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Show Wax in Ear Often Cause Of Dizziness By DR. JAMES W. BARTON (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) WHEN a feeling of dizziness dizzi-ness occurs there are many who feel that this is one sign of heart disease and rush to their physi- I ..,- I cian or call him TO DAT 9 to their home. HEALTH Dizziness is not AA,,.Uy a sign of heart COLUMN disease; the I first symptom of heart disease dis-ease is getting out of breath easily. The cause of dizziness is usually some disturbance of the liver or the ear. Tne siuggis-ness siuggis-ness of the liver itself it-self or the slow emptying of the gall bladder or both is a common cause of dizziness. Eating a couple of slices of bacon or a large cube of butter is often sufficient to cause a complete emptying of the gall bladder and freedom from dizzi- Dr. Barton ness. That a common ear condition-wax condition-wax in outer ear canal can cause dizziness is stated by Dr. J Swiet in Medical World (London). Other causes mentioned are hardening hard-ening of the ligaments which hold the little ear bones together so that these three bones become as one solid bone; the use of quinine or salicylates, and the inflammation of the middle ear otitis media. When, therefore, dizziness occurs and you have not, or have not recently re-cently had, a cold, nor eaten too much rich food, these other ear conditions con-ditions should be remembered. Take Was Out First. First, wax should be removed. Wax is usually removed by putting hydrogen peroxide and water, equal parts, into the outer ear (some physicians phy-sicians put in olive oil), letting it remain there for four or five minutes. min-utes. The wax then can be removed by use of hot baking soda solution (sodium bicarbonate), a teaspoon to a pint of water, driven into outer ear by means of a large powerful syringe. As most homes do not have a powerful syringe, it is usually usual-ly better to go to your physician or to an ear specialist to have the wax removed. Many cases of dizziness are due to Meniere's disease (dizziness, nausea and vomiting). Avoiding salty foods, such as salt, canned, preserved meats and fish and others oth-ers and avoiding or cutting down on table salt, usually brings relief. In severe attacks of dizziness morphine may be necessary to stop the attack. . Timely Warning on Dangers ofPep Pills' DURING the college examinations in my student days, I noticed one of the st'ilents with a most peculiar expression on his face and remarked to another student that Blank must !ra much afraid of the examination. I was quietly informed in-formed thaS Blank was using a stimulating ftrug to brighten him up and keep bi awake. Many physieifljzt and others vrere amazed to read last spring that stu dents at universities in the United States and Canada were using stimulating stim-ulating drugs pep pills during examinations. This was done in some cases with full knowledge oi the university authorities who "recognized" "rec-ognized" that as the students were likely to be nervous and upset, a pep pill would prevent them from collapsing during the examination. A timely warning of the danger of the "pep pill" is to hand in the Journal of the American Medical Association from Coroner Lowell C. Smith, M. D., Lafayette, Ind., who reports the death of a student during dur-ing a written university examination. examina-tion. The cause of death was a greatly dilated heart. He had eaten a large meal just before the examination. exam-ination. His examination paper, as far as he had completed it, was studied by the professor in the subject who stated that the student "was writing a very good paper and had made very good progress in the examination examina-tion during the hour which he had written." He was a good student, a splendid athlete, and had passed life insurance examinations less than a year before. The lesson is that with body and mind tensed and tired, there is always al-ways danger from the use of a stimulating drug. |