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Show Page 06 - By SANDY SHORE Associated Press Writer At BOULDER, Colo. (AP) 21,000-plu- s feet on Mount Everest, Courtney Skinner knew he was in trouble. Every breath he drew was painful, as if he had a crushed chest. The Pinedale, Wyo., outfitter knew his only chance was to illnesses, such as acute cerebral edema and acute pulmonary edema, are caused by a lack of oxygen in the blood. Early symptoms include shortness of breath, fatigue, dizziness and nausea. In later stages, the sometimes-fatal illnesses cause fluid to fill the lungs or the brain. Mountain climbers long have High-altitu- - - By KAROL STONGER AP Newsfeatures GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) -The owners of the Hollywood Pop Gallery just off Main Street dispense soda pop and popcorn. They sell pop art and pop jewelry. And when neighboring businessmen pop in with their troubles, they practice pop psychology. illnesses, such as acute cerebral edema and acute pulmonary edema, are caused by a lack of oxygen in the blood. Early symptoms include shortness of breath, fatigue, dizziness and nausea. In later stages, the sometimes-fata- l illnesses cause fluid to fill the lungs or the brain. breathe in large amounts of oxygen quickly to counter the liquid that nearly filled his lungs, a symptom of acute mountain sickness. "I was very critical," he said. "Under my own motivation, I had no more power." Skinner, a member of the 1988 Cowboys on Everest expedition, became one of the first mountain climbers to test the Gamow Bag, a pressurized bag resembling a human-siz- e cigar tube that combats the effects of illnesses such as acute mountain and decompression sicknesses. After 11 hours of inhaling oxygen in the bag, Skinner emerged with his lungs 90 percent clear, and he was able to resume his ascent. His alternative would have been abandoning the expedition and being carried to a lower altitude for lifesaving oxygen treatments. V known that tha cure for sicknesses is descent the lower the altitude, the more abundant the oxygen. But descent isn't always possible, particularly for climbers who are too ill to move, or if the weather is bad. The Gamow Bag gives the effect of lowering altitude 1M. miles by pumping fresh air into the pressurized chamber. Zipped inside the bag, climbers fill their lungs with much-neede- d oxygen. "When the pressure started, you could almost feel a warmth or a glow come over you," recalled Skinner. "You were more comfortable, you weren't fighting for each breath." The bright bag has been credited with saving about a dozen critically ill mountain climbers in the past three years, says its inventor, Igor Gamow, a professor at the University of Colorado. high-altitu- . Choosa ',. . n Ma Now, he's looking at ways of. using the bag to aid balloonists and pilots and even scuba divers presequipment inside an surized bubble chamber. He fitted that technology into the portable bag, which weighs about sickness. Gamow, who ha3 a doctorate in biophysics and microbiology, recalled that a suggestion from Gary Ruggera, a former student, led to the development of the bag. "He said, 'Igor, if athletes can gain from the benefits just think what would happen to moun" tain climbers,' Gamow recalled. At the time, Gamow was conducting training tests on athletes who worked out on i $28s i MM Boom I MO). I s Room &$9 Etch 1 ScotchGuard Special 1 NofiMfly I PwROOA Thousands of Satisfied Customer Since 1978 ROCKY MOUNTAIN CARPET CLEANING areas. "Changes in behavior in response to the AIDS epidemic are responsi- ble for the decline in amebiasis in the United States," said Holzman, a specialist in infectious diseases. The symptoms of amebiasis include cramps, diarrhea and fever. There may be blood in the stool. Most people who are infected have no symptoms. Amebiasis is often detected by a physician while treating some other complaint, Holzman said. The amebas can be detected through microscopic of stool samples. Severe cases of amebiasis may lead to dehydration or the formation of abscesses in the liver and other organs. Perforation of the colon may occur. Untreated, the disease can be fatal. An episode of amebiasis neither provides immunity against nor increases the risk of subsequent infection, Holzman said. Amebiasis is transmitted through fecal material. In developing nations and areas of the United States where sanitation is poor, amebiasis is spread by unhygienic food handling and contaminated nations, especially developing where hygiene is poor and human waste is used as fertilizer," said 224-026- 9 II s7 Dr. Robert Holzman of New York University Medical Center. In the United States, sexually active homosexual men had been at high risk for amebiasis. Estimates of infection ran as high as one man in 10 in some urban one-cell- i .1 "Our location, and the expense makes your Gamow Bag the perfect technology for treating altitude illness within our treatment area, which extends two days' walk in four directions," Schokking wrote. of oxygen, By NYU MEDICAL CENTER For AP Newsfeatures Although an epidemic of ameba infection that peaked in American cities in the early 1930s has declined significantly, amebiasis remains the third most deadly parasitic disease in the world. "Infection with the organism Entameba histolytica poses a health problem for travelers in 8 ft. Mai ot Ameba infection declining J ANY 5 ROOMS 10 The spring of 1987 found Gamow stitching a length of polyurethane nylon on a sewing machine. "It would take maybe two hours' sewing and 10 hours on your hands and knees sealing it with all sorts of sticky goop," he recalled. The first "goop" they used was a glue for repairing tennis shoes. Today, the bag, which is marketed by DuPont Corp., is sealed de needs. al pounds. ... high-altitu- with a heat-seprocess. It sells for $3,000. Ian D. Schokking, a volunteer physician at the Kunde Hospital in the 13,000-foSagamatha National Park in Nepal, wrote to Gamow this spring that the bag has saved the lives of at least two patients. ot from decompression suffering $305 j lili.-- H high-altitu- de 2 ROOMS J : .ii.irti Igor Gamow, University of Colorado professor of chemical engineering, demonstrates the Gamow illness. Bag he invented. The bag has proven to be a great aid to overcoming I FHfid Chicken fJ-- AP Laserphoto CXEMIKGNETWeaK I loves Ninja Turtles.-- ' " "'" 3 Rooms Drysteam j If " i s Now, less than two years since Joyce Galley and her daughter, Brett, opened the place, it is a popular party space. Part of the attraction is intuition and invention. girl has to "Every have a Little Mermaid birthday cake," says Brett. "And every boy de !$178S MO. 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"The father likes to wear shorts," says Joyce, "so we show him playing badminton." The birdie, she says, is real and actually moves on a line across the canvas. The price: $7,000. For $2,700 she satisfied a woman's desire to be portrayed as Scarlett O'Hara. Does Joyce, who took weekend art classes while growing up in Cincinnati, consider her work serious art? "Maybe not serious," she says, "but you can see there's a lot of training in that. When you say serious, it's what people want." It's serious enough to catch the eye of acquaintance Louis Nizer, the attorney. "He's a wonderful artist," Joyce says. "He gave me a painting. In return I did a portrait of him." Some people from the Israeli embassy in Washington saw her work at Nizer's home, which led to an invitation to capture the likenesses of some of the country's leaders Golda Meir, Moshe Day-a- n, Ariel Sharon, David Elazar. 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