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0 StX. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, January 11. 1956 The Medical Roundup Emeritus ComuIUnt in Medicine, Mayo Clinic Emeritus ProTesior of Medlcln., Mayo Foundation INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER, OR CYSTITIS Many persons, and particular ly women, tend to get repeated hni-ts nf infpction in the blad- der with fre quency of url nation and perhaps burn ing. Some wo men are mere likely to get cystitis than are men, and this may be due to the fact that in men the distance between the outlets of the bladder and the bowel is great: In women the distance is short. As a result, in them it is easy for disease germs to get from the anus, or outlet of the bowel, to the meatus, or outlet of the bladder. It i3 probable that many women would not get cystitis if they would al ways wipe backward and not forward. Also, it may help much if, after urinating, the woman will dry the parts. It is possible that eerms can travel along a band of moisture from the anus to the meatus and on into the bladder. A physician can quickly tell if there is infection in the urine by looking under the microscope at a sample recently passed. He can easily see if there are any bacteria, with perhaps some pus cells or red blood cells. If the woman is urinating fre quently only by day and not by night, and if her urine is very watery and contains no bacteria or pus cells the doctor will ask her what she is worrying about. Many women, when they are worried or unable to make up their mind about something, will start running to the toilet every 15 or 20 minutes to .urinate. Once asleep they will not wake till morning. If they had an in flamed bladder they would be waking at intervals all night. Germi Can Be Killed In many cases the germs growing in the bladder can quickly be killed off with the help of an antibiotic drug, and this may bring an end to the trouble. However, if the infec tion keeps coming back, the wo man should have an examina tion with a cystoscope, or a tube that is passed into the bladder. With the help of a tiny electric light, the urologist can look around to see if there is any inflammation or ulceration or a stone or a tumor. If nothing is found in the bladder, he may run tubes up into the kidneys to see if the urine coming from one kidney is infected. He also will get x-ray pictures made to see if there is any stone in the kidneys, and he will take x-ray pictures after giving a medicine which comes out in the urine and hence makes visible the inside of the kidneys. Any ob normality in the kidneys or blad der, such as a stone, is likely to keep up- the infection that is present. Any red blood in the urine is a danger signal which calls for an expert study by a urologist. Many persons, on seeing a cloudy urine, think they must be pass ing pus, but in most cases the cloud is made up of chemical substances that are doing no harm. Terrible pain in one flank usually means that a grain of sand is coming down the ureter from the kidney to the bladder. Before diagnosing appendicitis, the wise physician will always examine the urine because this may show a little red blood due to the scratching effect of a rough grain of sand coming down the right ureter and caus ing the" pain. Oftentimes when the grain of sand or "gravel" stops in the lower end of the ureter, a urologist, working through the bladder, can fish out the little "stone." On Not Alwayi Thinking About Self I have known many persons who complained they were con stantly thinking of themselves and little else. Sometimes they got so disgusted with this that they wished devoutly they could get over it; they wished they could think of someone else. They came to ask me how this could be done. Probably the best thing such a person can do is to keep realizing that such habits of thinking are bad. It would help to force himself to stay social and to go out among peo ple; to try to talk to them, and to get interested in their prob lems and their conversation. I have known lonely women who got a room in a home where there were nice children. They became honorary and much-liked "aunts" to these children, help ing them with their school work, and with this they lost their great loneliness. Many another lonely woman took a position as housekeeper in a nice home, and this made life much happier and more sat isfying. Many women are helped by working in a store or office. The big thing is not to become a lonely recluse. In these days, when it is so hard for busy mothers to leave young children and get out occasionally for a few hours, older women who love children and have time on their hands, could have all their spare time grabbed up if they would let it be known that they were available for a few hours of "baby-sitting." The other day I read a maga zine of the thoughtful woman who, having little money to buy Christmas gifts for her young relatives, gave them an enve lope containing a "certificate." entitling them to so many hours of kindly help in their homes. And the girls prized these gifts of service dearly. Dr. Alvarez regrets he hasn t time in which to read or answer requests for information. (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1956) As We Live Nine Year Courtship Has Widow in a "Tough Spot" When a man goes with a wo- I man for nine years and doesn't ! ask her to marry him, she must accept the fact that he has no intentions of doing so and act accordingly. (Q) "I have been a widow for 11 years and all my children are married. For the past nine years. i?k"r I hare been going with a widower whose children are married but one daughter who hat a very good job in another state. I love ihix man dear- Dr. Hurlock ly and he tells me he lovei me. But, he says can't marry me because he By ELIZABETH HURLOCK, PH.D. is much too long. It is a pity that you did not bring the mat ter to a head long ago and dis cover just where you stood. Had you known, long ago, that he felt he could not marry you, or had you known about his death bed promise to his wife, you could have ended the friendship before it went so far as to put you in a "tough spot." (Copyright. 1956, General Features Corp.) Gas Tax Exemption Proposal Endorsed he promised his wife beforo she died that he wouldn't marry again and also, he feels he shouldn't marry unless his 'old maid daughter', finds herself a husband. I told him this has put me in a tough spot because my children and my friends think it strange that we aren't mar ried alter keeping company for so many years. He tells me I am selfish to want him to break his promise to his dead wife and leave his daughter without any one to fall back on. I can't un derstand his reasoning, can you?" J. McC. (A) I don't think you can call this "reasoning" but rather "ra tionalization," or trying to find a plausible excuse when put into a difficult position. For some reason, whether devotion to his daughter or a feeling of obliga tion to keep the deathbed prom ise to his wife, this man does not want to marry again. But, he wants your love and compan ionship. If this is not enough for you, call it a day and let him have his daughter as his companion instead of you. You are not ob ligated to continue the friend ship if it puts you in an em barrassing position with your children and friends. 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