Emergency & Acute Prescribing Flashcards
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A patient has acute laryngitis with complete loss of voice (aphonia) that is worse in the evening and in singers or public speakers. Which remedy is most indicated?
Answer: Phosphorus
Phosphorus is a leading remedy for sudden hoarseness or aphonia, especially in speakers and singers, with rawness and burning in the larynx.
Which remedy covers acute gastroenteritis with profuse, painless, watery diarrhea like rice water, with collapse and icy coldness and cold sweat?
Answer: Veratrum album
Veratrum album matches cholera-like states with profuse, watery diarrhea, vomiting, cold sweat, and rapid prostration.
In acute prescribing for a dog bite or animal bite wound, which remedy is given alongside Arnica and is specific for bite wounds at risk for infection?
Answer: Ledum palustre
Ledum palustre is specific for puncture wounds and animal bites, especially to prevent sepsis and tetanus-like states from deep penetrating wounds.
A patient has acute sinusitis with thick, yellowish-green discharge, no thirst, worse in a warm room, and better in the open air. Which remedy?
Answer: Pulsatilla
Pulsatilla covers the late stage of sinusitis with thick, bland, yellow-green discharge, thirstlessness, and clear improvement in open air.
Which acute remedy is most indicated for a blunt eye injury with a black eye, orbital bruising, and soreness of the eyeball?
Answer: Symphytum officinale
Symphytum officinale (comfrey) is specifically indicated for blunt trauma to the eyeball and orbital bones, complementing Arnica for the bruising.
A patient with an acute kidney stone has colicky pain that radiates from the right kidney down to the right thigh, with desire to urinate constantly. Which remedy?
Answer: Berberis vulgaris
Berberis vulgaris is the premier remedy for renal colic with radiating pains that fan outward from the kidney region in multiple directions.
In an acute bee sting reaction in a non-anaphylactic patient, beyond Apis mellifica, which local application or remedy may be useful for rapid swelling and heat?
Answer: Urtica urens tincture
Urtica urens tincture applied locally or taken internally addresses the burning, stinging, and wheal-like swelling of insect bites and minor allergic skin reactions.