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Show Uncle Sam; M. D. 4 4 paka irsis " Q. I had a stroke several months ago. My l.-ft .-inn Is paralysed fromj the shoulder doyvn. What Is th,C cause of the stroke'' Am 1 liable t.. gel another? Can tbe arms and hands I'N restored to function'? How can another stroke he avoided)? A. 1 am sorry to learn that you have had a ".stroke." This term Ii applied to a number of different con-j ditions. all of thi m, hovvmver, connected connect-ed with the blood vessels of the hrain.; In cerebral hemorrhage thero Is an actual break In ri blood vessel In the brain, and with this there Is more or less destruction of tbe I. rain tissue. SS a result of the ext ra vacation of the, blood In cergbral embolism there Is a ud-den ud-den plugging of the artery In the brain with a bit of blood Hot, or other material ma-terial carried In the circulation. AS a result of this plugging, the blood supply of a particular section of thej brain is cut off. and this leads to more or les destruction of brain function, in cerebral trombpsis there Is a gradual formation of a blood clot in a cerebral blood vessel, the condition usually being brought about by a sclerosis of the cerebral arteries I'nder ihe circumstances, you can readily see hoyv Impossible it Is 'O.I kI e y on specific advice to -our other, questional In general, the patient should avoid all excitement or overexertion. over-exertion. Anything which increases cerebral blood pressure, straining at stool, heavy lifting, etc., should be avoided. The diet should bC light, easily digested and attention should be paid 10 regular movements of ilo-bowels. ilo-bowels. Kor more specific Information, Informa-tion, you must consult your faihil physician. Ill i in s. Q. 1 have a very bad headache once a week just above the right eye. It usually lasts about '1 hours, and makes me sick and weak all over. 1 have tried different things like aspirin, as-pirin, and nothing seems to do any good, Mv doctor tolti me bad teeth , must be the cause, so 1 had all decayed de-cayed teeth removed lasl spring, but 1 still have these bad spells. It is not i caused from constipation, and I don't ihlnk It Ih from mj cyei, as I've never had any trouble with them. A. It Is sometimes an extremely difficult matter io determine 'in- cause of localised headaches mentioned mention-ed in your letter. Some cases of this kind an- termed "mlgrane' but that, after all. is merely , label, and tev nothing about the cause of the trouble, trou-ble, ln other Instances, some Inflammation Inflam-mation with pus-forming gaj-ms ap pear to be responsibb . sti,, h pus germs mas come from abscesses of roots of decayed teeth. Not infrequently infre-quently the pus Is located in oi f "The hollow bones about the face. Thai Is, In the so-called sinuses which communicate with the nose I have seen cases such as you describe In which the pus was locale, 1 In the hollow hol-low bone beneath the eye. |