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Denotations & Old terminologies used in Homopathy - Similima

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Hyperaesthesia An abnormal sensitivity to stimuli, particularly pa<strong>in</strong>.excessive sensibility.<br />

A neurologic symptom where there is an unusual <strong>in</strong>creased or<br />

altered sensitivity to sensory stimuli.<br />

Orig<strong>in</strong>: gr. Aisthesis = sensation<br />

Hyperesthesia, Allodynia,Hyperaesthesia, hyperalgesiaan abnormal or<br />

pathological <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> sensitivity to sensory stimuli, as of the sk<strong>in</strong> to touch or<br />

the ear to sound.<br />

Hyperemia An <strong>in</strong>creased content of blood <strong>in</strong> a part.congestion. It is the medical condition <strong>in</strong><br />

which blood congests <strong>in</strong> a part of the body. The condition may be subdivided<br />

<strong>in</strong>to activehyperaemia, <strong>in</strong> which blood collects <strong>in</strong> an organ due to <strong>in</strong>creased<br />

blood flow, and passivehyperaemia, <strong>in</strong> which blood collects <strong>in</strong> an organ due to<br />

an obstruction <strong>in</strong> the outflow<strong>in</strong>gve<strong>in</strong>s.<br />

Active hyperemia is also a term <strong>used</strong> to describe dilation of arteriolar smooth<br />

muscle to <strong>in</strong>crease blood flow <strong>in</strong> response to an <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> metabolism.<br />

Reactive hyperemia is the same but <strong>in</strong> response to a profound <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> blood<br />

flow to an organ after be<strong>in</strong>g occluded. There will be a shortage of oxygen and a<br />

build-up of metabolic waste.<br />

Hyperhydrosis Hyperidrosis, polyidrosis.excessive or profuce sweat<strong>in</strong>g.Hyperhydrosis is a<br />

medical condition that causes perspiration far greater than the physiological<br />

needs of the body. Although no one knows why some <strong>in</strong>dividuals sweat<br />

excessively, it is known that the sweat<strong>in</strong>g is controlled by the sympathetic<br />

nervous system. Excessive sweat<strong>in</strong>g may be episodic or cont<strong>in</strong>uous.<br />

Hyperhidrosis can occur suddenly or cont<strong>in</strong>uously, <strong>in</strong> the four major areas:<br />

hands (palmer hyperhidrosis), armpits (axillary hyperhidrosis), feet<br />

(plantar hyperhidrosis), and face (facial hyperhidrosis). When excessive<br />

sweat<strong>in</strong>g affects the hands, feet, and armpits, it's called primary or focal<br />

hyperhidrosis. In the majority of primary hyperhidrosis cases, no cause can be<br />

found. It seems to run <strong>in</strong> families.If the sweat<strong>in</strong>g occurs as a result of<br />

another medical condition, it is called secondary hyperhidrosis. The sweat<strong>in</strong>g<br />

may be all over the body, or it may be localized to one area. Conditions that<br />

cause second hyperhidrosis <strong>in</strong>clude acromegaly hyperthyroidism, glucose control<br />

disorders, pheochromocytoma, carc<strong>in</strong>oid syndrome ,cancer, tuberculosis or<br />

other <strong>in</strong>fections , menopause ,sp<strong>in</strong>al cord <strong>in</strong>jury ,stroke Park<strong>in</strong>son’s disease,<br />

heart or lung disease, certa<strong>in</strong> medications and substances of abuse ,anxiety<br />

conditions<br />

Hypermetropia Condgenital or hereditary malformation of the eyeball, which is smaller.its<br />

anterio posterior diameter, is shorter than that of a normal eye.<br />

Hypnotic<br />

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