Carboneum oxygenisatum
Carbon monoxide · Human-made/chemical
Carboneum Oxygenisatum produces a state of narcotic poisoning with anaesthesia, prolonged sleep, and marked coldness, alongside prominent skin changes including herpes zoster and pemphigus along nerve distributions. The anaesthesia is notable in that a slight touch with a hot iron can recall sensibility. There is marked amelioration of chest symptoms in open air.
Key symptoms
- State resembling intoxication; confusion, stupidity, loss of consciousness
- Herpes zoster along the course of nerves
- Pemphigus with large and small vesicles over the whole skin
- Great sleepiness lasting several days, interrupted by cramps in cheeks and toes
- Great coldness of surface with hands icy cold
- Trismus; jaws firmly clenched
- Vertigo with inclination to turn in a circle
Better (amelioration)
- Open air (especially for chest symptoms)
Carbonous Oxide
Herpes zoster, pemphigus, and trismus are produced by this drug. Coldness, sleepiness, loss of consciousness are marked. Vertigo.
Head
Cerebral congestion; hallucination of vision, hearing and touch. Inclination to turn in a circle. Jaws firmly clenched. Trismus. Heaviness of head. Sticking pain in temples. Roaring ears.
Eyes
Ocular paralysis, hemianopsias, disturbed pupillary reaction, optic neuritis and atrophy, subconjunctival and retinal hæmorrhages.
Skin
Anæsthesia; vesication along course of nerves; herpes zoster; pemphigus, with large and small vesicles. Hand icy cold.
Sleep
Deep. Prolonged; sleepiness for several days.
Dose
First attenuation.
Carbonous Oxide. CO. Solution in water.
Clinical
Cramps. Headache. Herpes zoster. Paralysis. Pemphigus. Sciatica. Trismus.
Characteristics
The effects of Carb. ox. have been noted in persons poisoned by the gas. It produces a state like intoxication. The person is confused, stupid. There is loss of consciousness. Anæsthesia, but the slightest touch with a hot iron recalls sensibility. Convulsions and cramps. Great sleepiness lasting for several days; interrupted by cramps in cheeks and toes. Great coldness of surface, hands icy cold. Marked > of symptoms, especially of chest, in open air.
Relations
Compare: Carb. hydro.
1. Mind
Depressed: stupid; apathetic.─Anxiety, with desire for air but too paralysed to seek it.
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