| Show Your Health Heartburn May Be Caused By Emotional Instability By James W. W Barton MD M.D. I was paying a social visit to an elderly friend during which he spoke of heartburn that had been disturbing him in recent weeks He r r gave the usual f description a burning feeling r under tinder the lower r c i. i R S Send end of the breast J bone In d i t i ion o on n to the s. s f he heart heartburn art burn he i complained of bel belching chi n g and nausea but little or no vomiting Dr Barton As he had always been well and free from diges digestive ve disturbances he couldn't understand why foods he had eaten now seemed to cause the heartburn and belchin belch belch- in ing g- g gIt It is agreed among physicians that heartburn is caused by something something something some thing which disturbs or irritates the lower end of the tube esophagus esophagus esophagus esoph esoph- agus carrying food from the mouth to the stomach As the th lower end of this tube lies lles close to the heart it was only natural that this pain or burning caused by spasm should be called heart heart- burn During my visit I 1 learned that a member of the family recently recently re re- re had been neglectful failing failing failing fail fail- ing to answer his letters promptly prompt prompt- ly which greatly upset him Heartburn Causes Research workers in ailments of the stomach and intestines seeking seeking seeking seek seek- ing the cause of heartburn have found that in some cases the eating of certain foods seemed to start heartburn w h hie i c h is relieved by an alkali such as baking baking baking bak bak- and ing soda belching belching- occurs they feel relieved At other times these same foods fonds do not cause heartburn which would prove that it is the patients patient's condition condition nerv nerv nervous ous Otis condition condition condition-at at the time he I eats cats the food that cau causes s or does docs I not cause the attack of heart heart- burn Among the common foods which most often start heartburn while the individual is under emotional emotional emotional emo emo- unrest are fats fried foods spices gravies and sweets In a series ot of 46 16 6 cases of heartburn heartburn heartburn heart heart- burn reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association Association Association tion Drs Henry J. J and Edwin H. H Cohn Colin Philadelphia state stale that in 75 the cause was emotional emotional emotional emo emo- disturbances Esophagus Spasm In the treatment of heartburn physicians have found that most of of the patients have learned what foods appear to disturb them them also also that when very tired almost any food may bring on an attack By showing the patient that his emotional emotional emotional emo emo- disturbances cause spasm at the lower end of the esophagus just dust as they do in to other organs of f the body working out or meeting the problem d disturbing him is the Important part of the thc treatment treat treat- ment Eating Your Way to Health Be sure you are getting g-etting the proper round all-round daily diet for your type of build occupation etc Send today for Dr Bartons Barton's handy bandy booklet on this subject entitled entitled entitled en en- enI I titled Eating Your Way Vay To Health Just send 10 cents and anda a cent 3 stamp to cover cost of handling and mailing to the Bell Syndicate In care of The Salt Lake Tribune Telegram Home Service Bureau Salt Lake City 10 Utah and ask for your copy |
