes —– Ham. Q, 6.
With tranquil mind. —– Ham. Q, 6.
After miscarriage. —– Bell., Nit-ac. 30.
From nose and teeth, at intervals. —– Kreos. 3 –
30.From nose, lungs and rectum. —– Kali-i. 30.
In old women, after climacteric period. —– Merc.
6.From all orifices. —– Aran. Q, 3 – 30.
Oozing from every orifices and even pores. —–
Crot-h. 3 – 6.Post-partum, preventive. —– Mill. Q.
Passive. —– Ph-ac., Sec., Ter.
Passive clotted. —– Thlaspi Q, 6.
Passive, dark. —– Thlaspi Q, 6.
Passive, dark, grumous (Menorrhagia). —– Ferr. 3
– 6.Passive, with diseased liver or spleen. —– Card-m.
Q.Passive, profuse, from all parts. —– Thlaspi. Q,
6.Passive, blood thin, blood corpuscles wanting in
Consequence of dissolution (Hæmaturia). —– Sec. 30.With bluish black prepuce (Syphilis). —– Kreos. 3
– 30.Profuse. —– Nit-ac., Phos., Trill.
Profuse, bright, arterial. —– Ham. Q, 6.
Profuse, passive. —– Kreos. 3 – 30.
Profuse, in pneumonia. —– Kali-m. 3 – 30.
Profuse, especially of nose, kidneys and uterus.
—– Trill. Q, 6.With thread like pus. —– Sec. 30.
From rectum. —– Cact. Q, 3 – 6.
Repeated from nose and mouth, with bluish red, lentil
shaped spots all over body (Purpura). —– Rhus-t. 6 – 30.From rhagades. —– Nit-ac. 6.
Septic. —– Kali-p., Lach.
Seemingly stop and in a few hours return. —– Puls.
6 – 30.From free surface and from tissues. —– Phos. 6 –
30.Typhoid, with fetid stools, followed by prostration.
—– Kreos. 3 – 30.Tendency. —– Crot-h., Lach., Phos.
From extracting teeth. —– Alum. 6 – 200.
Tendency, with cancer uteri, fungoid, malignant
sarcoma, cauliflower excrescence in degraded states of system. —–
Crot-h. 3 – 6.Tendency to, in old or in temperate subjects. —–
Crot-h. 3 – 6.Follows detaching a piece of membrane from tonsil.
—– Lac-c. 30.From various organs. —– Urt-u. Q.
From various parts, blood dark, viscid, clotted,
forming Itself into long black strings, hanging from bleeding orifice.
—– Croc. Q, 30.After arrest, disposition to be vehement. —– Ign.
6 – 200.Vicarious. —– Lach. 30 – 200.
Vicarious from nose, stomach, anus, urethra. —–
Phos. 6 – 30.Viscid. —– Kali-m. 3 – 12.
Watery. —– Nat-m. 12 – 30.
Watery, or bright. —– Dulc. 3 – 30.
Sensation of weight in part from which blood flows.
—– Sep. 12 – 200.After wounds. —– Arn., Cop.
It is a great hæmorrhagic ; there is bleeding
of black blood from every orifice. —– Sul-ac. 6 – 200.It is an anti-hæmorrhagic and anti-uric acid remedy.
Hæmorrhage from uterine fibroid with aching in back.
Uterine hæmorrhage. Frequent epistaxis. Bleeding in
nasal operation. Especially passive hæmorrhage. —– Thlaspi Q, 6.
NOTE :
Any information given in this Article is not intended
to be taken as a replacement for medical advice. Any person with a
condition requiring medical attention should consult a well qualified
classical homœopath.Copyright © Dr. Sayeed Ahmad
2004