Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-08-20 | Page 4 | Health

HEALTH BY UNCLE SAM, M. D. Health Questions Will Bo An swercd if Sent to Information Bureau, U. S. PubOc HcaJth Srv ico, Washington, O. C. i Q Kindly give me all the Information Infor-mation you can about chorea (BI Vitus' dance). A rhorca. or St. Vitus' dance, is' a disease, generally, of the young,! rh.iractoriz.cd by irregular, involuntary, involun-tary, jerky contractions of the muscles, mus-cles, associated at times with rheumatism rheu-matism ami heart disease. More than three-fourths of all the cases occur between the sixth and fifteenth ear of age. The disease is more frequent! In hlgh-8trung, excitable, nervous chll-dren, chll-dren, .is contrasted with the dull audi phlegmatic. The nature of the "incase "in-case Is not yet clearly l:nown. Some, authorities believe it to bo an infec-1 Hon; that la. a disease due to some, Kerin The dhcat-v usually ends in reeovirv in from eight to ten weeks, I but sometimes cases las! for from three to six month Even when the diHcase I apparently cured, relapses and remissions may occur. Children affetei with chorea should be guarded against Irritation if attending at-tending school, it may be advisable, to keep them at home, or preferably. ' even send them to ihe country for a1 rest. All excitement should be avoided. avoid-ed. They should be given good food and plenty of rest in the fresh air. So far as medlclnrs are concerned, arsenic is very valuable, but of course, thiH should be given only under a I physician's direction and supervision.'