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Ruby free homeopathic software from Roger van Zandvoort

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Ruby free homeopathic software from Roger van Zandvoort Courtesy : Roger van Zandvoort RUBY is a little gem of a program with a dual personality. Firstly, it’s a reference tool; designed to make browsing and searching the Complete Repertory / Repertorium Universale simple, quick and easy. Secondly, it’s a construction tool: you can make additions to the repertory with it – from a single rubric to an entire proving – to export and send to the author for inclusion. RUBY is NOT a repertorisation program, and the repertory it contains can't be used with any of the repertorisation programs which include the Complete Repertory. RUBY’s features are accessed through 7 screens: Main Screen (default screen for browsing the repertory) Clipboards (for adding rubrics to the repertory) Search/Find (for keyword searches across the entire repertory) Clipboard manager Remedies & abbreviations (for obtaining the correct remedy abbreviation for making additions) Clipboard export Colour preferences (for customising RUBY’s on-screen appearance) 1. Main screen 2. Search screen 3. Clipboard screen for repertory additions RUBY comes in several language variants and in two formats – Complete Repertory or Repertorium Universale. (Note that the 2005 versions are available in the English language only.) The program is entirely self-explanatory. Mouse over any feature on any screen and a Tooltip will explain its function. Keyboard shortcuts are also available for all the main navigational and editing functions within the program. Download Link : Please Note : RUBY has now been superseded by Complete Dynamics, a new and more powerful repertory browser which, in future editions, will incorporate case management and analysis features and much more. RUBY remains available for the time being in the German language edition and in other languages to enable proving coordinators to submit additions to the Complete Repertory but will NOT be updated to the latest editions of the repertories. http://www.morphologica.com/ruby/rubyCR2005En.exe

Ruby free homeopathic software from Roger van Zandvoort

Ruby free homeopathic software from Roger van Zandvoort Courtesy : Roger van Zandvoort RUBY is a little gem of a program with a dual person...

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Mind Map software

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Mind map software is an important tool in studying Homeopathic Materia medica . It can be used effectively in homeopathic projects assigned during the professional courses of B.H.M.S. What is Mind Map ? A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea. It is used to generate, visualize, structure and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, decision making, and writing. It is an image-centered diagram that represents semantic or other connections between portions of information. By presenting these connections in a radial, non-linear graphical manner, it encourages a brainstorming approach to any given organizational task, eliminating the hurdle of initially establishing an intrinsically appropriate or relevant conceptual framework to work within. A mind map is similar to a semantic network or cognitive map but there are no formal restrictions on the kinds of links used. The elements are arranged intuitively according to the importance of the concepts and they are organized into groupings, branches, or areas. The uniform graphic formulation of the semantic structure of information on the method of gathering knowledge, may aid recall of existing memories. Some Examples of Mind Maps created by Irish School Of Homeopaths: click <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOpWj6ceoIoB4mHQWDUgDNQoZtZcMek32bD9A2TVqC4qZbHoeCGyg1cDhzZOT7l9b-MFpYnHhG-O62Stn8lYEd8yabGUjqFdUTmid2HquM_7Wn9GvZ-HMpPNJGGzUVRTiXDSSMqShAleo/s320/lycopodiuum.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOpWj6ceoIoB4mHQWDUgDNQoZtZcMek32bD9A2TVqC4qZbHoeCGyg1cDhzZOT7l9b-MFpYnHhG-O62Stn8lYEd8yabGUjqFdUTmid2HquM_7Wn9GvZ-HMpPNJGGzUVRTiXDSSMqShAleo/s320/lycopodiuum.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 292px;" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLgNBy4Wla9deP3JFCU9ba3xSdjEgfYcHaEz_gW81PjlmgI_azwumzjwLcfvKoPGYZ0suay4g-aoRgbterP7cgxCDqJh4b2yELXGmoAK70RFpRESHZIE0yTLvi3n1_qYPPSvgmipdw8o/s320/anacardium.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLgNBy4Wla9deP3JFCU9ba3xSdjEgfYcHaEz_gW81PjlmgI_azwumzjwLcfvKoPGYZ0suay4g-aoRgbterP7cgxCDqJh4b2yELXGmoAK70RFpRESHZIE0yTLvi3n1_qYPPSvgmipdw8o/s320/anacardium.gif" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 199px;" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP2GWwLEfhI06HAzdsas0zT6kPxFiSw0t0F9obCz5ZGhuwi-IbBQwbYsS28FaKZndeUaT7EG0bwIectD23PBijrbMnrMuql9dnhfYE_VjeqSOG1QsMeeHoHy19M7pLTA6DtEhi0RQKyqA/s320/aconite.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP2GWwLEfhI06HAzdsas0zT6kPxFiSw0t0F9obCz5ZGhuwi-IbBQwbYsS28FaKZndeUaT7EG0bwIectD23PBijrbMnrMuql9dnhfYE_VjeqSOG1QsMeeHoHy19M7pLTA6DtEhi0RQKyqA/s320/aconite.gif" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 153px;" /></a> Mind Map of Arsenic Album download link:<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/2zvagpoqd5">download</a> Mind Map of Anacardium download link:<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/4m8xe4xvc4">download</a> Mind Map of Aconite download link:<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/qee3zz5rb1">download</a>

Mind Map software

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Swine Flu- Homeopathic approach

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A humor through internet – For escaping from swine flu “ Wash your Hands thoroughly and switch off your TV” The media and multinational pharmaceuticals creating un necessary fear and terror on this influenza – even though it is a self limiting disease. The disease is indeed self-limiting. It's like any viral disease overpower those through risk phases like old age, pregnancy., immuno compromised states etc. The havoc created will end up in the west taking few courses of antiviral and antibiotics like it happened during the time of the anthrax dust soon after the 9-11 at US. Its an organized havoc and chaos! There will be fake alarms in the form this disease. These alarm and pandemonium created by the mass media and pharmaceuticals during last season caused much panic among common man than the actual disease followed by injudicious administration of stronger and combination medicines with out any proper protocol resulted in much side effects and deaths - and much damage to industry. Swine flu (hog flu, pig flu) is a respiratory disease caused by influenza Aviruses that infect the respiratory tract of pigs and result in nasal secretions, a barking-like cough, decreased appetite, and listless behavior. Swine flu produces most of the same symptoms in pigs as human flu produces in people. Swine influenza is common in pigs in the midwestern United States (and occasionally in other states), Mexico, Canada, South America, Europe (including the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Italy), Kenya, Mainland China, Taiwan, Japan and other parts of eastern Asia since 1918 - not a new one. Transmission of swine influenza virus from pigs to humans is not common and properly cooked pork poses no risk of infection. When transmitted, the virus does not always cause human influenza and often the only sign of infection is the presence of antibodies in the blood, detectable only by laboratory tests. When transmission results in influenza in a human, it is called zoonotic swine flu. People who work with pigs, especially people with intense exposures, are at risk of catching swine flu. However, only about fifty such transmissions have been recorded since the mid-20th century when identification of influenza subtypes became possible. History of swine influenza The 1918 flu pandemic in humans was associated with H1N1 and influenza appearing in pigs, this may reflect a zoonosis either from swine to humans, or from humans to swine. Although it is not certain in which direction the virus was transferred, some evidence suggests that, in this case, pigs caught the disease from humans. For instance, swine influenza was only noted as a new disease of pigs in 1918, after the first large outbreaks of influenza amongst people. History of Influenza A virus in the human population: <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMnpk_wkeq-F6zXTc-Iq4mkyYgPajZC1i8ChZ9kV0Leu42DQCaIdbRnRuPWs2TXH44BkWk2fJIPvRc06KVWSGy7FU8ubq88lM4b67gx9BZOQAiG67xyE4Tc17E5Ja_LyuotalELZeOrkVY/s1600-h/image002.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367204299039177874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMnpk_wkeq-F6zXTc-Iq4mkyYgPajZC1i8ChZ9kV0Leu42DQCaIdbRnRuPWs2TXH44BkWk2fJIPvRc06KVWSGy7FU8ubq88lM4b67gx9BZOQAiG67xyE4Tc17E5Ja_LyuotalELZeOrkVY/s320/image002.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 141px;" /></a> The various types of influenza virus are clearly illustrated in the above figure. Solid squares show the appearance of a new strain causing recurring influenza pandemics. The dotted line indicates the unidentified strains. The H1N1 form of swine flu is one of the descendants of the Spanish flu that caused a devastating pandemic in humans during 1918 -1919. It would have been persisting in pigs and was then circulated into humans during the 20th century, contributing to the normal seasonal epidemics of influenza. This virus constantly changes its form, thereby eluding the protective antibodies that people may have developed in response to previous exposures to influenza vaccines. Every two or three years, the virus undergoes minor changes. But at intervals, a bulk of world’s population has developed some level of resistance to these minor changes and it easily infect populations around the world, often infecting hundreds of millions of people whose antibody defenses are unable to resist it. The 2009 flu outbreak in humans, known as "swine flu", is due to a new strain of influenza A virus subtype H1N1 that contained genes most closely related to swine influenza. The origin of this new strain is unknown. However, the World Organization for Animal Health(OIE) reports that this strain has not been isolated in pigs. This strain can be transmitted from human to human, and causes the normal symptoms of influenza. Pigs can become infected with human influenza and this appears to have happened during the 1918 flu pandemic and the 2009 flu outbreak Classification Of the three genera of influenza viruses that cause human flu, two also cause influenza in pigs, with Influenzavirus A being common in pigs and Influenzavirus C being rare. Influenzavirus B has not been reported in pigs. Within Influenzavirus A and Influenzavirus C, the strains found in pigs and humans are largely distinct, although due to reassortment there have been transfers of genes among strains crossing swine, avian, and human species boundaries. Influenza A Swine influenza is known to be caused by influenza A subtypes H1N1, H1N2,H3N1, H3N2 and H2N3 In pigs, three influenza A virus subtypes (H1N1, H3N2, and H1N2) are the most common strains worldwide. In the United States, the H1N1 subtype was exclusively prevalent among swine populations before 1998; however, since late August 1998, H3N2 subtypes have been isolated from pigs. History Swine influenza was first proposed to be a disease related to human influenza during the 1918 flu pandemic, when pigs became sick at the same time as humans. The first identification of an influenza virus as a cause of disease in pigs occurred about ten years later, in 1930. For the following 60 years, swine influenza strains were almost exclusively H1N1. Then, between 1997 and 2002, new strains of three different subtypes and five different genotypes emerged as causes of influenza among pigs in North America. In 1997-1998, H3N2 strains emerged. These strains, which include genes derived by reassortment from human, swine and avian viruses, have become a major cause of swine influenza in North America. Reassortment between H1N1 and H3N2 produced H1N2 In 1999 in Canada, a strain of H4N6 crossed the species barrier from birds to pigs, but was contained on a single farm. The H1N1 form of swine flu is one of the descendants of the strain that caused the 1918 flu pandemic As well as persisting in pigs, the descendants of the 1918 virus have also circulated in humans through the 20th century, contributing to the normal seasonal epidemics of influenza.However, direct transmission from pigs to humans is rare, with only 12 cases in the U.S. since 2005 Nevertheless, the retention of influenza strains in pigs after these strains have disappeared from the human population might make pigs a reservoir where influenza viruses could persist, later emerging to reinfect humans once human immunity to these strains has waned. Swine flu has been reported numerous times as a zoonosis in humans, usually with limited distribution, rarely with a widespread distribution. Outbreaks in swine are common and cause significant economic losses in industry, primarily by causing stunting and extended time to market. For example, this disease costs the British meat industry about £65 million every year. Why is swine flu now infecting humans? Many researchers now consider that two main series of events can lead to swine flu (and also avian or bird flu becoming a major cause for influenza illness in humans. First, the influenza viruses (types A, B, C) are enveloped RNA viruses with a segmented genome; this means the viral RNA genetic code is not a single strand of RNA but exists as eight different RNA segments in the influenza viruses. A human (or bird) influenza virus can infect a pig respiratory cell at the same time as a swine influenza virus; some of the replicating RNA strands from the human virus can get mistakenly enclosed inside the enveloped swine influenza virus. For example, one cell could contain eight swine flu and eight human flu RNA segments. The total number of RNA types in one cell would be 16; four swine and four human flu RNA segments could be incorporated into one particle, making a viable eight RNA segmented flu virus from the 16 available segment types. Various combinations of RNA segments can result in a new subtype of virus (known as antigenic shift that may have the ability to preferentially infect humans but still show characteristics unique to the swine influenza virus It is even possible to include RNA strands from birds, swine, and human influenza viruses into one virus if a cell becomes infected with all three types of influenza (for example, two bird flu, three swine flu, and three human flu RNA segments to produce a viable eight-segment new type of flu viral genome). Formation of a new viral type is considered to be antigenic shift; small changes in an individual RNA segment in flu viruses are termed antigenic drift and result in minor changes in the virus. However, these can accumulate over time to produce enough minor changes that cumulatively change the virus' antigenic makeup over time (usually years). Second, pigs can play a unique role as an intermediary host to new flu types because pig respiratory cells can be infected directly with bird, human, and other mammalian flu viruses. Consequently, pig respiratory cells are able to be infected with many types of flu and can function as a "mixing pot" for flu RNA segments Bird flu viruses, which usually infect the gastrointestinal cells of many bird species, are shed in bird feces. Pigs can pick these viruses up from the environment and seem to be the major way that bird flu virus RNA segments enter the mammalian flu virus population. Transmission Transmission between pigs Influenza is quite common in pigs, with about half of breeding pigs having been exposed to the virus in the US. Antibodies to the virus are also common in pigs in other countries. The main route of transmission is through direct contact between infected and uninfected animals. These close contacts are particularly common during animal transport. Intensive farming may also increase the risk of transmission, as the pigs are raised in very close proximity to each other. The direct transfer of the virus probably occurs either by pigs touching noses, or through dried mucus. Airborne transmission through the aerosols produced by pigs coughing or sneezing are also an important means of infection.The virus usually spreads quickly through a herd, infecting all the pigs within just a few days. Transmission may also occur through wild animals, such as wild boar, which can spread the disease between farms. Transmission to humans People who work with poultry and swine, especially people with intense exposures, are at increased risk of zoonotic infection with influenza virus endemic in these animals, and Other professions at particular risk of infection are veterinarians and meat processing workers, although the risk of infection for both of these groups is lower than that of farm workers. Signs and symptoms <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD16QWlUj6DyZmu1MpHIM5d5S3wSBsz5pH3nN64Z8kCtkhY1-dUoH8L4iM20vRHOXKt7or32JGFF5m2nQcqNmrxdbopcxePdV6nP_wuejeU9sgTSLkaLFC-6JvqFh16NGuLeyb943_cjO7/s1600-h/image004.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367204023718723730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD16QWlUj6DyZmu1MpHIM5d5S3wSBsz5pH3nN64Z8kCtkhY1-dUoH8L4iM20vRHOXKt7or32JGFF5m2nQcqNmrxdbopcxePdV6nP_wuejeU9sgTSLkaLFC-6JvqFh16NGuLeyb943_cjO7/s320/image004.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 162px; height: 320px;" /></a> In swine In pigs influenza infection produces fever, lethargy, sneezing, coughing, difficulty breathing and decreased appetite. In some cases the infection can cause abortion. Although mortality is usually low (around 1-4%), the virus can produce weight loss and poor growth, causing economic loss to farmers. Infected pigs can lose up to 12 pounds of body weight over a 3 to 4 week period. In Humans Symptoms of Swine flu According to Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the symptoms of swine flu were similar to those of influenza and of influenza like illness. It includes fever, sore throat, body aches, headaches, chills and fatigue. The 2009 outbreak has shown an increased percentage of patients reporting diarrhea and vomiting. In United States, CDC advised physicians to consider swine influenza infection in the differential diagnosis of patients with acute febrile respiratory illness. The presumed pathophysiology indicates that influenza viruses bind through hemagglutin on to sialic acid sugars on the surfaces of epithelial cells, which typically affect the nose, throat and lungs of humans. The viruses are 80-120 nm in diameter When to Seek Emergency Medical Care? has difficulty breathing or chest pain has purple or blue discoloration of the lips is vomiting and unable to keep liquids down has signs of dehydration such as dizziness when standing, absence of urination, or in infants, a lack of tears when they cry has seizures (for example, uncontrolled convulsions) is less responsive than normal or becomes confused COMPLICATIONS Pneumonia Respiratory failure Convulsions Infectious Period Persons with swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection should be considered potentially contagious for up to 7 days following illness onset. Persons who continue to be ill longer than 7 days after illness onset should be considered potentially contagious until symptoms have resolved. Children, especially younger children, might potentially be contagious for longer periods. The duration of infectiousness might vary by swine influenza A (H1N1) virus strain. Non-hospitalized ill persons who are a confirmed or suspected case of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection are recommended to stay at home (voluntary isolation) for at least the first 7 days after illness onset except to seek medical care. DIAGNOSIS Swine flu is presumptively diagnosed clinically by the patient's history of association with people known to have the disease and their symptoms listed above. Usually, a quick test (for example, nasopharyngeal swab sample) is done to see if the patient is infected with influenza A or B virus. Most of the tests can distinguish between A and B types. The test can be negative (no flu infection) or positive for type A and B. If the test is positive for type B, the flu is not likely to be swine flu (H1N1). If it is positive for type A, the person could have a conventional flu strain or swine flu (H1N1). Swine flu (H1N1) is definitively diagnosed by identifying the particular antigens associated with the virus type. In general, this test is done in a specialized laboratory and is not done by many doctors' offices or hospital laboratories. However, doctors' offices are able to send specimens to specialized laboratories if necessary A confirmed case of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection is defined as a person with an acute respiratory illness with laboratory confirmed swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection at CDC by one or more of the following tests: real-time RT-PCR viral culture four-fold rise in swine influenza A (H1N1) virus-specific neutralizing antibodies RISK GROUPS Household close contacts who are at high-risk for complications of influenza (persons with certain chronic medical condition School children who are at high-risk for complications of influenza (persons with certain chronic medical conditions) who had close contact (face-to-face) with a confirmed or suspected case. Travelers to Mexico who are at high-risk for complications of influenza (persons with certain chronic medical conditions, elderly). Border workers Health care workers or public health workers Prevention Prevention of swine influenza has three components: prevention in swine, prevention of transmission to humans, and prevention of its spread among humans. Prevention in swine Methods of preventing the spread of influenza among swine include facility management, herd management, and vaccination. Vaccine . Control of swine influenza by vaccination has become more difficult in recent decades, as the evolution of the virus has resulted in inconsistent responses to traditional vaccines. Standard commercial swine flu vaccines are effective in controlling the infection. Present vaccination strategies for SIV control and prevention in swine farms typically include the use of one of several bivalent SIV vaccines commercially available in the United States Since the protective ability of influenza vaccines depends primarily on the closeness of the match between the vaccine virus and the epidemic virus, the presence of nonreactive H3N2 SIV variants suggests that current commercial vaccines might not effectively protect pigs from infection with a majority of H3N2 viruses. The United States Department of Agriculture researchers say that while pig vaccination keeps pigs from getting sick, it does not block infection or shedding of the virus. Facility management; includes using disinfectants and ambient temperature to control virus in the environment. The virus is unlikely to survive outside living cells for more than two weeks, except in cold (but above freezing) conditions, and it is readily inactivated by disinfectants. Herd management; includes not adding pigs carrying influenza to herds that have not been exposed to the virus. The virus survives in healthy carrier pigs for up to 3 months and can be recovered. carrier pigs for up to 3 months and can be recovered from them between outbreaks. Carrier pigs are usually responsible for the introduction of SIV into previously uninfected herds and countries, so new animals should be quarantined Prevention in humans The transmission from swine to human is believed to occur mainly in swine farms where farmers are in close contact with live pigs. so farmers and veterinarians are encouraged to use a face mask when dealing with infected animals. The use of vaccines on swine to prevent their infection is a major method of limiting swine to human transmission. Risk factors that may contribute to swine-to-human transmission include smoking and not wearing gloves when working with sick animals Prevention of human to human transmission ????: Study Temple-All kinds of Study Material Swine Flu- Homeopathic approach Influenza spreads between humans through coughing or sneezing and people touching something with the virus on it and then touching their own nose or mouth. Swine flu cannot be spread by pork products, since the virus is not transmitted through food. Recommendations to prevent spread of the virus among humans include Using standard infection control against influenza This includes frequent washing of hands with soap and water or with alcohol-based hand sanitizers, especially after being out in public. · Use of handkerchief while sneezing. · Use of face mask while dealing with infected people ·Although the current trivalent influenza vaccine is unlikely to provide protection against the new 2009 H1N1 strain, vaccines against the new strain are being developed and could be ready as early as June 2009. · Social distancing is another tactic. It means staying away from other people who might be infected and can include avoiding large gatherings, spreading out a little at work, or perhaps staying home and lying low if an infection is spreading in a community. · Public health and other responsible authorities have action plans which may request or require social distancing actions depending on the severity of the outbreak. Treatment In swine As swine influenza is rarely fatal to pigs, little treatment beyond rest and supportive care is required. Instead veterinary efforts are focused on preventing the spread of the virus throughout the farm, or to other farms. Vaccination and animal management techniques are most important in these efforts. Antibiotics are also used to treat this disease, which although they have no effect against the influenza virus, do help prevent bacterial pneumonia and other secondary infections in influenza-weakened herds. In humans If a person becomes sick with swine flu, antiviral drugs can make the illness milder and make the patient feel better faster. They may also prevent serious flu complications. For treatment, antiviral drugs work best if started soon after getting sick (within 2 days of symptoms). Beside antivirals, palliative care, at home or in hospital, focuses on controlling fevers and maintaining fluid balance. The U.S. Centers for Disease Controland Prevention recommends the use of Tamiflu (oseltamivir or Relenza (zanamivir) for the treatment and/or prevention of infection with swine influenza viruses, however, the majority of people infected with the virus make a full recovery without requiring medical attention or antiviral drugs. The virus isolates in the 2009 outbreak have been found resistant to amantadine and rimantadine PROGNOSIS In general, the majority (about 90%-95%) of people that get the disease feel terrible but recover with no problems, as seen in patients in both Mexico and the U.S. Caution must be taken as the swine flu (H1N1) is still spreading and may become a pandemic. Young adults have not done well, and in Mexico, this group currently has the highest mortality rate, but this data could quickly change. People with depressed immune systems historically have worse outcomes. Another confounding problem with the prognosis of swine flu (H1N1) is that the disease is occurring and spreading in high numbers at the usual end of the flu season. Most flu outbreaks happen between November to the following April, with peak activity between late December to March This outbreak is not following the usual flu pattern. Because swine flu (H1N1) does not seem to be following the usual flu disease pattern, any prognosis is speculative. The first traceable case in Mexico, termed "patient zero," was a 5-year-old child in Veracruz who has completely recovered. Investigators noted that large pigfarms were located close to the boy's home. The first death in the U.S. occurred in a 23-month-old child who was visiting Texas from Mexico but apparently caught the disease in Mexico. The World Health Organization has not, as of Apr. 29, declared a pandemic, but it has declared a phase 5 alert (a phase 5 WHO alert warns that a disease outbreak has occurred that is transmitted from person to person, is sustained in communities, and has spread to several nations). The WHO said it may consider declaring a pandemic (WHO stage 6) if the number of cases and nations affected increase; some scientists suggest that phase 6 is imminent. Differential Diagnosis 1. Dengue Fever Of all the arthropod- borne viral diseases, Dengue fever is the most common. This infection may be asymptomatic or may lead to 1. Classical Dengue Fever 2 .Dengue Haemorrhagic fever without shock 3. Dengue Haemorrhagic fever with shock The main vector is Aedes aegypti mosquito. The illness is characterised by a incubation period of 3 to 10 days. The onset is sudden with chills and high fever, intense headache, muscle and joint pains which prevent all movement. Within 24 hrs retro-orbital pain and photophobia develops. Other symptoms include extreme weakness, anorexia, constipation, colicky pain and abdominal tenderness. Fever is typically but not inevitably followed by a remission of a few hrs to2 days. The rash may be diffuse flushing, mottling, or fleeting pin point eruptions on face, neck and chest during the first half of the febrile period and a conspicuous rash that may be maculopapular or scarlatiform on 3rd or 4th day. Fever lasts for about 5 days. Dengue haemorrhagic fever is confined exclusively to children less than 15 yrs of age. There may be plasma leakage and abnormal haemostasis, as manifested by a rising haematocrit value and moderate to marked thrombocytopenia.The fever may rise again producing a saddle-back fever curve. There may be generalised lymphadenopathy. In dengue shock syndrome shock is present along with all the above criteria. 2. Yellow fever It is a zoonotic disease affecting principally monkeys and other vertebrates. It shares clinical features of dengue fever but is characterised by more severe hepatic and renal involvement.. So death is more common in yellow fever than chikungunya. 3. Other viral fevers Many of the viruses produce encephalitis, haemorrhagic fever or arthritis in various combinations. There may be high fever with backache and joint pain. Clinical features depend upon the type of virus causing infection. a. SINDBIS virus infection: Transmitted among birds by mosquitoes. The disease begins with rash and arthralgia. Constitutional symptoms are not marked and fever is modest or lacking altogether. b. MAYARO fever: Transmitted by Haemagogus mosquitoes. It causes a frequently endemic or epidemic infection of humans and appears to produce a syndrome resembling Chikungunya. c. Epidemic Polyarthritis (ROSS RIVER virus infection): Constitutional symptoms are absent in many cases. Many patients are incapacitated by joint involvement. d. Influenza: It is an acute respiratory illness caused by infection with influenza virus. Respiratory tract infection is accompanied by systemic signs and symptoms such as fever, headache and myalgia 4. Eruptive fevers like measles and German measles 5.West Nile Fever: West Nile Virus was recovered from the blood of a fever patient in Uganda in 1937. This virus is transmitted by Culex mosquitoes among wild birds. Humans are incidental hosts. Human infections are usually asymptomatic. Disease may present as a dengue like febrile illness with or without rash. Headache, myalgia, anorexia, nausea, epigastric pain, diarrhoea, lymphadenopathy may accompany the fever which lasts up to a week. The rash is maculopapular and non pruritic; unlike dengue. In its severe form it may cause aseptic meningitis or encephalitis especially in elder people and children. Rare complications include myocarditis, hepatits and pancreatitis. 6.Japanese Encephalitis: First occurred in Japan as asevere epidemic in 1924. Japanese Encephalitis virus has been isolated from the culex mosquitoes and mansonia. Onset is rapid. Encephalomyelitis developes within 2-4 days. There may be fever, headache, altered sensorium, coma, convulsions, neck rigidity, C S F pleocytosis etc Swine Flu- Homeopathic approach Aphorism 100-102 is dealing with the treatment of epidemic diseases. According to Dr.Hahnemann, a carefully observing physician can arrive so nearly at knowledge of the true state of the epidemic from the examination of even the first and second patients and can even find a suitable homoeopathic remedy for it. Dr. Hahnemann recommends investigating each epidemic disease as a new and unknown case and selecting medicine according to its symptom similarity. Swine flu can be considered as an acute epidemic disease Aphorism 73 -- Organon of Medicine by Dr.samuel Hahnemann they are of such a kind as attack several persons at the same time, here and there (sporadically), by means of meteoric or telluric influences and injurious agents, the susceptibility for being morbidly affected by which is possessed by only a few persons at one time. Allied to these are those diseases in which many persons are attacked with very similar sufferings from the same cause (epidemically); these diseases generally become infectious (contagious) when they prevail among thickly congregated masses of human beings. Case taking in epidemic diseases Aphorism 100 -- In investigating the totality of the symptoms of epidemic and sporadic diseases it is quite immaterial whether or not something similar has ever appeared in the world before under the same name or any other name. The novelty or peculiarity of a disease of that kind makes no difference either in the mode of examining or of treating it, as the physician must anyway regard the pure picture of every prevailing disease as if it were something new and unknown, and investigate it thoroughly for itself, if he desire to practise medicine in a real and radical manner, never substituting conjecture for actual observation, never taking for granted that the case of disease before him is already or partially known, but always carefully examining it in all its phases; and this mode of procedure is all the more requisite in such cases, as a careful examination will show that every prevailing disease is in many respects a phenomenon of a unique character, differing vastly from all previous epidemics, to which certain names have been falsely applied - with the exception of those epidemics resulting from a contagious principle that always remains the same, such as smallpox, measles, &c. APHORISM 101 It may easily happen that in the first case of an epidemic disease that presents itself to the physician's notice he does not at once obtain a knowledge off its complete picture, as it is only by a close observation of several cases of every such collective disease that he can become conversant with the totality of its signs and symptoms. Aphorism 102 In the course of writing down the symptoms of several cases of this kind the sketch of the disease picture becomes ever more and more complete, not more spun out and verbose, but more significant (more characteristic), and including more of the peculiarities of this collective disease; on the one hand, the general symptoms (e.g., loss of appetite, sleeplessness, &c.)becomes precisely defined as to their peculiarities; and on the other, the more marked and special symptoms which are peculiar to but few diseases and of rarer occurrence, at least in the same combination, become prominent and constitute what is characteristic of this malady. All those affected with the disease prevailing at a given time have certainly contracted it from one and the same source and hence are suffering from the same disease; but the whole extent of such an epidemic disease and the totality of its symptoms (the knowledge whereof, which is essential for enabling us to choose the most suitable homoeopathic remedy for this array of symptoms, is obtained by a complete survey of the morbid picture) cannot be learned from one single patient, but is only to be perfectly deduced(abstracted) and ascertained from the sufferings of several patients of different constitutions. Footnote The physician who has already, in the first cases, been able to choose a remedy approximating to the homoeopathic specific, will, from the subsequent cases, be enabled either to verify the suitableness of the medicine chosen, or to discover a more appropriate, the most appropriate homoeopathic remedy. Kent’s Approach } Epidemic cases are dealt in the III lecture ‘what the physician must perceive’ }After visiting many patients symptoms are written in an schematic form arranging in different headings } Essential features of case is obtained.ie symptoms found in majority cases } Symptoms are classified in to pathognomonic & peculiar symptoms Totality of symptoms Chill with fever Sore throat Muscular pains Nausea & vomiting Diarrhea Running nose Cough Lethargy Headache Related Rubrics } NOSE - CORYZA - fever, with } THROAT - PAIN - sore } STOMACH - NAUSEA - fever - during } STOMACH - VOMITING } COUGH - FEVER - during } HEAD - PAIN - chill - during } RECTUM - DIARRHEA } GENERALS - WEAKNESS - fever - during } EXTREMITIES - PAIN - fever, during } BACK - PAIN - fever, during } FEVER - CHILL, with Repertorial Result } Arsenicum album – 25/11 }Nux –24/9 } Bryonia – 22/9 } Belladona – 20/9 } Natrum muriaticum – 21/10 } Rhustox – 15/9 } Calcarea carb – 20/9 } Phosphorus – 17/9 } Eupatorium – 16/9 } Sulphur –17/9 Probable Homeopathic Medicines and Their Indications Nux vomica -- Cold stage predominates. Paroxysms anticipate in morning. Excessive rigor, with blueness of finger-nails. Aching in limbs and back, and gastric symptoms. Chilly; must be covered in every stage of fever. Perspiration sour; only one side of body.Chilliness on being uncovered, yet he does not allow being covered. Dry heat of the body.After drinking shivering & chilliness immediately.Chillines on slightest movement. Ars -- High temperature. Paroxysms incomplete, with marked exhaustion. Cold sweats. Complete exhaustion. Delirium worse after midnight. Great restlessness. Great heat about 3 a.m.Chilliness.restlessness.anxiety. Fear of death.prostration.burning releived by heat.Red hot needle pain. Sensation of ice water running through veins.Thirst for sips of cold water Bryonia -- Coryza with shooting and aching in the forehead. Pulse full, hard, tense, and quick. Chill with external coldness, dry cough, stitches. Internal heat. Sour sweat after slight exertion. Easy, profuse perspiration.Complaints with gastro-hepatic complications.White tongue.Thirst for much cold fluid.Dry heat with every movement & noise.Wants to lie quite still &let be alone.Headache & pressure better pressure,worse movement.pain in head while coughing. Belladona -- Throat feels constricted; Difficult deglutition; worse, liquids. Oesophagus dry; feels contracted. Continual inclination to swallow. Scraping sensation. A high feverish state with comparative absence of toxaemia. Burning, pungent, steaming, heat. Feet icy cold.Superficial blood-vessels, distended. Perspiration dry only on head. No thirst with fever Rhustox -- Restless, trembling. Tongue dry and brown with triangular red tip. bowels loose; great restlessness. chill, with dry cough and restlessness. Chilly, as if cold water were poured over him, followed by heat and inclination to stretch the limbs.Stiff ,lame & bruised on first moving.Passes of with motion till he becomes weak & must rest.Severe aching in bones.Fever with restlessness & thirst. Eupatorium -- Chilly. < Uncovering, draft. PAIN IN THE BONES, 'AS IF BROKEN'. < Motion, but pain is so severe that he can't keep still.CHILL BETWEEN 7-9 A.M., PRECEDED BY GREAT THIRST WITH GREAT SORENESS AND ACHING OF BONES. BONE PAINS WITH SORE MUSCLES.Bursting headache. Vomiting of bile.Eyeballs sore.bones as if dislocated & would break Calcarea carb -- Chill at 2 p.m. begins internally in stomach region. Fever with sweat. Pulse full and frequent. Chilliness and heat. Partial sweats. Night sweats, especially on head, neck and chest. Sweat over head. Sharp sticking, as if parts were wrenched or sprained. Weakness of extremities. Phosphorus -- Chilly every evening. Cold knees at night.lack of thirst, but unnatural hunger.viscid night-sweats. Stupid delirium. Profuse perspiration. Sulphur -- Frequent flashes of heat. Dry skin and great thirst. Night sweat, on nape and occiput. Perspiration of single parts. Disgusting sweats.Heat in crown of head with cold feet.Drowsy by day. Restless nights .Soles burn at night,must be put out of bed. Rare remedies Influenzinum, Eryngium, Lobelia cerulia, Antimonium iodatum, Asclepias tuberosa, canchalagua, glycerinum, gymnocladus, lobelia purpurescens, natrum salicylicum, sanguinaria nitrica Reference Organon of medicine – 6th edition Lectures on philosophy – J.T kent Pointers to common remedies – M L Tyler Boericke’s pocket manual of materia medica www.wikipedia.com Centre for disease control and research. Social and preventive medicine-Park and Park

Swine Flu- Homeopathic approach

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HOMPATH Tresorie Articles

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HomeoAcute SOFWARE

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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-Dbd3gcPXYCu85HHkln6ufX3YHxtfYm9UqcGuBGzIPS0ghSTkAaZppz6TmcjiDNL5mz_vzQNZ-DZQhqpW6x-yge7vyyCkcjGuQHIagVWzHs9LhlK225sutka8TKBH_-Sg2Sbx9w9UoNW/s1600-h/Noname.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367201652922838866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-Dbd3gcPXYCu85HHkln6ufX3YHxtfYm9UqcGuBGzIPS0ghSTkAaZppz6TmcjiDNL5mz_vzQNZ-DZQhqpW6x-yge7vyyCkcjGuQHIagVWzHs9LhlK225sutka8TKBH_-Sg2Sbx9w9UoNW/s320/Noname.gif" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 318px;" /></a> : Introduction: This software will help homeopaths to treat Acute diseases confidently. This software is based on Dr. Prafull Vijayakars book Predictive Homeopathy part II - Theory of Acutes. In the software we have given a simple flow chart, which will help you to arrive at the simillimum. Once you start the software, you will see 3options. 1) Determine remedy 2) Video - Theory of Acutes 3) Understanding Acute Prescribing Understanding Acute Prescribing: What are Acute diseases and how to approach in acute illnesses is given here as a PowerPoint presentation. You need to have Microsoft PowerPoint Software installed to see this presentation. This will run automatically. To stop the presentation press escape button on your keyboard. Video - Theory of Acutes: How to treat Acute diseases? This concept is explained as a avi movie file. This will run in your media player. A journey on the basic constituent of human being will help you to take maximum benefit of the software. Determine Remedy: Before you proceed to this section, we request you to go through the Video and the Powerpoint presentations. Also recommended is to read Dr. Prafull Vijayakar's Book Part II - Theory of Acutes. (This book is also available in the software by clicking the book icon). Once you learn how to treat Acute diseases according to Dr. Prafull Vijayaka's method, this section will help you to arrive at the simillimum. You will see a self-explanatory chart. The First options which you see is Activity. You evaluate the patient's condition and click on the appropriate heading i.e. Decreased, Increased or No Change. i.e the Activity whether it is decreased, or Increased or there is no change. Once you click here, the next flow will appear. Further clicking on the appropriate heading will lead you step by step to the similimum. To learn more about Dr. Prafull Vijayakar's School of Predictive Homeopathy, visit www.predictivehomeopathy.com <http://www.predictivehomeopathy.com> Adding remedies: We have given some basic remedies, which are useful to treat most of the acute illnesses. However if you find some remedies, which you have been using frequently in your practice, we have provided with a facility to add your own remedies. To add a remedy, you have to click the right mouse button on the heading. e.g. to add remedies under heading Very Sleepy, you have to right click on the heading 'Very Sleepy.' Now click Add to add your remedies for sleep overpowering. To delete remedies click Delete. (You can delete only newly added remedies. All the data, which are provided by us, cannot be deleted) Adding Differentiating questions: To add questions, Right click on the heading Differentiation. Type your differentiating question and link to the remedy for which this differentiation question is added. In this way you can customize the whole software. Patients record: A simple to use patients record maintenance is given to record the acute histories of your patients. Reading the book: We have provided the full textbook of Dr. Prafull Vijayakar. Click on the book icon and you can read the whole book. To read a chapter click on the chapter heading on the left pane. In the right pane you can see the text of the chapter. Download Link: <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/170834440/homeoacute.exe">DOWNLOAD</a>

HomeoAcute SOFWARE

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Family Homeopathy: A Practical Handbook for Home Treatment

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Travel Sickness

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Cocculus Metallic taste, gnawing hunger. Worse with smell of food. Empty, gnawing hunger with desire for food. Metallic taste. Much worse from looking at moving objects. Vomiting as well as nausea. Often headache, dizziness. Useful for jet lag (also for repeated broken nights). Tabaccum Deathly cold sweat bouts. Very severe, deathly nausea in the pit of stomach. Dizziness, nausea - in bouts. Cold sweat. Fainting. Faint, weak feeling - pit of stomach. Better with fresh air, lying with eyes closed. Worse when moving - causes vomiting. Nux Vomica Dry retching, bile. Cold shivery feeling. Headache - drugged feeling. Petroleum Especially on ships/boats because of fumes. Waterbrash. Dizziness! Vomiting - green bile, bitter. Weak feeling in stomach. Sometimes better with eating. Conium Incredible vertigo! Can't stand up. Mainly on a ship. Up and down movements.

Travel Sickness

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