Recreational &
Intramural
Programs
Winter Term
Badminton .
(men, women and mixed)
AH Campus Championships
Oregon Handball.
(men)
Tennis Tournament..
(men, women and mixed)
Cross Country .
(men, women)
.January 27
January 27
... Jan. 25
There will be a Managers Meeting for Soccer .. Jan. 31 4:00 pm
Entry forms available at 171 Kssingler or Gerlinger Hall
For more information call 4121 or 4113
From the Doctor:
Fungus victimizes skin KL
Dear Dr Copperman:
What do worms and skin rashes have to do with
each other? I went to my doctor for this patchy brown
rash and he called it Tinea and gave me a lotion to put
on it. My Latin class says Tinea means worms.
Puzzled.
Dear Puzzled:
If you studied enough worms in your Latin class
you would eventually come to nngworm which m medi
cal parlance is Tinea What I would like to know is why
you were reading about worms in your Latin class.
Tinea is the general name for superficial fungual
infections of the skin Tinea Versicolor, which is what
you had. is the pretty name of a delightful disease.
The skin affected forms scaly round patches of vary
ing hues; sometimes it is white: sometimes it is
brown; sometimes it is red If you shine filtered
ultra-white light on the skin, the patches turn a
psychedelic flou rescent gold
The infections are not at all dangerous, are pain
less, and the interesting colors and patterns may
amaze you when exhibited with a filtered ultra-violet
light
The organism that bestows this remarkable gift is
a fungus whose moniker is "Mallassezia Furfur" He
lives the world over but only on human skin For
unknown reasons, possibly genetic, only some peo
ple have the ability to harbor this innocent artist, but
those who can give him a home can often extend the
invitation many times.
Young adults are Mallassezia's preferred host,
so, often a person through no fault of his own will lose
the ability to acquire this colorful guest as he grows
older The skin of the chest and back have the most
ideal dimate according to a poll of one clinic's Mal
lassezia. The palms of the hands and soles of the
feet are positively uninhabitable.
That nasty lotion the doctor gave you was prob
ably Selsun lotion. The selenium sulfide it contains
makes living intolerable for creative creatures like
Mallassezia. Likewise you needn't worry about
spreading your Mallassezia to those around you.
Most people are so lacking in skin sensitivity that
Mallassezia simply dies of boredom and lack of
esthetic appreciation.
Dear Dr Copperman:
I had some painful blisters on my penis. The
doctor told me I had Herpes Is it contagious?
Unwillingly celibate
Dear Unwilling:
I will discuss Herpes at length in a future column.
Briefly, Herpes is a virus, which is essentially a sub
microscoptc bit of D.N.A wrapped in some protein.
When it breaks out it is present in the skin and in
the fluid of the blister. When the blister heals and
disappears there is no longer any risk of transmitting
the infection until the next occurrence which may be
months or years later
A reasonable approach is to wear a condom
during intercourse at the first sign of a blister and until
the blister has completely healed over and the scab
has fallen off In addition, it is wise to wash with soap
and water the entire area prior to intercourse When
you are free of the blisters you do not need to worry
about spreading the virus.
Terry Copperman, M.D.
Copyright 1977
Abstainees suffer from smokers
If you're like most Americans,
you don t smoke cigarettes Cur
rently, only one adult out of every
three is still using tobacco Among
the population as a whole, non
smokers outnumber smokers four
to one
the
student
body
KATHY CRAFT
Of the Emerald
Perhaps you assume that as
long as you yourself don't smoke,
you're safe from the noxious ef
fects of tobacco on your body. Un
fortunately, you're wrong Con
sider the following facts:
No matter how energetically a
person smokes, approximately
two thirds of the smoke from a
burning cigarette enters the sur
rounding environment instead of
the smoker's lungs. Certain
studies indicate sidestream
smoke contains iwice as much tar
and nicotine as mainstream
smoke, three times as much 3-4
benzpyrene (a compound sus
pected as a cancer-causing
agent), five times as much carbon
monoxide and fifty times as much
ammonia It's not surprising, then,
that when you inhale second hand
smoke your heart beats faster,
your blood pressure rises and the
level of carbon monoxide in your
blood increases. (Incidently, three
hours after non-smokers leave a
smoke filled room, half of the ex
cess carbon monoxide is still in
their bloodstream.)
Sidestream smoke also con
tains greater concentrations of
cadmium than mainstream
smoke. Exposure to cadmium is
associated with hypertension,
chronic bronchitis and em
physema.
Research indicates respiratory
illnesses are twice as common
among children whose parents
smoke as compared with the
offspring of non-smoking parents.
Approximately two million
Americans are sensitive to to
bacco smoke and suffer smoke
caused asthma attacks.
Of course, in addition to the fact
that second-hand smoke is harm
ful to your health there's another
simple truth — it reeks. And it is an
odor that clings to the human body
and lingers. Certain chemicals in
the tobacco called ketone and al
dhydes produce the offensive
odor; the tar adheres them to your
skin, hair and clothing. Most
smokers are literally insensitive to
these odors, for tobacco smoke
long ago impaired their sense of
smell.
What options are open to non
smokers who are sick of cigarette
pollution? First of all, the next time
a smoker asks Do you mind if I
smoke?" as s/he confidently
reaches for a cigarette, assert j
your rights and answer in the af
firmative. Always request seating
in the non-smoking sections of re
staurants. Ask your doctor and
dentist to restrict smoking in their
waiting rooms. If curtailing smok
ing at meetings is totally infeasi
ble, suggest a "one cigarette at a
time" rule instead. And support
legislation to prohibit smoking in
public places ar at least establish
non-smoking areas. For more in
formation call the Association of
Non-Smokers Rights, 342-3329
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