The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-11
S|eNsoFS SICKNESS
Symptoms That May Alarm and
Yet May Not Be Serious.

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CAUSED By SIMPLE AILMENTS.
Spots esfors the Eyes, For instance,
May Mean Orain oissass. but the
Chances Are Thousands 70 One That
They Arise From Some Slight Cause.
A doctor. writing in London Answers,
says:
People often come to me nowadays
in very great dread, because they hear
ringing in the ears, see spots before the
eyes, or suffer from some other symp-
tom which they suppose to signify Sc
riOus disease.
Nearly always l ind that something
very slight, or nothing at all. is the
matter; but I do not always succeed in
20 convincing my patients.
These groundless fears make a great
many people SO nervous and miserable
that an explanation Of a few of tho
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be Of some service.
Noises in the ear. as of bells ringing,
whistles blowing. hooters sounding.
etc.. most commonly arise from nerv-
exhaustion. slight increase of the
blood supply Of the brain. caused by q
at Of 6atulent indigestion. temporary
thickening of part Of the ear and nerv.
strain. All these are not of tho
least account and should cause no
alarm.
No doubt some really serious disease.
such as enlargement Of the heart mus
cles does sometimes exist. But every
one who feels alarm about his health
should remember that almost any dan.
gerous illness will show itself unmis.
takably, not by one. but by half a doz-
en- symptoms.
Spots before the eyes may signify
brain disease. but the chances are one
hundred thousand to one that only
some very slight cause Is responsible.
such as a torpid liver. WEAKNESS Of the
nervous system. insufficient sleep or
some little congestion Of the brain. q.
Flashes In the eyes form another
source of anxiety, and they are really
very startling. But. while sometimes
due to eye disease, of the COM
monest causes is catarrh Of the stom.
ach.
Another little eye trouble Is blurred
vision. which makes a nervous person
think he is becoming blind. 1t may,
Of course. be due to bad sight; but,
happening now and again, it is usual
ly caused by a sluggish liver or nerv-
u dyspepsia.
Shortness of breath gives rise to ex-
IRENE distress. for the first thought IL
Of consumption. But this is an effect
of a multitude of disorders, great and
small. Congestion of the liver, amaze
mia. obesity may aus it 1t is COM
mon in chronic bronchitis-a trouble
some. but by no means dangerous dis
ease.
Sometimes. of course, it signifies
more serious maladies. But then there
are many other symptoms to tell the
tale.
Dizziness nine times out of ten re-
suits from a d%isordered digestion, ca
tarrh Of the stomach especially, or
from slukgishness of the liver, jaun.
dice or temporary decrease Of the
blood supply of the brain. l. find my
patients who thus suffer turn their
thoughts at once to something very
grave, such as locomotor ataxia or
Meniere's disease.
Confusion of mind and s~leeplessness
give rise to the fear Of approaching
insanity.
1t is really wonderful how people
always seize on the most fearsome ex-
PLANTATION. But sleeplessness may be
due to a hundred and one tribes, and
10 most commonly the result Of some
very innocent cause.
1t may be o~ccasi0ned by nervous
dyspepsia or catarrh Of the stomach.
torpid liver. excitement Of the brain
from 0verwork, tea or coffee taken
late In the evening. too much smoking.
too heavy bedclothes, cold feet. a bad.
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an hour writing the common causes
Of this trouble.
Confusion Of mind may result from
too little sleep. a torpid liver. indiges-
ton. too little or too much blood In
the brain and other minor things that
are Of no real consequence. Drowsi.
ness makes some people think they
are in for %softening of the brain or
some other dreadful disease. 1t most
often arises from slow digestion, an
inactive liver or from temporary de.
crease Of the blood supply of the brain.
The cOmmonest u of all these.
though. is an ov~ersensitive nervous
system.
Occasionally. no doubt. confusion Of
the mind Or drowsiness may be q symp.
tom Of diabetes or other serious dis
ease. bni >":h cases. It may be said.
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