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Show Let Our Motto Be BeGOOD BeGOOD BeGOOD GOOD HEALTH HEALTHBY BY DR LLOYD ARNOLDrorusot ARNOLDProfessor ARNOLD ARNOLDProfessor PrtvcntneP of DC Bacteriology DaCfcrlology Bactenology and Prtvcntne Preventive PrtvcntneMedicine PreventiveMedlgne.UnYCls"Y P/cvcntiTeMedicine P cvcntiTeMedicine / P Professor rorusot of IllinOIS IllinoisCoMeec , Medicine Medlgne.UnYCls"Y Medlgne.UnYClsY MedlgneUnYClsY , . University * " Co1Jese College of Medicine . . . , . - - - - - LIVING WITH A HEART HEARTAFTER HEARTAFTER HEARTAFTER AFTER 45In 43 45 43In In Illinois in the tho last th five file e years ears e'lrq elrq ' , or of ofevery orevery ofevery who died of heal heaitdl&eabe heaitdleabe t tdl every 100 personsdisease persons dl disease & ea e , SO sa we wereover ere erer erer r e r 0 or ' or er forty five yearsold years yearsKold } spy r old . ' lhi-3 lhi 3 1111 Ihis ' - ; makes malws ity It Itclc'lr itclear y clc'lr clclr clear ' tint th'lt thlt that ' peoplefr people peopleover peopleover Kold fr over overforty rort forts fiveyears fiveyearsr nvo five years yearsof yearsof { 9 9overforty r of age constitute constitutethe constitutethe , , the heart hC'lrt hClrt ' disease diseasegroup diseasegroup diseasegroup diseasegroupThe group groupThe ? The ; same e'lme elme ' proc proc- procC'ISCS processes - y esses C'ISCS CISCS eases ' that cause the theh'lir theJ thehair J Yk Ykhair h'lir hlir hair ' to turn gray gra graf , } , f/ f fthe / . , the sl skin m to become becomefhbhy becomet becomes s nihhy fhbhy fahhy nndHiI1llcd and nnd \ crinkled \HiI1llcd HiI1llcd ssrinkled , , ' > w > " J also cause C'lUSC ClUSC ' the heartI heartto heart 2 % iai&i iaii & , , , , , - to grow old 'lhe lhe 'lheheart 'lheheart 'ilieheart ilieheart ' I heart of the ludic In Indrudual n ldu'll ldull idual ' ' around 1ronnd si si\t si t Sl\.t Sl.t Sl .t sityears ' \ ' . ty tyyears I years of age Is probable probabl probably , } his hie ; most 1m im important 1mI 1mportant 1mportant I portant portantItal \ vital \Ital Ital sltal organ The sudden seiz seizure seiztire seizlire ure tire of pain pam in 111 the left chebt chest che t Irradl'ltlng Irradlltlng Irradtating Irradl'ltlngthrough Irradtatingthrough Irradntingthrougli ' through the loft left shoulder do down " n the theurm thearm thearm urm arm on the inner lUner side [ de with a sense stnse or of orconstrIction ofconstriction ofconstriction constrIction ' is 'IS as if the tho clicst chest chestere \ were \\ere ere helel held helelIn heldIn lielilIn In a vise , , . and md .rnd rnd along alone with this a .l l . sen"c senc sense sen"cof senseof senseof " of suffocation and aml a rec1in feeling of impeml impend impemlIng impendlug impendIng Ing lug death-thc death thc death-these these death - tho&c thoc & e aic me ate the c\rdlnnl c rdlnnl cardinal crdlnnlS cardinalsymptoms cardinalsymptoms ' \ symptoms S ) mptoms of . angina .Inlna Inlna 4ngina . ; pcctous pectolls pectotts pectottsIncreased pcctousIncreased Increased muscular effort usually is isthe isthe isthe the e\citmg e citmg C'CCltIng CCCltIng exciting \ ' cause of these at attacks tachs , al- al although although al although - - though sudden changes in weather weathermay weathermay v/eathermay v eathermay / may bring bnng them on The attacks are aremany aremany aremany many times brought about by spasms spasmsof spasmsof spasmsof of the arteries artenes which supply the heart heartmuscle heartmuscle heartmuscle muscle with blood The primary pnmary cause causeis causeis causeis is exhaustion of the heart muscle . In previous article articles , I 1111\ 1111 have 1111e hale \ e discussed discussedhC'1rt discussedheart discussedlicirt hC'1rt hC1rt heart ' disease lse'1.se lse1.se lse1se ' . in lD relation to \ various arlous sarlous a age agegroups agegroups e egroups groups , , { beginning bcinnlng . ; with wlth birth and e ex- ex extending ex extending - tendJl1 tending to the middle age peilod petlod pel lad De- De DeformIties De Deformities - formities of the heart he'1rt he1rt lieart ' at birth are re responslble responsible responslble sponslble sponsible for tlie the deaths de'l.ths del.ths delths ' . chargeable ch'lreable chlreable ' . ; to toIhe tothe toIhe Ihe the heait heart heal t during tlie the first year YC'lr YClr ' of life lifeThen lifeThen lifeThen Then bacterial bacter1'l1 bacter1l1 ' infections mfectlOns begin beglD to play playm playan playan m an : Important part p'1rt p1rt ' as causes cause'3 cause3 ' of ot heart heartdisease heartdisease heartdisease disease Duiing During Dm ing the second decade of ofliCe oflife oflife liCe life , or adolescence , we find a continu contlDu- contlDu contnu- contnu contnuatlon contlDuaUon continuation - ation aUon atlon of these Infections , but durmg during durmgthe duringthe duringthe the first h\ h twenty henty \ enty yeais ye.llS yellS years . tliere there are rela reh- reh rehtively relatively - tively few deaths from heart disease diseaseas as compared comparel1 to the total tot'll totll ' span of l1fe life l1feor lifeOf lifeOf or Of evel eveiy every y 100 per persons ons who "ho ho w " ho die of heart heartdIsease heartdisease heartdisease dIsease in 10 Illinois , onl only ' one Is in the thefirst thefirst thefirst first decade of life , and onl onb 0n13 ) two are areIn areIn areIn In the second decade Between etween the theages theages theages ages of twent twenty and thirty Hurt t1lIrt } fi\ fi Ihe fie \ e , the thede1th thedeath thedeath de1th death rate is four , and during durmg the ne next nextten nextten t tten ten years , that th'lt thlt tli'it tliit ' ' is , thirty tlurt3 t1llrt f1\ f1 five f1e the \ e to fort\- fort forts- forts fortfhe fortsthe fort\-five fort five \ - - fhe the yearse years \ we \\e e find npPlo appioximately approximately lmately SlX six SlXdeaths sixdeaths sisdeaths deaths . As .As we to \ e said before , SO sa 813 per cenl cent centof cen cenof " -of of - of the deaths de'1ths de1ths de'iths deiths ' ' from cm caidiac cardiac d1l1c cau&es caues causes cau & es at aie aiein aieIn e ein in the age group pist plst past fortv forh forts five the file The Thecame Thesame Tliesame came same : ; figures I1gures tlgures \ would ssould ould generally gcncr'1l1y gcncr1l1y ' liold hold true truefor truefor truefor for the other statesZhis states st'1tes st1tes statesllils ' ' llils 1hls Zhis does not mean me'ln meln ' that tll'1t tll1t ' infection mfectlOn of ofthe ofthe ofthe the heart is so much more prm prevalent prevalentamong prevalentamong alent alentamong among persons 0\ 0 over 0er oser \ er fOl foiti forty t , } fh fhe file e Sears SearsBut ; } ieargBut e'lrs elrs e'lrsBut ' But it does mean me"ln meln " that th'1t th1t ' the weal went and andtear andtear andtear tear on the licart heart , due to pievlous precious pi e\ e eIous \ Ious in- in infections Infectlons in infections - fections fectlons , lias has e exceeded ceeded tlie the limit com corn comp'ltlble cornpatible cornpatlble p'ltlble pltlble patible p'ltlble1th ' \ with \\1th 1th \ the oldinary O1dmary ordinary duties of Ufe life life.Usually lifeUsually . Usu'll1 Usull1 Usu'illy Usuilly ' ' these older pel poisons persons sons " with 1th he'l.rt hel.rt helrt heart he'l.rtdlseaee heartdisease heartdisease ' . dlseaee disease ; h'l\ h'l hl have h'le h'ise hise ' ' \ e hu had a 1 h1stor history ' of rumor minor rumorImpairment minorImpairment minorImpairment Impairment of the heart for several severalyear severalyears severalyearb severalyearbA year years : . yearsA A heart attack attntl should shou111 not Dot lead le.1d le1d . one oneto oneto oneto to be pessimistic It should be regard regardcd regarded regarded cd ed lather as a red signal sign'll signll ' and a request requestilom requestfrom requestfiom ilom from a tired Ured " wornout "ornout ornout ssoraout heart muscle for fora fora fora a much needed rest One should not notbecome notbecome notbecome become unduly excited e\.clted e.clted e .clted clted a ' \ . c1ted , , but should con consuIt consuit consuit suIt a physician physicmn to determine determme just what whatthe \ whatthe \ hat hatthe the heart can endure , so that it " will 111 not notbe notbe notbe be overtaxed to tlie the point " where cshere here it stops stopsbentmg stopsbeating stopsbeating bentmg beating Under Intelligent and anll proper propersuper propersupersislon propersupervision super\ super superIslon supersislon \ Islon , this tItls right way W'1Y W1Y ' of livIng livIngmay livingmay livingmay may mean only a slight change ch'lnge chlnge ' in the thedad thedaily thedailj daily dad ; } routine , such sucb as avoiding n\"olllIug n "olllIug olllIug \ " strenu strenu- strenui strenuous strenuous strenuous - - i ous e'l\el e'l el ecerclse e ' \ : eiclse cise or reducing tlie the \ weight el ht , , or orabstnlnlng orabstaining orabstaining I orI abstnlnlng abstaining from tobacco tob'1cco tob1cco ' , alcohol or orsuch orsuch orsuch such inltants Irl1tants iriltants inltantsIt iriltantsIt I It may JDay be th that th1t it complete rest in bcd bed bcdIS bedis bedis IS the only solution , but this 1 is & sel seldom seldom seldom dom the case An acth acthe e , h'll hll hard haidworking ' "orh orh work "orhIng worklag " Ing lag man or " woman "Om"lD OmlD women " of fift fifty , fh fi\c fi c the \ e or si.ty sity si.tymay &i\tvmay &i i tvmay & l\.t\ l.t l .t t l.tmay \ ' . \ " may actually be damaged bv b\ b be bforced \ forced forcedIdlene forcedidleness forcedidleness Idlene idleness : . : . in b bed ( > d The worn woris \ Ort \ and nnd clecp sleep clecple.sness sleeplessness ; sleeplehsness le.sness lesness lessness : . will wl1l offset the t \ value 11ue glue of such suchrest suchrest suchrest rest . A gl giadual gradual adu11 deciease decrease decl en ee ; In the ssnrh ssnrhlog \ workIng \ ( ) rl Ing log houis ltOUlS Louis combined \ with 1th relief reilef from fromssorrles fromwolrles ssorrles \ 01 rles , sleeplessness and pin phvblcil phsslcil Ic II exh'iustlon ex exh'lustion exhaustion h'lustion hlustion h'iustlon hiustlon ' ' will oftentimes do O lUor more ( > to torest torest torest rest the he'll hell lieu heait ' t than will wl11 complete COD1Ilete ) HIIe idle HIIeuess idleless idleness uess less ( Ihe 'lhe lhe 'llle llle ' ticitment tteitment tl e \tment tment etment \ of heart dlSea dl disease.however diseasehowever < : c'1'c c1c ' " ' e . , ho\\e\er ho e er howeser \ \ , is always allays ah\a ah a \ , } : . , Individualistic Ind1\Hlu'llistic Ind1 Hlu'llistic Hlullistic Indisidualistic \ ' nUll and nUllmu andmust andmubt mu must t be cairied carried C.11 C11 . ded out under the cJit direction ditcctionof directionof edlOn edlOnor or of a n ph phi physician slcI'ln slcIln sician ' who tahe takeb takes : . into con'l conl consid consideratlon coiibideratlon : ' eratlon all the factors 1m lnv Involved InvolvedUsually 01\ 01 ohs 01ed \ ed edUsually Usually the older individual indisrduU Indn Idu'l.l Idul.l Idull ' . with withheart \ withheart HIt HItheart i heart disease diseuse has ltas in addition addltlO'1 addltlO1 ' harden hardenlug hm haidenlug lien lientug tug lug of the arteries ai m tones terles and nnd often i 1 t deft deli deftdency deliciency deficiency dency ciency in kidnpv-function kidnpv function Iddnpfunction kldnP3'function kldnP3function Iddnp -function function - ' Now I\Ow I Ow \ ow that thatmedIcal thatmedical thatmedical medIcal l knowledge nowJcdge an and an e'lSIerHl easier e'lSIer elSIer ' \Hl\ Hl ins insof \ wayof Hlof \ of living llvlng have ha\e ha e hale \ Increased IncrC'lsed IncrClsed ' our life I1fe a- a apectanc3 C\- C Cpect'1nc e\-pectanc e pectanc - \ . - pectanc3 pect'1nc pect1nc tliefirst thefirst ' ; ) to a n span of sixty shty .veais veais .ears ears . . enl s the thehealthy first forti fort3 forts ' years yenrs are pro\ pro proving prolUg prosing \ lUg the healthy years C'lr Clr oars ' " After that \ we e aie me ate hl.e hle like . likeIv hl.eIv Iv to show wear "ear ear " and tear , and tlie the de- de do- do degenerative dogenerative de degenerative - - generative diseases dlsca&es dlscaes & , such Slolh st.ch stch . ns as he heirt lrt dlS dis dlSe1se disease disease e1se ease , kidnev Iddne kidne3 dbease dl.e'lse dl.else dlelse disease : . ' and anti cancer be become become become come real ha/ards ha ards hll/ards hll harards / The blood sessels sesselsof \ vc&selbof vcselbof c & seb sebof of the brain mqy m'l ml nnv ' become so dl tlisegsed tlisegsedand diseasedand c\ c cnnd ' \ & ( ' nnd and \ weakened eal.ened ealened . that the3 the , ) break breal . and ap tip apople\ apople apoplefollow tipoplety ople\ ople oplefollo oplety \ ' folloIf followsIf follow follo\\ follo follows followIf \ \ < : Ifwe If we have damagedany damaged any ofour of our Im- Im Important important im important - - portant yearswe organs in our younger years , we are pretty apt to reap the resultsm resultsIn results In hasreached our older years ycars when this organ has reached the hmits ltmlts limits ofItS of its power of adaptmg adapting ofadapting ofadaptmg itself to the needs of the body . timesa timesu ' The 'rhe rhe heart he.Irt heIrt . norwalbeats normally norwal\ norwal normalls ! \ beats 72 2 times u a minute,4sith minute4sith minute , , " ! \ 1th Hh a rest betweeneach eeneach period pcrlod in 10 bet\\ bet beteen between \ een each thentlie thenthe beat If Ii it lJeJt beat beats , > . more often , then the curtailed rest period ( Is s conespondlngly correspondingly corleSI > OlHlIn-rl OlHlIn rl . - ; cur- cur curatterward - hasto tailed , and to l'leI lleI keep ' ) goIng the h heart u t has to call on Its re reserse el \ e stren strength 'th th ' We ure are burn areburn "Ith Ith with " just : The ; : person forceperson forceThe who so lUuch iiruclt rsen reserse e force Uses his resen reserse e before beforefort beforefort3 fort fort3 fise th e , m'1 m1 mq3 ' e expect pcct to watch \ atch hIs step after\\ after stepafter stepafterward atterward afternrd afterward \ nrd afterwardt nrdVC1Ilcrn t ( . ) \ Western \VC1Ilcrn VC1Ilcrn Newspaper NCWSP3P Newapaper lr < Unloa UnIon , . . . |