Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-11 | Page 8 | Dr. Fishbein's Health Talks

Dr Fishbein's Health Talks D By DR MORRIS loniUS In all forms ferms of or he heart rt disease rest in bed has long ong been advised as the important im port nt item In treatment All physicians phy arc are agreed that rest is most important in angina pectoris and coronary coronary coronary coro coro- nary thrombosis In fact many experts assert that if il you O are troubled with any of these conditions you should remain at complete com corn rest until you ou are arc able to sit it up uj up without pain Some Seme British doctors recently decided decided de de- de to test scientifically the results of controlled rest among 23 patients with angina pectoris The patients varied in age from 44 to 70 years years years-IS 18 of them men and five women All these people had had bad angina pectoris with severe pain for some same sometime time ime and arid had been endeavoring to secure secure secure se se- se- se cure relief relict by attending a medical dispensary regularly where their conditions conditions conditions con con- were st studied died and where prescriptions prescriptions prescriptions pre pre- were given to them In most of or these cases the pain came on f following any physical exertion exer- exer tion ion and there were some patients in whom strong emotion a also o would induce an attack These 23 patients were taken into a hospital and nd put to bed and absolute absolute lute ute rest was given to them for at least cast a month Even slight movements movements move move- ments were prohibited and they were given the best possible nursing attention atten- atten tion ion During th the f fifth th week the patients were vere allowed to be up for short periods pe pc nods o of time and in the sixth week to o walk quietly about The exercise was vas increased gradually in the thc seventh sev- sev nth week The patients did not receive medicines medi medi- cines of any kind except for the amyl nitrite which is usually used t to relieve clieve the pain of angina The observations resulted in some ome exceedingly exceedingly ex ex- interesting facts First a complete rest in bed for a month manth or longer led to subsequent improvement in 17 of or these 23 patients pa pa- and the improvement continued contin contin- during periods of from fram four to nine months after they returned to their heir ordinary habits of life Nevertheless the attacks of angina pectoris were not completely abolIshed abolIshed abol- abol shed in any of or the patients They did id however decrease greatly in fri se se- se- se verity The improvement was particularly noticeable in those patients who had had lad the disease for only a few months It became apparent that complete rest in bed for two to six weeks is an important measure in treatment of angina pectoris Moreover an associate fact fad of or exceeding ex- ex importance was the proof that hat those patients who had high blood pressure with their angina pectoris pec- pec tons oris showed improvement which was especially great Rest is perhaps the most important of f all the remedies that a physician can an prescribe but at the same time unfortunately it is the one hardest to get ct patients to take