Phosphorus hydrogenatus
Phosphine (hydrogen phosphide, PH3) · Mineral
Phosphorus Hydrogenatus suits individuals who have developed neurological deterioration, particularly locomotor ataxia, after prolonged inhalation of phosphine gas. The remedy is characterized by painless tooth crumbling, visual flickering, and coordination difficulties.
Key symptoms
- Locomotor ataxia worse on closing the eyes
- Teeth crumble without pain, both healthy and carious
- Flickering visual disturbances preventing fixation of vision, especially in reading
- Auditory hyperesthesia
- Difficult articulation requiring great effort to form words
- Diarrhea with weakness of the anus
- Shooting pains in limbs and abdomen
Worse (aggravation)
- Closing the eyes
Phosphoretted Hydrogen. Phosphine. PH3. Solution.
Clinical
Amblyopia. Diarrhœa. Hyperæsthesia. Locomotor ataxy. Stammering. Teeth, crumbling.
Characteristics
Breunar (quoted by Allen) relates the effects of inhaling this gas, given off in the preparation of some "hypophosphites." The symptoms began to appear after three months in visional disturbances, diarrhœa, paralysis, and a complete state of locomotor ataxia, < on closing eyes. The teeth crumbled without pain. Articulation and swallowing were difficult. The diarrhœa was accompanied by weakness of the anus.
Relations
Electricity antidoted the effects. Compare: Locomotor ataxy, Arg. n., Alm., Helod. Visional defects, Benz. din., Carb. s.
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