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The Medical Roundup by J7 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Lmeritui Consultant In Medicine Mayo Clinic Emeritus Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic (Register and Tribune Syndicate. 1963) Child With Runny Nose sensitive to some dust or Many a mother knows that j chemical which his father there are children who suffer i brings home from work - per- lrom a runny, stuffy, itchy or uncomfort able nose. A p e d iatrician, Dr. George B. Logan of the Mayo Clinic, said the prob lem of finding o u t exactly what is wrong with such a child and v hat to do for him is so great haps on his clothes. If the child lives on a farm, there are many things there that can give him an allergic sen; siiiveness. Skin Tests Suggestive Sometimes skin testing will give the doctor a hint as to what is wrong, but no one should depend entirely on such tests. They are only sug gestive. Often, what I call "home detective work'' does better. 1 am glad to sec that that often a physician is glad j Dr. Logan says that skin lest if the mother leaves and ing seldom helps in findina doesn't bring the child back. out what food is causing an Of course, the doctor may 1 allergic reaction, quickly prescribe nose-drops! Sudden changes in the hu or an antibiotic syrup, or an 1 nudity and temperature of the antihistaminic agent or an in-1 home can cause a nose to A'varez Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF jection of penicillin, but many a case no one of these treatments will work. The physician who is most likely to help the child is the one who can make an exact diagnosis as to what is Wrong. A temporary runny nose can, of course, be the result of a cold. In that case it should dry up in a couple of weeks. The physician must keep remembering that a small child pokes something - per haps a small peanut - into his nose and this can give rise lo a discharge. Every pediatrician must be expert in the use of a head-mirror and a speculum, which will enable him to look into the nose and the ear. Some small children who keep having trouble in the nose have adenoid tissue be hind the nose - tissue which should be removed. This lit tle operation will often open up the airways so that a child can breathe much better at night. Must Look for Allergy Dr. Logan said that often the pediatrician must keep looking for an allergic cause of the trouble. It is, of .course, wise to get a good nose man to examine the child to see if he has a chronic sinusHis, or some obstruction that keeps a comfortable amount of air from going through his nose. Sometimes the septum be tween the two halves of the nose is deviated. Usually, one has to wait to operate on this until the child's face is well developed. Especially when there is a chronic sinusitis, one side of the nose may contain polyps which are little soft white nodules. These can easily be removed, and they should be removed so that the child can breathe with comfort. Some children develop trouble in their nose because of a too zealous and long-continued use of nose drops. When one suspects an al lergic cause, the first thing to do is to find out whether the trouble lasts all year or whether it always comes at a certain time of year, as in the fall, during the main hay fever season. The answers to such ques tioning will immediately tell the doctor whether ihe trou ble can be due to some pollen, or whether it is likely to be due to some house dust, or some hair from a dog or a cat, or some mold, or some com mon food. Occasionally a child will become sensitized to chalk dust, or something else that arsails him when he is at school. Dr. Logan tells of a child who used to have trou vith his nose each week end. Why? Because the teacher re warded the "good children" by letting them clean the erasers on Friday afternoon. Occasionally the child will be choke up. If a child's nose is found to be sensitive to his dog, the parents ought quickly to get rid of the animal. The family must remember that a severe nasal allergy can even tually change into an asthma that could ruin the child's life. Also, sometimes if a stuffy .lose keeps involving the open ing of the so-called Eustachi an tube - which runs from the middle ear to the side of the throat - the child can lose some of his hearing. If a child is highly sensitive to house dust, the mother must make every effort to keep his room clean. The room should, then have a mo nastic simplicity-without rugs and draperies. The bed pil low may have to be covered with a thin plastic envelope. An electric air conditioner takes much of the pollen and dust out of the air that comes into the room. Sometimes an antihistaminic drug will help the child. Perhaps this can be combined with ephedrine. Only rarely should cortisone like drugs be used. A BACKWOODS circuit rider in Kentucky had one vanity: a spirited, superb horse on which he made all his rounds. One morning a follower asked him jovially, "Parson, no offense, but how come your horse's coat always looks so much better than yours?" "That's an easy one," shot back the circuit rider. "You see, J take care of my horse; my congregation takes care of me!" Three short shorta from Minneapolis' jokestcr lau reate, Mox Llndquist: 1, "This coffee," a wait ress explained to a custom er born in Sweden, "comes here from a place even further away than Sweden. It is imported from Brazil." "What do you know?" marveled the Swede. "It's till varm!" 2. A very stout lady at a seaside resort noticed a weighing machine with a sign attached proclaiming, "I speak your weight." She put a nickel In the slot and stepped on to the platform. Sure enough, a voice spoke up: "One at a time, please!" 3. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Borge met Sonja Heine, the retired skating queen, at a party recently. "My!" whispered Mrs. Borge. "Doesn't she look young?" "Why not?" countered Victor. "She's been on ice most of her life." C 163, by Bennett Cert. Distributed by Kin Fe&turea Syndicate Additional help with this problem is in Dr. Alvarez 25 cent little booklet, "Allergy, Hay Fever and Asthma." You may obtain a copy of it by sending 25 cents andv a self addressed, stamped envelope with your request to Dr. Wal ter C. Alvarez, Dept. MMT, Box 957, Des Moines 4, Iowa. Subscribers To report improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune in Med forid. phone 772-6141; Ash land call at 410 Bridge st.. or phone 482-3002: Yreka, phone Victory 2-2898 before 6:45 p.m. daily and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives shortly after you call please notify office, thus eliminating special messenger service. Runyon Completes OSU Short Course Corvallis - George Runyon of the Jackson county health department completed a spec ial three-day vector control short course at Oregon State university. The course, which empha sized mosquito control, was jointly sponsored by the OSU depart ment of entomology; state board of health; and the U.S. public health service. Instruction covered mos quito control, mosquito-borne disease, biology of mosquitoes and mosquito identification. Use an old shaving brush to remove dust from pleated or ruffled lamp shades. Measures Passed By Legislature Salem -HOT- Measures ap i proved Wednesday by the leg islature: By the House: HB'2057 - Limitation and appropriation of expenditures. HB2062. 2078. 2098 - Budg ets for Military Department, Public Employees Retirement board. Water Resources board. HB1181-Dcpartment of Em ployment. SB118 - Deposit of money by state treasurer. SB181 - Life insurance. SB302, 303 - Veterinary medicine. By the Senate; SB203 - Insurance. SB321 - Continuous sub stantive law revision. SB41S - Excluding compen sation payments to Japanese from gross income. HB2022, 2034, 2103-Budg-cts for Columbia River Gorge commission. Slate Fair com mission, and aid to certain children. HB1046 - Highway use tax es. HB1054 - Inheritance tax. HB1403 - Teachers ccrtifi- I cation. THURSDAY. APRIL 11. 1963 SIGN OF SPRING University of Tulsa coed Betty Lawson inspects the blooms of a pink dogwood tree to make sure spring really has arrived in Tulsa, Okla. She is a freshman music student. (UPI) Soak cauliflower in salt water at least 30 minutes be fore cooking. A 5 There are three basic types of ceramic tile mosaic, glaz ed and quarry. BOAT -HALL -CAR RUGS 29 SQ. FT. ANY SIZE -ANY COLOR MURINE'S CARPET HOUSE 520 S. Riverside Pawlowski Receives Foundation Grant Corvallis - Norman E. Pawlowski, route 1, box 8, Jacksonville, has won a S2, 400 National Science Founda tion fellowship to continue graduate study in 1963-64 at Oregon State university. He was one of eight OSU graduate students chosen for the coveted national study grants. Pawlowski is working for his doctorate degree in the department of chemistry. Sexfon Receives Funds For Continued Study Corvallis - Harold C. Sex ton, 2536 Lyman ave., Med ford, has won a $2,400 Na tional Science Foundation fel lowship to continue graduate study in 1963-64 at Oregon State university. He was one of eight OSU graduate students chosen for one of the coveted national study grants. Sexton is work ing for his doctorate degree in the department of chemistry. STAR GAZERV By CLAY R. 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