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Show Daily Health Service Headache? Then Avoid Exceuet Thi It the last ef three artistes by Dr. Flahbela aa seek beedtthea. By DB. MOBatlS FISHBEIN In a survey of methodt of treatment to be applied in headache. Dr. Henry A. Riley poinla out that almost every method of treatment known to medical medi-cal science has been applied at one time or another in auch case. He feels, therefore, that soma defl- nito change (hould b mad in the Uf habits of such s patient baaed on a complete survey of his work, his play, hi food, hi mantel attitude, and hi philosophy of life. Aa inequality of mphaais in th patient' interests and activities should be corrected. He should live a moderate existence snd all ex ceasei should be prevented. A patient who is constantly indoors and get Insufficient exercise should change hi habit in th right direction. direc-tion. Rest and change ar particularly particular-ly valuable for peopl who are constantly con-stantly under physical, mental or emotional emo-tional pressure. No one with recurrent recur-rent sick headaches should try to work all th time. They will do well to take at least one afternoon and one day week for rest or recreation, and porhapa both winter and summer vacation, va-cation, la controlling th Immediate attack, Dr. Riley suggests that the room be darkened and that everything be kept quiet Most auch patient are so intensely in-tensely uncomfortable that they do not want to be touched or interfered with. In some Inttences, aa ic bag to th head or a hot water bottle to the feet may give relief. The physician who I actively in charge of th treatment of auch a patient pa-tient can do much by controlling the diet eliminating the ubstanca to which the patient seems to respond with headache. H cut also control th actions of th bowel and. on occasion, fat results by th injection of various preparation prepara-tion which produce what is known as nonspecific protein reaction. The use of various glandular preparations prepa-rations to overcome deficiencie In glands or, in soma Instance, to op-oosa op-oosa overactivity of certain ganda. It again experimental, but it is worthy of trial. In case which seam to be of this type there sriaes th question of giving giv-ing drug of various type to control th pain. Here it absolutely necessary neces-sary to hava th constant attention of a phyalcian who is thoroughly familiar fa-miliar with the patient hi habits, his emotional reaction, and particularly Hie headaches, CCopTrigit, 1Z NLA Scrvlc. XneJt |