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Show I HEALTH BY UNCLE SAM. M. D. 1 Health Questions Will Co Answered An-swered if Sent to Information Bureau, U. S. Public HeaJth Srv Ice, Washington, O. C. 1 JBTJ II-k FEVER, V6THMA, HIVES, EtC. Protein is known as the building or BB repair material in our diet, and it Is fftM found in large proportion in such foods ABj as meat, fish, fowl and eggs. PS Protein may gain access to the body IKBj i"i other way:? than by food; for oxam- IBB . pit, by inhalation, us in the case of fj0r u 1 ' fi '" 1 'me i'"-ms of asthma. It i W through th. skin, as Is observed, for IBN example, in certain forms of eczrnm, IIBJI and by bacterial infection, as seems IIPB to be the case in a number of obscuro IIPR disorders. UBJ The unfavorable reaction may toke B the form ot' In; r, asthma, c I lBJ urticaria (hives), and other skin af- BJ fecllons. acute and chronic digestive iBj disturbances, and perhaps in certain IPP forms of periodic headaches, various IB vague nervous disturbances, and in IB albuminuria not due to some other IB known cause IB Proteins are usually broken up by IPJ processes of digestion and their con- Ii9 itltuenl parts absorbed by tho body. Particular parts or tissues of the II body are usually predominantly sen-IB sen-IB itlvo to a given protein In a given (ill individual For example, one person III maf develop asthma from wheat while II another individual may have eczema I from the same cause. The well-known I i. '-t that certain individuals have an f attack of urticaria (hives) from eating , H strawberries or lobster, Is an example i B of protein sensitization. : B The liability of becoming ecnsitlve J B to proteins is to a large extent a he-J he-J n-dltary trait. Not all individuals are il 'inject to this possibility. It Is most 3BK - often manifested )n childhood or in j! early adult life by some one or more lip Of tho previously mentioned abnormal BI conditions, but may be found at any 'I The tests for protein sensitization '"i arc made by slight scratches on the m i surface of tho skin and rubbing In I in. test material, These tests, to be conclusive, should cover a large nuni-bei nuni-bei of food substances and require at it :iwt one sitting of one hour, sometimes some-times eecral sittings, as only twenty lo thirty substances can be tested at' one sitting. ) Kroni hat has been said, It mustj not be concluded that protein sensltl-1 cation accounts for all cases of asth-l ma. hay fever and hives. Some of tnese are undoubtedly due to quite an-' other factor A person suffering from these disorders should accordingly consult a first-class physician and submit sub-mit to a thorough examination, Including In-cluding probably a series of skin tests to discover protein hypersensltiveneos. Q. hat are the symptoms of spyh- j Ills, and when do they begin to show'.'i A. The first symptom of syphilis I lis a cancer or sore which develops1 vcti bin two weeks after infection Secondary Sec-ondary symptoms are on eruption and numerous patches in the mouth, or tnroat. and tertiary symptoms ;iie ills-cases ills-cases of the heart and nervous system, sys-tem, locomotor ntaxla. paralysis and I paresis, etc. By competent treatment, early In the course of tho disease, it lis possible to avoid aerondaiy and ter-1 tuny symptoms 1 |