Phosphorus muriaticus
Mineral
Phosphorus Muriaticus suits cases of acute toxic inhalation injury causing severe eye, nasal, and respiratory irritation. Symptoms persist over days and are especially distressing at night.
Key symptoms
- Great soreness of mucous membranes of eyes and nose with copious intermittent runnings
- Photophobia with shading eyes from reflected light
- Congested whites of eyes
- Irritation and copious intermittent nasal discharge
- Throat and chest soreness
- Difficult breathing with wheezing in the morning
- Intolerable smell of fumes recalled at night preventing sleep
Worse (aggravation)
- Morning (breathing most difficult)
- Night (recalled smell prevents sleep)
Phosphorus pentachloride. PCl5. Solution.
Clinical
Asthma. Coryza. Ophthalmia.
Characteristics
J. Meredith (H. W., xxxiii. 127) has recorded the effects observed on a science student from grinding up this salt and inhaling the fumes. Eye-soreness, coryza, sore throat and chest with difficult breathing, were the main symptoms. They lasted fourteen days from the exposure; and were cured by Bell. 3x internally and a one per cent. Iodine lotion locally as a compress at night.
3. Eyes
Great soreness of mucous membranes of eyes and nose, with copious intermittent runnings; lasts all night.─Shades eyes from light reflected from tablecloth at dinner.─Whites of eyes congested.
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