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Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-08-19 | Page 6 | Health Advice

Type issue
Date 1937-08-19
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Health Advice
Type article
Date 1937-08-19
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 6
OCR Text HEALTH ADVICE By Morris Fishbein Editer, Journal at the Americas Medical Med-ical Asseelstiee By DR. MORRIS nSHBEIX By making a careful etudy of the physical condition of the patient, pa-tient, the doctor may be able to modify some factor in his physical physi-cal condition which will raise the threshold of sensitivity to the -irritating substa nee, For example, if the patient has a low basal metabolism and a lessened action of the thyroid, modification of this factor sometimes some-times will change the character of the asthma. If the patient has difficulty in breathing, plus some disturbance in the nose, surgical attention to the nose may raise the threshold of sensitivity. If the patient is run down and asthmatic, an improvement im-provement in his general health and hygiene may lessen the number num-ber of attacks. Skin tests already described in relationship to the diagnosis of hay fever are made. If the patient pa-tient proves to be absolutely sensitive sensi-tive to certain substances, and If these are eliminated from his environment en-vironment or his diet, the asthma may Improve immediately. In certain cases, tha asthma seems te begia always wUh a ,. , cold. People thus affected should avoid exposure and changes in climate which seem to be factors in the onset of the cold, '''he commercial foods that cause reactions reac-tions are wheat, egg yolk, beans, potato and pork. Diets have been developed by which it 4s possible to determine whether the patient is sensitive to certain foods through trial of these foods on the patient. In other words, the patient begins with one or two simple foods and gradually eats one item at a time until he is able to determine which item it is that makes him feel worse or which Induces an acute j attack. Unfortunately, foods ge In groups exactly as do the various pollens of plants, and a patient who is sensitive to one food substance sub-stance may be sensitive to all of the family of that food. It haa been suggested that when a person per-son ia sensitive to any food that he may become desensitized by taking gradually increasing amounts of that food. Furthermore, boiling, heating or otherwise treating foods some-v times changes their nature so that they will not thereafter produce j an attack of hypersensitivity. j During an acute attack of asthma asth-ma it may be necessary to treat the patient with certain drugs. Since all of these drugs are potent po-tent remedies, they should not be taken except under the advice of a doctor and in the exact amounts which he decides are desirable. At the same time, sprays for the nose and throat, the inhalation of steam, and similar methods of treatment may be helpful. Next: Disease produced by skin allergy. had the gift of prophecy. But the record of that speech leaves him firmly believing that either competition com-petition or government and not monopolies and price fixing combines com-bines must regulate prices and profits. It leaves him in the same canoe with Roosevelt and Black got there first. (Copyright, 193T, for The Telegram)
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