{"id":36095,"date":"2019-12-25T07:42:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T07:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homeobook.com\/?p=36095"},"modified":"2022-01-06T00:19:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T00:19:41","slug":"significance-of-the-cry-in-newborn-infants-children-and-its-homoeopathic-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeobook.com\/significance-of-the-cry-in-newborn-infants-children-and-its-homoeopathic-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Significance of the cry in newborns, infants, children and its homoeopathic approach"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
Dr Uma Maheswari<\/strong> ABSTRAC<\/strong>T METHOD:<\/strong> KEYWORDS: <\/strong>Cry, types of cry, clinical inquiry homoeopathy, repertory, rubrics, homoeopathic remedies. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n INTRODUCTON:<\/strong> Homoeopathy has great scope in treating the clinical condition related to newborn and infants, children with repertorization based on type of cry and through materia medica reference, thus exact treatment for that particular case can be obtained. The scope of homoeopathy doesn\u2019t depend upon the causative agent or ultimate, but in treating actual derangement of the vital process (12)<\/sup>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n TYPES OF CRY:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n HUNGER CRY: <\/strong>Short, low pitched (soft) and rhythmical (1)<\/sup>, infant need to eat more often when they are going through a growth spurt (1)<\/sup>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n PAIN CRY:<\/strong> Babies have different cry to communicate pain or discomfort.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF CRY:\u00a0 CLINICAL ENQUIRY:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Excessive crying is suspected surgical cases associated with respiratory distress. Intermittent colicky (short duration ) in infants <3 months mostly due to infantile colicky, older children due to intestinal, renal colicky, upper respiratory tract infection, otitis media, bronciolitis. Continuous colicky (long duration) occur due to immobile limb (trauma), recent DPT vaccination (10)<\/sup><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n ANGRY CRY: <\/strong>Anger is defined as an emotion in which the child makes an aggressive approach (either overtly or covertly) towards some person or objects. Stimulus to anger expressed by restraint, interference with children’s movements, wants to carry.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n RUBRICS INDICATED FOR CRY IN REPERTORIES:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n HOMOEOPATHIC THERAPEUTICS:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n ABROTANUM<\/strong>: They are cross, irritable, depressed and peevish. It is suited to affections of new born especially little boys, hydrocele, epistaxis, emaciated, oozing of blood and moisture from navel (delay in the healing of umbilicus after it was cut). The abrotanum face has a peculiar look during cry which can be identified easily in day to day practice, i.e. cold, dry and wrinklrd, pale, hollowed eye, distended veins on forehead and blue ring around the eye.(8)<\/sup><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n ACONITE:<\/strong> hot, dry, full pulse, restlessness. (6)<\/sup>Dose- dissolves six globules in half a glass of water and gives teaspoonful every one, two, or three hours according to circumstance. (4)<\/sup><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n AETHUSA<\/strong>: Hallucination, delirium, sees cats and dogs, wants to jump out of bed or out of window, Irritability especially in open air. There is great anguish and crying (8)<\/sup><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n ARSINICUM ALBUM:<\/strong> Cries after nursing, as soon as child feed with food. (11)<\/sup><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n ARNICA:<\/strong> Cries every time when the child starts coughing, earache, colicky abdominal pain. (11)<\/sup><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM:<\/strong> Cries when washed with cold water, when touched. (11)<\/sup> \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n BARYTA CARB:<\/strong> The child is scared of being left alone. He has strange and imaginary fears. They often get night terrors, without any clear idea of what the terror is, and they always have a fear of people. Child is touchy, easily irritated, cries due to even slight interference (8)<\/sup><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n BELLADONA:<\/strong> Crying without apparent cause, heat on the head, sparkling eyes, flused cheeks, starting during sleep, constipation. (6) <\/sup>Dose \u2013 dissolve six globules in half a glass of water and give teaspoonful every one, two, or three hours according to circumstance. (8)<\/sup><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n CALCAREA PHOS:<\/strong> These children have pale, waxy face, Cold perspiration on the face and swollen upper lip. They are sleepy in day time and evening, sleepless after going to bed until midnight or later very sleepy in the morning. Vivid dreams, children cry out in sleep. (8)<\/sup><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n CAMPHOR<\/strong>: After chamomilla when cham. Proves insufficient and the child seems in great pain (Dose- one or two drops upon a little loaf sugar, after crushing it well, a small portion of the powder may be placed on the tongue )(6)<\/sup><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n CHAMMOMILLA:<\/strong> Constant crying, with drawing up of the leg, pain in or distention of the abdomen, looseness of the bowel. (6)<\/sup> The irritability is also expressed through whines and cries and sputter about everything. It refuses everything that he has asked for, capriciousness. The child wants to be carried all the time which keeps him cool or ameliorates his complaints. (8) <\/sup>Piteous moaning because child can\u2019t have what he wants. (10)<\/sup> When child cries, restless with frequent starting or there is reason believe it has earache or head ache and cries when child moved. (4)<\/sup><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Intern, Father Muller Homoeopathic Medical College<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
This article tells about the importance of cry and its homoeopathic approach, a detailed explanation about cry, its type with clinical inquiry in newborn, infants and children, rubric from different repertorial reference included in this article that proves the importance in considering cry in treatment of children through homoeopathy. Also homeopathic remedies with its indications obtained from different literature sources thus help the physician in analysis and understanding different medicines.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Various old literature and homeopathic repertory about cry and its clinical significance in relevance according to homeopathy is reviewed and thus the importance of cry of children in homeopathic case taking and prescription been emphasized.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Babies are born with ability to cry, which is how they do most of their communication, for a while babies cries to indicate: babies stomach is empty, his \/ her nappy is wet, his \/ her feet is wet, baby might be tired, need to be cuddled and held (1)<\/sup>.Generally babies cry more and are more wakeful during late afternoon and evening, crying also tends to increase at 2 to 4 weeks, then decreases. Most of the babies spend less time crying, when they reach 3 to 4 month of age (1)<\/sup><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\r\n PATTERN OF CRY\u00a0<\/td>\r\n CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n High pitched striking\u00a0<\/td>\r\n Abnormal CNS function, meningitis, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Hydrocephalus, malnutrition (2)<\/sup>.\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Gravel in mouth\u00a0<\/td>\r\n Laryngitis(2)<\/sup>\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Grunting\u00a0<\/td>\r\n Pneumonia, sepsis (2)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Irritated- long, loud intense high pitched\u00a0<\/td>\r\n Colicky abnormal pain (2)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Hoarseness\u00a0<\/td>\r\n Hypothyroidism, trauma to pharynx, \u00a0Vocal cord paralysis (2)<\/sup>.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Muffled\u00a0<\/td>\r\n Epiglottitis<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Stridorous\u00a0<\/td>\r\n Foreign body, infection, larynx abnormalities(2)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Vigorous and lusty\u00a0<\/td>\r\n Kernicterous (2)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Weak and whimpery<\/td>\r\n Muscle weakness, myasthenia gravis<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Sudden onset unexplained paroxysmal loud more or less continuous. Abdomen may be distended, tense and tight. Legs are drawn up to the abdomen through momentary extended feet may be cold, hands clenched. Each attach last for about 2 to 20 minutes, sobbing continuously for more than 30 minutes then falls asleep. During attack one may hear loud borborygmi. Temporary relief by passing flatus, stool, held upright, lying in lap, massage, breast feeding (10)<\/sup>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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\r\n RUBRICS<\/td>\r\n REMEDIES<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Crying children<\/td>\r\n Ars, bell, bor<\/em><\/strong>, bry, camph, caste, caust, CHAM<\/strong>, chin, cina, coff<\/em><\/strong>, graph, hyos, ign,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> kali.c, lyco, nit.ac,<\/em><\/strong> PULS, RHEUM,<\/strong> seneg, sil (3)<\/sup>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n -Birth since<\/td>\r\n Acon, carc, cham, syph (3)<\/sup>.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n -Cries piteous if taken hold or carried\u00a0<\/td>\r\n Cina<\/em><\/strong>, sil(3)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n -Dentition difficult from<\/td>\r\n Phyt<\/em><\/strong>(3)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n -His will not done when\u00a0<\/td>\r\n Calp.p, cham, CINA<\/strong>, tub<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n -Infants\u00a0<\/td>\r\n Acont, ars, bell, bor, calc, cham<\/em><\/strong>, coff, ign, ip, Jal, puls, rhod,<\/em><\/strong> sen, syph, thuj(3)<\/sup>.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n -Night\u00a0<\/td>\r\n Arund, bor, lac.c, psor, rheum<\/em><\/strong>(3)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n -Quiet only when carried<\/td>\r\n CHAM<\/strong>, cina<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n -Toss all night<\/td>\r\n Ars, psor, rheum <\/em><\/strong>(3)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Cries whole day, sleep whole night<\/td>\r\n LYC(8)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Cries whole night, sleeps whole day<\/td>\r\n Jal, psor<\/strong>(8)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Cries soon after birth, much unless carried<\/td>\r\n Med, sulp (7)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Cries rapidly can be comforted by rapid rocking<\/td>\r\n Cina (7)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Cries as from colicky<\/td>\r\n Aeth (7)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Cries in cradle or bed child wants to be nursed on arms\u00a0<\/td>\r\n Benz acid (7)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n After a fall slightest motion of arms or neck\u00a0<\/td>\r\n Hyper (7)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n If moved in fever\u00a0<\/td>\r\n Bry (7)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n After nursing screams ,<\/td>\r\n Bor(7)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n suddenly child cries out<\/td>\r\n Hyos (7)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Inhibited anger response crying\u00a0<\/td>\r\n Rheum, ant.t, kali.c, puls.(7)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Mind \u2013weeping-child \u2013illness with senseless prattling :<\/td>\r\n Calad(12)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Mind \u2013weeping-children in (trifles-children)<\/td>\r\n Acon, aeth, ant t, ars, arnd, aur, bell, borx, calc, camph, carc, caste, caust, cham<\/strong>, chap, chin, cina, coff, dulc, graph, hyos, hyosin, ign, ip, jal, kali-c, kreos, lac-c, lyc, med, mat-m, nit-ac, phyt, psor, puls, rheum<\/strong>, rhod, seneg, senn, sep, sil, spong, stann, stram, thuj (12)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Mind \u2013weeping-children in- night:<\/td>\r\n Arund, borx, kali-c, kreos, lac-c, lyc, psor, rheum, sil, stram, thuj(12)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Mind- weeping-children in- babies:<\/td>\r\n Ars, bell, borx, calc-c, camph, caust, cham, chap, chin, coff, hyos, ign, ip, jal, kali-c, lyc, nit-ac, psor, puls, rhod, seneg, senn, sil, syph, tritic-vg, vanil.(12)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 -birth-<\/strong>from birth on<\/td>\r\n Carc, syph (12)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 –birth<\/strong>-immediately after<\/td>\r\n Syhp(12)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Mind- weeping-children in-difficulty dentition from:<\/td>\r\n Phyt(12)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Mind- weeping-children in-nursing, when:<\/td>\r\n Aeth, borx, lac-c(12)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Mind- weeping-children in-sick, when:<\/td>\r\n Aeth(12)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Mind-weeping-children in-will is not done(contradiction; opposition; refused)<\/td>\r\n Cina<\/strong>, dilc, spong, tritic-vg, vanil(12)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Mind-weeping-continuously-children \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0in (newborn):<\/td>\r\n Syph, thuj(12)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Mind-weeping-rating-while-children, in:<\/td>\r\n Bell ,lac-ac, staph(12)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Mind-irritability-children, in \u2013crying and weeping:<\/td>\r\n Bamb-a, cortiso, mux-v, plat(12)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Bladder-urging-painful-children grasp the genitals cry out:<\/td>\r\n Acot<\/strong>, mrec(13)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Bladder-frequent-infant scream before the urine passes :<\/td>\r\n Bor<\/em>, lach, lyc,<\/em> nux-v, sars(13)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Bladder-urination, dysuria, painful, child cries before urine starts:<\/td>\r\n Bor<\/em><\/strong>, lach, lyc, nux-v, sars <\/em><\/strong>(13)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n \r\n Cough ,SPRINGS up, child, and clings to those around ; calls for help in a hoarse voice, bends backward and grasps at larynx :<\/td>\r\n Ant-t<\/em> (13)<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n