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Show HEALTH ALTH 0 - Defensive Defenslve tissues of ofbody ofbody body can usually overcome overcometroublesome overcometroublesome troublesome organismsBy organisms By Dr James W Barton- Barton BartonNOSEspecialiststellusthat Barton - XJOSEspeciahststellusthat specIalists tell us that thatII XJOSEspeciahststellusthatL NOSEspecialiststellusthat NOSEspecialiststellusthatif NOSE -L L - ' if II the lining lmmg of the nose IS ISm isin isin m in a healthy condition it can canprevent canprevent canprevent prevent harmful organisms orgamsms m in mthe inthe inthe the air from entering entermg the body bodyand bodyand bodyand and setting settmg up diseases ThIs ThIsmOIst Thismoist Thismoist mOIst fir Dr sir mucous lining lImng can canget canget canget get rid of oI a group of organ organIsms organisms organisms Isms from the system and andbe andbe andbe be ready for a new lot wIthm within within10 10 minutes mmutes Similarly other othertIssues othertissues othertissues tIssues in m the body and the theblood theblood theblood blood itself , by putting puttmg up a adally adaily adaily dally daily fight aga nst various organ organIsms organisms organisms Isms gradually get the masteryover masteryover mastery _ over these organIsms organisms organ organig5r ig5r " ' ' 'tSa tSa ' isms The tissuesand tissuesand tissues < 4 and blood becomeImmune becomeimmune become ' immune or proofagamst proofagainst proof ( * against agamst the a ailments ailmentsthese ailmentsthese ments mentsthese these various vanous organ organsms organsms 5 sms would set sct up In Inthe ) inthe n ndsT dsT dsTthe the body if II there therewere therewere therewere were no resIstance resistanceL9 resistanceto L9 ? A Ato to them themMost Most of the tIS tISsues tiss tissues sues of a healthy m in md inA ind ind s _ A d v dual have an 1m im 1mDr imDr imDr Dr Barton munity mumty or can wIthstand withstand with withstand stand the majority majorityof of organisms and destroy them themhen themShen themwhen \\hen hen Shen \ \ they gain gam entrance to the sys systern systern systern tern Should such organisms orgamsms find findlodgment findlodgment findlodgment lodgment in m the t ssues they fre frequently frequently frequently quently prove harmless to the mdl mdi mdlVIdual mdividual mdividual VIdual Even when they enter the theblood theblood theblood blood stream both the organisms organismsand organismsand organismsand and the poisons they make usually usuallyare usuallyare usuallyarc are rapidly destroyed by the bloodrorccs bloodforces blood bloodrorcc.s rorcc.s rorccs forces , . \ May J\lay J lay Be Weakened WeakenedProfessor WeakenedProfessor WeakenedProfessor Professor Myer Solis Sol1s Cohen Um Urn Umvers Urnvers Univers vers ty of Pennsylvania Pennsylvama Graduate GraduateSchool GraduateSchool GraduateSchool School of Med cine cme as guest edItor edItorof editorof editorof of Medical World tells us that thIs thIsdefensIve thisdefensive thisdefensive defensIve power of the tissues and andthe andthe andthe the blood may continue contmue intact for foryears foryears foryears years This defensive power of the thebody thebody thebody body may be lost when the mvad invad mvadmg invading mvading mg ing organisms are excessive in m num number number numher ber or become increased in m theIr theIrpower theirpower theirpower power to destroy tissue or when whenthe whenthe whenthe the individual mdlvldual s local or general re reslstance resistance resistance slstance sistance is reduced or broken down downcompletely downcompletely downcompletely completely through exposure physi physicalor physical physlcal calor cal or mental fatigue Inadequate inadequated d et bad hyg ene a new infect on onor onor onor or a rundown cond t on Thus the theorgamsm theorganism theorganism orgamsm organism which has been restmg resting restmgharmlessly restingharmlessly restingharmlessly harmlessly in m the body begins to ac acqUIre acquire acquire qUIre the ab lity 11ty to cause damage damageand damageand damageand and IIlIechonThe infectionThe infection IIlIechon infectionThe The point pomt then is that even if II we weare weare weare are in m good condition condll1on physIcally physIcallythere physicallythere physicallythere there may be certain organisms that thatcan thatcan thatcan can set up trouble in m the body be because because because cause our defensive forces have not nothad nothad nothad had th s particular organism orgamsm to fight fightand fightand fightand and overcome up to this tune time But Buteven Buteven Buteven even should they attack us if we weare weare weare are in m good physical condition condltlon- condltlon condition- condltlonheart conditionheart conditionheart - heart lungs kidneys and dIgestive dIgestivesystemand digestivesystemand digestivesystem system-and system and - and no other infection lnfecl10n such suchas suchas suchas as in teeth tonsils or s nus nos is pres ent cnt v.e ve .se se \ ' . . e can usually put up a fightstrong strong enough to overcome them . * . . Sinuses May CauseColds Cause CauseColds Colds in an ChildrenThere Children ChildrenThere There are some youngsters who whoseem whoseem whoseem seem al vays to have a cold In Inschools Inschools Inschools schools \ where here there is a school schoolnurse schoolnurse schoolnurse nurse w th a physician visit ng at atregular atregular atregular regular intervals it is often a prob problem probLem problem lem as to whether to allow the chJ1d child chJ1dto childto childto to remain remam at school or be sent home homeuntil homeuntil homeuntil until the cold clears dears upAs upAs up upAs As a matter of facthen tact fact \ v.hen vhen \\hen hen Shen . the thechIld thechild thechild chIld seems al vays to have a cold coldthe coldthe coldthe the trouble is often in m one of the thesmuses thesinuses thesinuses smuses sinuses adjoining adJommg the nose usually usuallythe usuallythe usuallythe the one M in the upper Jaw-the Jaw the jaw - the an antrum antrum antrum trum Th s smus SlnUS sinus appears to be al always always always ways ready to start trouble should shouldthe shouldthe ! the youngster be exposed to a draft draftto draftto draftto to dampness or become real tired or orfatigued orfatigued fatigued The lining Immg of the smus sinus sinusbecomes sinusbecomes , becomes inflamed and at first there thereis thereis thereis is just a light hght mucus followed later laterby laterby laterby by a thick mucus and in some somecases somecases cases by pus formation fonnatlon This mu mucus mucus mucus cus or pus drops down into the theback theback theback back of the throat and is coughed coughedout coughedout coughedout out outCauses outCauses Causes , of Sinusitis SmDsihs SmDsihsDr SinusitisDr SinusitisDr Dr James Crooks in the BrItish BrItishMedIcal BritishMedical BritishMedical MedIcal Journal gives the signs and andsymptoms andsymptoms andsymptoms symptoms of these chronic cases of ofsmusltls ofsinusitis ofsinusitis smusltls sinusitis 1 Discharge of mucus or orpus orpus orpus pus from fIom the nose 2 Frequent Frequentcolds Frequentcolds Frequentcolds colds 3 Cough 4 Snoring Snormg and andmouth andmouth andmouth mouth breathing breathmg 5 Sore throats throats6 6 Headaches Inflammation of the themIddle themiddle themiddle mIddle ear and general weakness weaknessor or disability dlsablhty are often present . . Ex Exammation Examination Exanimation ammation amination of the nose lighting hghtmg up upthe upthe upthe the smus sinus by a special lamp and tak taking taking taking ing an X ray picture may also be bedone bedone bedone done to make sure that the frequent frequentcolds frequentcolds frequentcolds colds are really due to an mtlamed inflamed mtlamedsinus inflamedsinus inflamedsinus inflamedsinusThe sinus sinusThe The treatment of chronic smusltls sinusitis sinusitisis smusltlsis is first to try to prevent the condl condi condltlons conditions conditions tlons tions that start or light up the trou trouble trouble trouble ble Colds must be avoided by 1m im 1mproving improving improving proving hygiene and general health healthand healthand healthand and resistance When the colds oc cc occur cccur occur cur the lining Immg of the nose must be beshrunk beshrunk beshrunk shrunk so that the opening from the thesinus thesinus thesinus sinus into mto the nose remains remams open openThIs openThis openThis ThIs shrinking shrlnkmg is done with adre adrenalm adrenalin adrecalm nalm nalin cpmephrme epmephrme epinephrine or by ephcdrme ephedrine ephcdrmethe ephedrinethe ephcdrmethe the ( ( the Ch nese drug ) or by a benze benzedrIl benzedrat benzedm drIl drat e a inhalerOperation inhalerOperation Inhaler InhalerOperation Operation for this condition eondlhon Is not notdone notdone notdone done as often now Operation Operahon IS ISperformed isperformed 13performed performed only when the d scharge schargehas schargehas schargehas has turned to puss wh ch eh continues continuesto to form de dcipite despite plte U II ti e a shrinking shrmkmg of the thenose thenose thenose nose lining Immg and the wash ng nc out of ofthe ofthe ofthe the sinus smus sinusBell 0 Bell SyndicateNU SDdleatNU SyndicateSSNU Syndicate SDdleat ) < > -\\NU NU -SSNU SSNU - \\NU NU \ \ \ Senic Senlc Sentlce * . |