Show Common Colds May Cause Infections in Sinuses and Parts of Respiratory Tract The common cold can cause infection Infection infection In in- hi th the sinuses other parts of the respiratory tract and ears Sidney Sidney Sid Sid- ney N. N Parkinson MD M.D. Oakland Calif says In The Journal of the American Medical Association ion Nasal congestion during a n cold Interferes with wit circulation about the openings of the sinuses This increases in increases increases in- in creases swelling and congestion within the sinuses and permits accumulation accumulation accumulation ac ac- ac- ac acI I of which the like hair projections in the respiratory respiratory I tory tract are unable to remove This complication is unfavorable to I tissue defense The purpose of ot local treatment during acute infection n is s ventilation hi in n order to improve drainage the theauthor theauthor theauthor author says Shrinkage of ot the nasal mucous membranes with drugs opens the air passages Free drainage drainage drainage drain drain- age then takes place if in hi the process process process proc proc- ess of ventilation the hairlike drainage drainage drain drain- age mechanism has not been dam dam- aged This is why the selection of ot ofa ofa ota a physiologic drug Is s so Important Ephedrine in hi Lockes Locke's solution or its equivalent constitutes an efficient oh harmless agent for tor shrinkage The drug best reaches the membranes membranes membranes mem mem- branes of the air p passages with the patient lying on his side with his I head hend bent downward exactly sidewise sidewise side- side wise vise using the shoulder as a fulcrum ful ful- ful- ful crum After from rom three to five minutes the he head ld is rotated to face down to permit the nasal contents to escape from rom the nostrils The low head posture permits all Important structures structures structures tures within the nose to come in contact with the medication and obvIates obviates obviates ob ob- ob- ob any Injury ury i |