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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.
When people reach middle
age, a courtship of nine years
Washington (U.R) The House
Agriculture Committee has
unanimously endorsed President
Eisenhower's proposal to ex
empt gasoline used on farms
from the two cents a gallon fed
eral tax.
The exemption was one of the
nine points of President Eisen
hower's farm program, outlined
in a special mesage to Congress
Tuesday.
The Agriculture Committee at
a closed meeting adopted a reso
lution urging the House Ways
and Means Committee, which
has jurisdiction over all tax
bills, to approve the proposal.
Portland (U.R) The Portland
city council has agreed infor
mally to grant Portland Traction
Company permission to provide
mass transportation in' the city
for six months after expiration
of the present franchise.
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