When anyone comes up behind me and grabs my arm it just kills me! I don't know if they are grabbing the knot that was left in my muscle, or if it's scar tissue or what! Lately, I've been waking up with severe pain in that arm. Early today I felt another knot.......I'm so worried....someone help.
2006-07-31 16:24:53 · 2 answers · asked by Kake Hess 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
I'm not sure "removing the knots" is the solution for cat scratch fever. It is an infection of the glands. Most likely, the tender area is a lymph gland.
I would recommend taking 500 mg. echinacea root capsule 3 x daily and 400-500 mg. goldenseal root capsule 1x daily for about 2 weeks, to boost your immune system. Also 1000 mg. Ester-C (calcium ascorbate) morning and evening.
Dr. Bartram, a well-known and respected herbalist in Gr. Britain, recommends poke root tincture, about 1/4 tsp. in water, taken every 3 hours, to clean the lymph glands.
He also suggests tea tree oil, diluted in vegetable oil, to be used topically for the pain. (30 drops tea tree to 2 Tbsp. olive oil or grapeseed oil)
2006-07-31 16:44:26 · answer #1 · answered by Janet S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I honestly don't know much about cat scratch fever and all it entails...but it sounds like something that needs looked at by your doctor. You say that there's a knot...that nodule could be pressing on nerves and causing you pain - so if it's in an area that's safe to do so, they may want to remove it.
Better to be safe than sorry.
2006-07-31 16:29:40 · answer #2 · answered by kansas8099 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋