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Show Warts on Foot May Be Cured By Treatments By DR. JAMES W. BARTON I HAVE spoken before of those painful flat growths on the sole of the foot called plantar warts. As they receive re-ceive the whole i 1 weight of the TODAY'S body in walk- ucfllTH ing, relief is n LHLI n often obtained COLUMN by special wide ' I shoes or special cushions with a hole in the center which surrounds the wart and thus takes the pressure off it. Just what causes these warts is unknown, although it is believed be-lieved that many cases are due to infection. Some of these warts disappear apparently appar-ently without treatment and others seem to resist all forms of treatment except surgery. Fortunately the use of wide shoes, a felt or cork cushion with central hole, and the use of some of the ordinary corn cures containing salicylic sal-icylic acid, give excellent ex-cellent results in most cases. As there are some cases that are dif- finiilt tn fnrp it ia Dr. Barton gratifying to know that X-rays now used in so many skin ailments is curing a number of these stubborn cases. Drs. W. C. Popp and J. W. Olds, Rochester, Minn., in radiology record re-cord their investigation of the effect of X-ray treatment of 91 cases of plantar warts. These patients came from a distance and the study was made with the thought in mind of finding out just how many could be cured with but one treatment. Treatment Successful. In 54 cases there was but one wart and in 37 cases there were two or more. Fifty-eight patients obtained complete cure, whereas 18 received no benefit. In 40 of the 58 cured cases the wart or warts disappeared after one treatment; 11 required two treatments, treat-ments, five required three treatments treat-ments and two were cured only after five treatments. The fact that 18 received no bene fit from X-ray treatment did not mean that they could not be cured or relieved, as a follow-up of these 18 patients showed that treatment elsewhere had resulted in six being cured, six relieved of pain, and three got partial relief from pain. F.rom the above results, Drs. Popp and Olds are justified in stating that "early observations show that their technic method and dosage of X-ray X-ray treatment may offer better curative results than other technics." tech-nics." Waste Weight Gives Us Tired Feeling One of the humorous remarks of former days was to tell the thin individual indi-vidual with the large appetite that he was kept thin by carrying so much food around. As a matter of fact there is some truth in this remark re-mark because a thin individual with a large appetite is going to carry around with him a lot of waste from this excess food. Dr. Walter Alvarez Al-varez of the Mayo clinic tells us that it is the weight of these wastes that makes us tired as much as the absorption of some of this waste into the blood. Most of us are apt to think that we get tired because we work too hard physically and mentally. Getting Get-ting tired by physical work is a good health asset as it means refreshing sleep. Getting tired from mental work may be due to tiredness of the eye muscles, or some tiredness from nervous tension, but this requires but a short rest; minutes not hours as with tiredness due to physical work. That there are other causes for tiredness besides mental or physical physi-cal overwork is stated by Dr. F. L. Meredith, Tufts' college, as recorded record-ed by Science News Letter. Lack of Gland Balance. "Poisons from organisms teeth and tonsils; thin blood; not enough or the wrong kind of food (including lack of minerals and vitamins); sluggish circulation, and psychic or mental states such as worry or lack of interest in one's work." Another cause is lack of balance of the glands. Thus the thyroid gland, by making too much juice, can speed up all the body processes, keep the individual tensed (on his toes) all the time and cause tiredness tired-ness to come on sooner. On the other hand, an insufficient amount of thyroid juice slows up all the body processes and the individual feels tired, lazy and sleepy most of the time. So do not neces'sarily blame your feeling of tiredness on overwork. The first thought should be to have the teeth and tonsils examined. If overweight, have metabolism test to see if thyroid gland is over or under active. Have blood examined to see that it contains enough iron. See that enough sleep is obtained. Finally, make sure that the wastes in the bowel are carried ! away regularly. Copyright. WNU Service |