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From: suhre@meltami.dsd.trw.com (Maurice E. Suhre)
Subject: Re: Why allergies come in "attacks"?
Organization: TRW, INC.
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 18:18:51 GMT

In article <9204150517.AA23220@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> fortmapl@UDAVXB.OCA.UDAYTON.EDU ("Paul Fortman : free spirit") writes:
  
>I get much worse when it rains.  Perhaps I am allergic to molds and mildews
>rather than pollen.

This is an interesting point which I had forgotten about.  In Los
Angeles, there is a weather phenomenon called "Santa Ana condition".
The air begins to blow in from the desert and it gets *very* hot and
dry and smoggy.  A lot of dust and pollens gets stirred up.  People who
are normally symptom free begin to exhibit allergic symptoms.  As my
allergist was relating this story to me, he added that it wasn't all
bad.  The mold/mildew suffers were better off during this period!


-- 
Maurice Suhre
suhre@trwrb.dsd.trw.com
From: rind@binoc.bih.harvard.edu (David Rind)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Is baloon angioplasty safe?
Date: 7 Apr 92 00:54:29 GMT
Article-I.D.: hsdndev.588
Reply-To: rind@binoc.bih.harvard.edu (David Rind)
Followup-To: sci.med
Distribution: na
Organization: Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston Mass., USA

In article <1992Apr06.230124.27537@eng.umd.edu>
 georgec@eng.umd.edu (George B. Clark) writes:
[ I have deleted a section on angioplasty which contains an extremely
biased reading of the data, but having discussed this on the net recently,
I don't want to rehash the issue.]

>No study has ever shown bypass patients have a longer life expectancy
>as a result of their surgery.

This, on the other hand, is so patently false that I feel obligated to
comment.  Multiple studies (which I have previously cited on sci.med)
have shown benefits on life expectancy when bypass surgery is performed
for patients with certain classes of coronary artery disease and
cardiac function.  Many other patients, however, can expect to see a
benefit in quality of life, even if mortality is not reduced.  Bypass
surgery, after all, was initially done to reduce angina, not to
prolong life.

>Whether or not you agree with my sources, I hope you appreciate that all
>of the above took about 2 hours of my free time after work today.
>Best of luck to the lady who had an urgent need for some free advice.

I'm sure all of us find it helpful that you would spend two
hours of your time to provide misinformation.  Believe it or not,
someone might actually be scared enough by a posting like this to
decide not to get necessary therapy.  You might think about this
before you post.
-- 
David Rind
rind@binoc.bih.harvard.edu
From: David.Seiver@p4.f60.n273.z1.fidonet.org (David Seiver)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Why does hydrogen peroxide bubble...
Date: 14 Apr 92 04:25:49 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:273/60.4 - Metro Hub Five, Philadelphia PA

On (11 Apr 92) Alan J Holmes wrote to All...

 AJ> Only a few years ago, a large number of women were using peroxide
 AJ> to bleach their hair, 'bottle blondes' they were known as.   Were
 AJ> these women doing something which would ruin their health?
 AJ> 
 AJ> Regards
 AJ> 
 AJ> Alan Holmes

 Sat 04-11-1992 | 22:10 DST
 --------------------------
 Commercial peroxide is available in various concentrations, from 10
 to 100 volume solutions.  Each ratio of peroxide to water is
 multiples of 6% peroxide per volume concentration.  The lower
 concentrations of 10 to 20 volume are considered safe for human
 hair.  The higher, from 30 to 100 volume are used soley for
 artificial and human hair wigs and hairpieces.  Peroxide is indeed,
 as was said, "very nasty stuff" in that it is a powerful oxidizing
 agent and can cause severe burns and skin damage when handled
 improperly.  It's 'bubbling' action is the process of oxidation,
 and is effect 'burning' the surface it is in contact with.  The
 aforementioned peroxide solutions should be sold to and handled
 only by hair salon personnel.
 
 Information source: Lensco Products Inc.
  					 Cosmetics Manufacturer
 				     Philadelphia, PA
 					

 DAS
 


 

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From: amigan@cup.portal.com (R Michael Medwid)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: I'll quit when I need glasses...
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 92 20:38:16 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: na

It all started in the 1950 when the Society of the Hairy Palm was seeking
government funding..    ;)
From: abulloch@garnet.berkeley.edu (Anthony Bulloch)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Period during Pregnancy
Date: 6 Apr 92 20:52:15 GMT
Article-I.D.: agate.rqdlvINN4u5
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.berkeley.edu

In article <ku1b22INN1ao@nml2sun.hsc.usc.edu> 
tnguyen@nml2sun.hsc.usc.edu (trudy nguyen) writes:

>Hi...
>	I don't think woman can have period during pregnancy
>
>Trudy Nguyen

Well, I have no expert knowledge at all in this area, and I had
been hoping that someone with real medical knowledge would post
a reply; but since the original poster may be getting a bit worried
by now (my wife did when it happened to her!) I'll note:
you can get spotting while pregnant, and it doesn't usually
signify anything wrong (though, as always, it's worth checking in
with your doctor, just in case).
[I'd appreciate it, though, if someone with real medical/gynecological
experience would post some fuller information.]

Anthony Bulloch
Xref: sparky sci.med:8495 sci.engr.biomed:214
From: cyao@usc.edu (Miles Yao)
Newsgroups: sci.med,sci.engr.biomed
Subject: HELP NEEDED: lookin' for a physiological model of heart rhythms
Date: 9 Apr 1992 22:28:00 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: koh-sun6.usc.edu


I am a CS graduate student designing a pacemaker.  Now, since I have no
previous background in cardiology or medicine in general, and no access to
clinical data/animal lab, I need a mathematical model of the human heart's
electrical conduction that I can use to test my simulated pacemaker.

I have looked through various journels but cannot find _any_ model that I can
write down and translate into a computer program.  Could anyone point me out
on where I can find one?  Specifically I need a model that 1)reflect the 
effect of mental/physical exercise in heart rate, ventricular pressure, and
changes in EKG morphology (QT interval, ventricular depolarization gradient)
fairly realistically, and 2)respond to external pacing stimuli by appropriate
changes in those variables.  It does not need to have elaborate arrhythmia-
modeling capability - a model of any simple sinus arrhythmia would be fine.  
In short, a heart model that I can plug a rate-responsive pacemaker in.  

I've had no luck at all up to this point.  ANY help will be greatly appreciated
!!

(PLEASE E-MAIL ME; I DO NOT READ THIS GROUP.)


(*) M I L E S   Y A O  =============================<cyao@pollux.usc.edu>


	      "Sometimes you take a false-first picture.  You
	       pretend to take the picture, the subject relaxes.
	       _Then_ you take the real picture."
	      				      - W. S. Burroughs

	      "I just think any picture you take is a good picture."
					      - Andy Warhol


Newsgroups: sci.med
From: givati@odie.ee.wits.ac.za (Ofer Givati)
Subject: Seeking Locum in GP in UK
Organization: Wits Electrical Engineering (Novell Users).
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 13:30:48 GMT

CAN ANY OF YOU DOCTORS AND DOCTOR'S FRIENDS HELP ???????

I am interested in doing a locum in General Practice in the UK for 5 month
(May 92 - Sept 92).

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Dr. LL Sirkin
102 Lafayette
11 Corlette Drive
Illovo
Johannesburg
Sout-Africa
From: Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Alcor Nevada
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 13:27:34 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world

Alcor Nevada will be meeting Sunday April 12th at 5 PM at the 
Riverside Casino owned by Don Laughlin in Laughlin, Nevada.  Don 
Laughlin will be attending our meeting.  The use of cryonic 
suspension as a last ditch effort for AIDS patients will be 
discussed.  For more info call Eric Klien at (702) 255-1355.
From: tas@pegasus.com (Len Howard)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Period during Pregnancy
Summary: Bleeding is not always a period
Keywords: pregnancy, LMP, bleeding
Date: 7 Apr 92 19:44:07 GMT
Followup-To: sci.med
Organization: Pegasus,  Honolulu

Well, I was waiting to see if anyone would jump in as I hate to repeat
the good advice that many people contribute, but since there seems to
be a question, let me suggest some answers.

As a general answer to the question "Can a woman have a menstrual
period during pregnancy?" the answer is no.  The normal menstrual
period is due to the sluffing off of the prepared (secretory) lining
of the uterus due to inadequate hormonal support as the corpus leuteum
cyst regresses.  In pregnancy, the corpus leuteum persists and
increases its progesterone production until the placenta takes over
the job around 10-12 weeks.

A woman can, however, have vaginal bleeding when she is pregnant.
Until about 10-12 weeks the developing conceptus does not completely
fill the endometrial cavity, and there is endometrium in conncetion
with the mouth of the womb.  It is possible that in a case of low
progestational output by the corpus leuteum of pregnancy, there may be
some sluffing of the lining that is free.

A woman may have a uterine duplication, and have bleeding thru the
entire pregnancy.

There may be microseparation of the inplantation with slight bleeding
in a pregnancy that may continue to normal delivery.

The bleeding may represent a threatened miscarriage, a missed abortion
or even an incomplete abortion.

Many times we cannot find a cause for the bleeding.

The bleeding occasionally comes from the cervix (the mouth of the
womb) due to inflammation or friability (fragility) of the tissue
related to the pregnancy.  It could also be a tumor of the cervix.

We don't like to see any bleeding in pregnancy, since it often is a
prelude to miscarriage.  It is most often an all or none phenomenon,
however.  By that I mean the pregnancy will either continue to a
normal outcome, or miscarry, and almost never result in an abnormal
fetus.

With the diagnostic tools available to OBGyn docs now, we no longer
have to tell the patient "Well, we will just have to wait and see what
happens" as we used to do thirty years ago.  Serial quantitative HCG
(pregnancy test) will predict fetal viability in the early phases of
pregnancy, and ultrasound exams will determin the cause of bleeding in
the later pregnancy.

My best advice is to ask your OBGyn doc about it, and follow his/her
advice.  Generally, no sex, no heavy work, no douching, and generally
reduced activity are recommended.  Prolonged bed rest generally is not
beneficial.

Good luck,                          Len Howard MD
From: Daniel.Hagan@f61.n381.z1.fidonet.org (Daniel Hagan)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Sources of Used/Antique Medical Equipment
Date: 16 Apr 92 13:21:25 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:381/61 - Health Professions, El Paso TX

>from: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson)

> Do you know any place that sells used or antique medical equipment?
>
> I'm specifically interested in obtaining leucotomes used
> for lobotomy.

Check with the goverenment...I know that there's a *huge* warehouse near 
Austin Texas that has *tons* of medical equipment that is cleared out 
regularly by "weight".  How do I know this?  Our school purchased an 
Ultrasound machine that was headed there...during the purchase, the person 
from the Army asked if we'd be interested in tons of IV poles, hospital beds, 
etc.  The paperwork is a little bit of a pain, but you can get used equipment 
pretty cheap.  It goes to auction process after leaving the feeder sites.

 

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From: geb@dsl.pitt.edu (gordon e. banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: TENS
Date: 14 Apr 92 21:39:42 GMT
Organization: Decision Systems Laboratory, Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA.

In article <92105.073334EWN1@psuvm.psu.edu> EWN1@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>Recently, I just started using a TENS unit in physical therapy to reduce
>pain from a carpal tunnel release and an ulnar nerve release at the wrist
>and nerve compression at the elbow.  Can anyone tell me how TENS works?
>Originally, ultrasound was prescribed to try to break up scar tissue from
>the surgery, but I couldn't tolerate the sensation in the palm of my hand
>(it sent an electrical shock down the inside of my ring finger); can TENS
>break up scar tissue?  Thanks in advance.

TENS does not break up scar tissue.  It stimulates the sensory neurons
in the spinal ganglia depleting them of certain neurotransmitters.
Alternative theories involve "gating" of nerve impulses which
essentially block the pain signals.
TENS usually only works for a while.
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Newsgroups: sci.med
From: yazz@locus.com (Bob Yazz)
Subject: Re: Dentists & Doctors slaves to people with AIDS?
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 21:47:42 GMT

rdc401@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (CDR Peter Kent) writes:

| It is 
| inconsistent to me that I might have no right to refuse to choose the patients
| that I take to the OR, but an OB/GYN who has moral objections to abortion 
| should have the right to follow his preferences and not take that patient to
| the OR?

Since you can't see the difference between objecting to a procedure on
the one hand and objecting to a class of patients on the other, I'm
certainly glad you're not my doctor.

Pity the Navy men and women who don't necessarily have such a choice.
But then, no matter how badly you might screw them up, they can't sue
because of the Feres Doctrine which applies even in peacetime.

For the sake of you & yours, I hope you don't operate with the presumption
that your patients have no incurable tramsmissible disease, regardless
of their HIV status.  The test, while pretty darn good, isn't perfect due
to the "window", and there are, of course, other germs in the world --
many that no one has ever heard of yet.
-- 
Ever cautious, Motives pure; Safe and effective, Who could demur?
Lead, follow or get out of the way.  Unless, of course, you're the FDA.
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: paul@panix.com (Paul Gatker)
Subject: Something going around-- NYC area
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 18:03:36 GMT
Distribution: NY
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

 I am currently getting over an illness that I first had symptoms of on
April 9. I had a sore throat which was worse upon awakening on April 10.
This illness peaked in intensity on April 11 and 12 when my throat was at
it's worst, and I felt like I had a fever of around 101 but in fact my
temperature was normal!
 Today, April 13, I feel much better as far as not being exhausted, achey,
or sore in throat. I do now have a runny nose with slight congestion. There
was never any really intense cold like symptoms though. I also developed a
slight cough yesterday which is continuing today.

 Several people I talked with said that there was some sort of "bug" going
around and I was curious if others are experiencing similar symptoms and
how far reaching they may be in terms of geography.

 Paul

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From: geb@dsl.pitt.edu (gordon e. banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Is balloon angioplasty safe?
Date: 10 Apr 92 14:08:50 GMT
Organization: Decision Systems Laboratory, Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA.

In article <70117@ut-emx.uucp> debs@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Deborah Summa) writes:

>reason i read this board.  I find it hard to imagine anyone could possibly
>even consider suing someone over advice or opinions offered over the net,
>let alone actually do so legitimately.  Is it really coming to this??
>These days nothing surprises me...
>
Well, there have been a few successful suits for "cocktail party"
advice, but most of them fail because most states require the establishment
of a doctor-patient relationship.  I suspect that such a test would
fail over the net.  It would be more like suing one of the doctor columnists
or books on medicine for the layman.  You'd have to show a very gross
degree of maliciousness or negligence.  One problem is proving the
source.  On the net, it would be well nigh impossible to prove
where a post originated.  Unless the poster admitted it or had
confirmed it to a witness, it would be a most difficult thing to
prove in court.



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From: amigan@cup.portal.com (R Michael Medwid)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Ankylosing Spondilitis
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 92 20:20:00 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: na

The American Arthritis Foundation can provide a good deal of information
on all forms of arthritis.  They also have (monthly?) publication.  

-Mike
Newsgroups: sci.med,misc.kids
From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
Subject: Re: Lime juice and lots of sun
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 13:28:15 GMT

In article <1992Apr17.031455.0200963@locus.com> yazz@locus.com (Bob Yazz) writes:
>Or more to the point, if I my goal is merely to get a tan -- oh alright,
>let's up the ante and say I really want a tan Line -- is it likely that
>a physician would prescribe me Trisoralen?

Well, you live out there in LA: who knows what those crazy Beverly Hills
MD's might do?  I think most doctors would not elect to prescribe such a
drug for purely cosmetic purposes.

-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
Xref: sparky sci.med:8652 misc.kids:12970
From: geb@dsl.pitt.edu (gordon e. banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med,misc.kids
Subject: Re: Headaches in pre-pubescent girl
Date: 14 Apr 92 21:08:51 GMT
Followup-To: sci.med
Organization: Decision Systems Laboratory, Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA.

In article <167C8758D.M20614@mwvm.mitre.org> M20614@mwvm.mitre.org (Hugh Pritchard) writes:
>My almost-10-yr-old daughter suffers from an occasional (every month or so)
>headache (above her eye), leading within a few hours to vomiting.
> 
>It's happened often enough over the past year or so that my wife and I think
>we should take her to be seen by a neurologist -- her ophthalmologist could
>find nothing wrong.
> 
>An explanation could be that this is due to her approaching menarche, however.
>If so, perhaps the headaches will stop when she starts menstruating.
> 

Sounds like a fairly typical migraine story.  Rather than getting
better with menarche, they are more likely to get worse.  A pediatric
neurologist, or if one is not available, regular neurologist sounds
indicated.  These can usually be treated successfully.  Good luck.
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From: geb@dsl.pitt.edu (gordon e. banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Nurse Practicioners
Date: 14 Apr 92 21:26:33 GMT
Organization: Decision Systems Laboratory, Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA.

In article <jac1.703185869@Isis.MsState.Edu> jac1@ra.msstate.edu (Jennifer Cox) writes:
>Anyway...  What is a nurse practitioner? How much training do they get?
>What kind of degree do they get?  And what are they allowed to do?
>
They are RNs who have taken special training in clinical practice.
They usually work under the supervision of a physician, who takes
responsibility for the things the nurse is delegated to do.
They can do a lot, but can't perform surgery, prescribe drugs
on their own, or make an official diagnosis.  They mainly talk
to patients, take histories, do physical exams.  They can be
very useful and can take a great deal of burden off a physician,
spending more time with the patient than the physician can afford
to.  Many patients prefer to see the nurse practitioner over
the physician.  Most questions a patient has could be answered
by the nurse practitioner just as well as the physician.
Many practices use a nurse practitioner for follow up visits,
since the reimbursement rates for follow-up are so low in
many fields that it won't support using a physician in that role.

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From: linda@frcs.Alt.ZA (Linda Jacobson)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Why allergies come in "attacks"?
Date: 15 Apr 92 15:00:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: frcs.1992Apr15.150004.15737
Organization: Onderstepoort School of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria

Thus spake mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington):

> One handy hint for allergy sufferers: Look for _all_ your allergens, not
> just pollen.  The body can only withstand a certain amount of "allergic
> load" before developing symptoms.  

Talking of immune systems (are we?) - after a recent scare with wasp stings,
my husband had a course of Histaglobin injections. It's essentially a
vaccine against histamine, so rather than concentrate on particular
allergens it tries a blanket anti-allergic response approach. Because of
this it seems to have major advantages over traditional hyposensitisation,
which only deals with selected, known, allergens.

The idea behind the stuff seems like a good one. I have no information about
efficacy or side effects though.
From: time@coos.dartmouth.edu (Susan M. Kennedy)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: another amiltryptiline ?
Date: 17 Apr 92 12:54:09 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

geb@dsl.pitt.edu (gordon e. banks) writes:

>In article <1992Apr13.161533.16206@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> time@coos.dartmouth.edu (Susan M. Kennedy) writes:

>>and I'm now 42).  I have always thought there was some hormone connection, but
>>pinpointing just what was going on seemed impossible. I know that this dose is
>>far below the anti-depressant dose and my Dr. says he really does not know why
>>this is effective.  Do any of you Net Docs or other pharmicutical experts have
>>an explanation?

>Amitryptiline is an excellent migraine medicine.  Rarely do you need
>to use antidepressant level doses.  I usually find that 50mg at night
>is enough except in rare cases.  Sometimes as little as 10mg per day
>works.  The drugs alter certain neurotransmitter levels in the
>brain, such as norepinephrine and serotonin, which have been linked
>to migraine headaches, but no one understands precisely how they
>work.  Steve Dyer may have read the latest theories on this.

>Also, your migraines are likely related to hormones.  When you
>have menopause, you will find out.  Most women have drastic
>reduction in migraine frequency and severity at menopause.

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>Gordon Banks

It's nice to know that there might be some good side effects to menapause.  From
most of what is said about this life event; it's not one to look forward to.

Thanks for the info on Amitrypline.

Susan