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yOtfUTJULB fTEDrORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday. March II. I9S7 The Medical Roundup Quotes From the News From Your G-E Dealer - HOME APPLIANCE CO. i By UNITED PRESS 9rm: trilirk Prime Minister Harold Macmillan after an Anglo Fre&ch conference, at which he promised to keep troops in Germany: "Tr, British nvernment hag no intention of withdrawing from Surop on tiptoe." Canberra. Australia: Secretary ef Stat John Foster Dulles. on planned SEATO defense against Communist activity in South east Asia: . "We can confidently conclude ... that international Commu nal m now imposed upon many of the peoples of Asia is a passing and not a permanent phase." Washington: AFL-CIO Vice President James B. Carey, criti cizing Dave Beck for tolerating corruption in his Teamsters Union: "The Teamsters deserve a better leadership than they have." Jerusalem: Peretz Bernstein. Conservative opposition general Zionist leader, on Israel's withdrawal from the Gasa Strip: "We've surrendered unconditionally, without guarantees, and I'm af&aid we'll soon regret It." Acapulco. Mexico: Daniel Rios, after admitting he helped murder two New York tourists for money: "I would die for 30,000 pesos. It was just the same to me murder or robbery when I heard about the 30,000 pesos." frin X "In every new home I build, 1 put in modern oil heal and suggest Housewarmer service" r : it- 4 l -Z if . i Experienced designer-builder of fine homes in Spokane, Mr. Thomas Myklebust, Jr., says "I never install any thing but modem oil systems in my homes it's the only heat that is safe anef economical; that has never jriven trouble. Myself, I recommend Housewarmer serv ice and Standard Heating Oils. Together, they put an end to heating worries. They're the best, and I tell my clients so." T ! .. I I K Call your Housewarmer your local Standard Heating Oil Distributor for -the most modern heat your money can buy t Clean every drop turns to pore heat 2. Automatic delivery with your Housewarmer's kecp-filled service. 1 Money-saving suggestions are part of your Housewarmer 's personal service. And for economy, remember ...no other type of fuel bas higher burning efficiency ss Standard Oil Company of California VALLEY FUEL CO 26 West Main Phone 3-1576 FABER FUEL CO 401 iouth Fir Phone 2-4449 Emritui Consultant Id Medicine, Mayo Clinic Emtrltns Professor of Medlcln, Mayo Foundation Chronic Emphyteme Of the Lungi Many person ask for Infor mation about emphysema: they want to know what it is and what can be done for it. The dictionary says that "emphy sema is a condi tion in which the alveoli (thousands o f tiny sacs in the lungs which fill with air) are Dr Alvarei abnormally di lated. Often the walls of a num ber of these alveoli break down and, as a result, several tiny and efficient alveoli run to gether to become one large in efficient cavity 'which cannot work well. Some of these di lated cavities, instead of being of microscopic size, can be seen even with the naked eye. Because of the changes in the alveoli the blood in the tiny vessels in the walls of the cavi ties docs not pick up oxygen1 from the air as it normally does. As a result, often the patient's lips and nail-beds look blue, and he may always be short of breath. The right side of his heart may sirffer because of back pressure of blood into it from the lungs. A single cause of the disease is not always obvious. In some cases a tendency is inherited. Some authorities believe that often the disease starts with a constriction of the smaller bron chi or air tubes that lead into the alveoli. This narrowing of the tubes can cause the alveoli to become dilated. It makes it hard for the person to get air into and out of his lungs and parti cularly out. As a result, the man keeps his lungs always ex panded almost as far as they will go. Because of this he gets what is called a barrel chest. The muscles that run in the neck from the top of the breast bone to just back of the ears are always contracted, and the man's face looks pinched and anxious. He has practically no lung expansion because his lungs are always as full of air as he can get them. Most Patients Heavy Smoken Some doctors think that this disease starts usually with some infection of the lungs; or the person is allergic, with a ten dency in his early years to hay fever and asthma. Most of the patients are men past the age of 40 years, and most are heavy smokers. Heavy smoking is very hard on the weakened lungs. As one able physician says to his wheezy heavy smokers "You must choose between smoking and being wheezy and short of breath." The distresses tend to get worse with time. Eventually there are likely to be symptoms of heart failure. How can one avoid getting emphysema? In many cases the important thing is to treat hay fever or asthma early. Some times a man has to move into another part of the country to get relief. Heavy cigarette smokers ought to quit and per haps change to a pipe. It is the inhaling that is hard on them. Some persons should get out of dusty occupation. The doctor can give a number of medicines, most of which are mixtures of an ephedrine type of drug, with a little pheno barbital and perhaps some theophylline. Some of these drugs help to dilate the bronchi and permit the entrance of more air into the lungs; others calm the nerves. Sometimes the drug is given best through an atomi zer. Cough syrups seldom do much good. Experts say that antihistaminics are not likely to help enough. Cortisone and cortisone-like drugs have not helped much in fact, they can do harm. In my experience, in many cases a little codeine will give the patient the most com fort, but this medicine has to be prescribed by a physician. Whenever the patient has a flare-up of infection with fever and an increase of sputum an antibiotic may be nedded. In the cases of older men, much of the treatment may have to be direct ed toward relieving the strain on the heart. Many a patient has to remain quiet, perhaps on a couch; he cannot exercise much. Digitalis may be used sometimes to strengthen the heart. Sometimes the patient will feel better while breathing dilute oxygen. He must not be given so much that he will lack enough of the carbon dioxide that will keep him breathing regularly. . New Book on Subject 4 Because scores of persons ask what can be done for emphy sema, and because most of us physicians were never trained to cope with this puzzling di sease and treat it, I will here call attention to a new book on the subject edited byDrs. Alvan I. Baruch and Hylan A. Bicker man (Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore). Although a group of experts have written the book technically for physicians, many an intelligent patient could get useful ideas out of it, and per haps he could make a present of it to his physician. It could greatly help the doctor in hand ling the problem. The experts tell us of so-called aerosols which are medicated sprays that can be breathed into the lungs. Some of them can dilate the bronchi and cut down on wheez ing. They can improve the breathing. Antibiotic aerosols can be used to cut down on any infection present. Methods have been devised for getting the se cretions out of the lungs and for improved breathing. Better methods have ben devised, also, for giving oxygen to the per son who is short of breath. Dr. Alvarez hopes his readers will understand that it would be impossible for him to answer re quests for information or to at tempt to diagnose by mail. 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