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Show Your Health BaBBaaasBBBBBBBsaBBaBSBSBaBssssaBBBaaeesaj , -. Sciatic Nerve Pain Termed ; Symptom Not a Disease By James W. Barton, M. D. . Those who suffer or have suffered suf-fered with sciatica, pain in the large sciatic nerve running from .i i k..k search for some point where there Is pressure on the sciatle nerve or Its roots. - In -most cases of this extremely painful ailment, relief is obtainable. obtain-able. - . ... ,;' . ' Rheumatism aad Arthritis v Sufferers with chronic rheumatism rheuma-tism and arthritis will find many helpful suggestions as to diet, beat, massage, and other aids in Dr. Bartons' booklet entitled "Chronic Rheumatism and Arthritis." To obtain it, just send 10 cents and a 3-cent stamp, to cover cost of handling han-dling and mailing, to The Salt Lake - Tribune-Telegram Home Service Bureau, Salt Lake City 10, Utah. . i Released by Bell Syndicate, Inc. i V i ' . ; r -I- 5.J down the back of the t h 1 g h and lower leg, ten us that the pain Is harder to bear than toothache or any other pain known to them. And when we see the sixe of this large nerve, we eaa understand Dr. Barton the severity of the pain to some extent ' While moot cases of sciatica are believed due to Infection (teeth, tonsils, gall bladder), more and more we are learning of cases caused by pressure crushed disk between the bones ,of the lower back, strain of sacroiliac joint ' In Infection, pain la worse when the leg is at rest and becomes less when the patient la on his feet In any injury, the pain is less when the patient is at rest and worse when oa his feet Of course, infection in-fection and Injury may bo present at the same Urns, which upsets this simple way of learning the cause dl sciatica. . Sciatica ia, therefore, a symptom pain and is not really a disease Initself.;- , ; Ten by Test While there should be no trouble for the physician - or patient in diagnosing sciatica, tha classical test Is Laseque's sign. With the patient lying on his back, the physician phy-sician raises the painful limb with legs straight until pain occurs, and then the leg ia lowered until the pain first eases. If knee Is bent the pain becomes less. ' Dr. N. Little of Australia tells of another teat for sciatica called the head-flexion or head-bending test- The patient lies on his back, the Laseque test is given, and then the leg is lowered slowly until the pain eases. Then, with the other hand, the physician bends the head forward to as near the breast bone as possible. If this bending forward for-ward of the head causes the pain In the leg, the result Is considered postive or a sign of sciatica. What then, should be done once sciatica is known to be present? - Physician and dentist will search for infection, remove it if present If Infection is not present the physician phy-sician may refer the patient to an orthopedic physician who will |