| Show Blood kod V Of Eyes yes llert Clues Your eyes reveal a lot I bout about your heart heart and your health In fact one physician says ays it is possible to look into the he eyes and say with reasonable reasonable reason- reason able ble accuracy how long a peron person person per- per son on will live In an any r case the visible condition condition condition con con- of the blood vessels in inthe inthe the he retina of the eye indicates the he condition of the hidden blood vessels in your body So J. J D. D Ratcliff explains in a December Readers Reader's Digest article ar- ar icle When the Doctor Tests Your Heart HearL The retina is a maze of tiny blood vessels Dr Banks Anderson Anderson Anderson An An- derson of Duke University calls alls it A screen lustrous lighted high-lighted and vital in youth dull and scarred in age ge On this screen is projected the he pageantry of the body economy conomy If LI the retinal blood vessels have thickened and hardened with age probably he lie same thing is happening in inthe intile he tile arteries of the heart New diagnostic techniques have lave taught the physicians that liat heart murmur is not to tobe tobe be dreaded as it was Once many a child was put to bed bedas beds as s a heart cripple because the doctor heard such a. a a. a murmur Now researchers have discovered discovered discovered ered that most children have havea a murmur of some kind Often it t is just the sound of blood rushing through a busy but busy but normal normal heart By means of X rays it is poss possible ble to look inside the heart icart itself Opaque fluids can be passed through the heart chambers providing oJ a good ray rIle ne electrocardiograph electrocardiograph electrocardiograph electro electro- cardiograph can measure the tin tiny electrical impulses which make heart muscles contract with every beat There are arc many other tests and a long talk with you about your symptoms arid and past illnesses illnesses illnesses ill ill- nesses is an important part of the examination |
