Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-01-13 | Page 4 | The Doctor's Advice

THE DOCTOR'S ADVICE. Blushing I am asked by correspondents corres-pondents to prescribe some cure for blushing, if it were on ailment and could be treated by an ointment or a lotion. Such readors evidently do not realize that their trouble Is simply a matter for which their nervous system sys-tem la responsible. The walls of our blood vessels are largely muscular, and these fibers, though beyond the control of the will, arc controlled by the nervous system, sys-tem, the agent bIng nerves distributed distri-buted among tho muscular fibers. I The nervous energy, which is continually con-tinually roaching the muscular walls ' of the blood vessels, keeps them In a moderate state of contraction, and the channels being of an average size, I the blood supply is evenly maintained. ' If the vasometer nerves are stlmu-lated stlmu-lated more than usual, the muscular walls are contracted, tho slzo of tho blood voasels dlmlshed so that the supply of the blood vessels becomes I less On tho other hand, If these nerves arc not stimulated as much as usual, the vessels are dilated by tho force of blood which is flowing along them and the supply of bipod In certain parts, notably the face Is increased. Blushing Is duo to somo emotion which acts on tho vasometer center, dimlshlng its activity for tho time being, and depriving tho blood, vessels of tono. The consequence is that they dilate, and the Bkin betrayo the Increased In-creased supply by a hot flush, People troubled with blushing enn best overcomo It by cultivating un consciousness of selfi They probably prob-ably suffer when meeting strangers or finding themselves In company with which they are not well acquainted. ac-quainted. Young people are most given to blushing under these circumstances, and too 'often thoy adopt a courso which is only cnlculatod to Increase their annnoyaance. They never go into society If they can help it, nnd avoid meeting or speaking to anyone out-sido out-sido their own domestic circle If, instead, in-stead, they mixed, If they cultivated the habit of speaking easily and naturally nat-urally whh everyone they met, their painful affection would speedily leave them