Show patient should tell physician all symptoms by DR JANIES JAMES W BARTON phere H was waa a time when liked to ta 1 our humorists say the patient has had his P tonsils and all his teeth removed but lie he still h has as his rheum rheumatism HEALTH we do not hear this joke any COLUMN more because practically every family licks has seen the very satisfactory re suits obtained by removal ol of teeth and tonsils in preventing further attacks of rheumatism although joints damaged by chronic rheumatism can hardly be expected to be free entirely of 0 pain and stiffness another joke on the medical profession was based on the foolish questions the physician asked tho the patient his parents band and grand parents age when they died and any illnesses irom from which they stif suffered did he wake up in the night and not go to sleep again readily how far could ho he walk without getting out of breath and other questions that did not seem to bo be related to the pain or other symptoms of which he complained pla ined this ques zoning or getting dr barton the history of the patient before making the examination Is not considered a joke any an y more because only the patient can accurately describe his pain or other symptoms thus a patient much worried about his heart as it seemed to be beating too r rapidly visited a heart specialist lie he expected the tha physician immediately to use the stethoscope the sphygmomanometer blood pressure machine the electrocardiograph which records strength and regularity of the heart and the fluoroscope w which aich enables the physician to acu actually ally see the tha heart exercise test made instead the physician had him walk across tho the room and asked him how far he could walk at this rate without getting out of breath when he told the distance that ho he could walk without getting out ol of breath easily the heart specialist told him he had no heart disease and to worry no further about it an examination with stethoscope blood pressure machine electrocardiograph and fluoroscope was made however howe vei and the heart was pronounced normal thus the simple questions question how tar far can you walk without getting out of breath gava gave the heart specialist specialist the information that it was not the heart that was causing the tha symptoms mucous colitis held cincu incurable rable when a research physician who has studied the intestinal tract stomach small and large intestine for many years tells us that no case of colitis inflammation of the large intestine is ever cured it may sound discouraging to the thousands of individuals who suffer with this ailment the outstanding symptoms of which are soreness across a abdomen pains colic jellylike jelly like uko substance on wastes from bowel dr walter alvarez Ai varez mayo clinic professor of medicine university of minnesota graduate school of medicine at a meeting of the american college of physicians said do not spend much time and attention on the colon largo large intestine in cases of mucous colitis which might better be called sensitive colon find out what kind of person the patient is most of them are women how they complain what it is physical emotional or spiritual that upsets them and then try to remedy these conditions if possible listen isten to the patient the trouble may be food allergy senst sens ti veness to certain foods a fit of anger a auld or almost any type of physical emotional or mental stress and strain cases begin in childhood many of these cases begin in childhood due to bad early training and no case of coutis colitis Is ever cured the patient simply has to live with his disorder these patients must be listened to with attention and treated with sympathy understanding and tact the thought then is that mucous colitis is caused by uie nervousness or the emotions and it is the nervousness and the upset ments that must bo be treated not the colon itself and just as tho the pernicious anemia patient must always use liver or liver extract and the diabetic patient use insulin or insulin so must the mucous colitis patient always remain or try to remain calm in spirit it ho he wishes to keep free of the symptoms of mucous colitis in the meantime avoiding rough foods and using plain water containing a teaspoonful teaspoon tul of salt enemas or plain water enemas will help to prevent symptoms released nele Be leased aed by western newspaper union |