Denver labor bulletin., 1915-05-22

letin by the National Association for the
Study and Prevention of TuberculosisJ
In previous article. it was stated
that nearly everybody has tuberculosis
at some time or other during his life
time. Autopsies on people have shown
that hardly single human being reaches
mature life without scar on his lnngs
or elsewhere showing where tuberculosis
had attacked him, and he. by his normal
resistance and vitality. had warded off
the continuation of the attack.
Because tuberculosis is so wide spread.
every man. woman and child should give
the most careful attention to those signs
of the disease which point out danger.
/ The trcachcrous disease germs may en-
/ ter the body in early childhood and may
not cause any serious trouble for ten OF
fifteen wears. Then. all of n sudden,
when the BODY j. weakened bv over
work. worry. sickness, or bad living aud
working conditions. theec sleeping germs
/ wake mp and become active in the de-
! struction oi the lungs or other organs.
/ The working man or woman. therefore.
cannot be too careful in the safeguard
| ing OF health and in watching out for
those symptoms which indicate that the
disease of tuberculosis is actually pres
ent What. then. are some Of the danger
signals and what should be done about
them!
u First OF all. there i a cough that
hangs on and viii not clear up. II it
last, for q month or longer. ii is a red
light. danger signal. which YOU cannot
afford to ignore. II may start with wet
7 feet OF some other insignificant cirrtim-
stance. but no matter how the cough
started, ii IL does not 20 away. see your
doctor ~ once Colds frequently weaken
the bodily tone aud resistance 20 that it
Is easy Tor the lurking germs TO get a
ioothold
. Los. OF weight accompanied by a
loss OF appetite and a certain amount of
stomach trouble" j. another danger sig
n'l. which you must not pass unhccdcd.
/ Sometimes los of weight may come
I from some other cause than Tuberculosis.
but it pays to he ON your guard. You
may not have q cough. and YOU may eN.
| penencc very little trouble except q
I sort OF chronic wcnriness. You ought to
know what your normal weight shoult
bc. II you begin to lose five, ten. or
more pounds without amy apparent rea-
son. look for sound medical advice a,
] once Sometimes with loss of weight
/ goes II loss of appetite. and trouble with
/ bowels and stomach. even running to
! diHrrlica. Whether you arc losing much
! weight or not, look out for this danger
/ signal. II is Il warning that something
is wrong.
80 Then there l. that rundown. all
thc-time-tired feeling. Most people have
days when they feel unusually tired. for
some reason or other. Such m occr-
/ sional period of spring fever or "lnzy
I liver may not he at all dangerous. Bus
! when every day for two or three weeks
l yor hate to get up and dread to do any
I thing but lie around and be lazy, there
/ is danger ahead This is Natures warn.
7 ing to you that some enemy inside or
| your body il sapping your vitality. Don't
ignore the warning signnl
(il Anyone of the three symptoms Just
mentioned may occur singly or all of
/ them may come at one time. When, 10
! any or all, there is added a fever in the
late afternoon or during the night. ac-
companicd possibly by sweats, beware of
this danger signal. II is n bright red
flag which Nature waves before you.
cautioning YOU to give immediate heed
| Anyonc's temperature may rise ut times,
some peoples more easily than others.
But when COR week. every afternoon
about four five o'clock yon'vc felt
wake up in n dripping sweat YOU NAV
rest assured that there is nothing normal
about that. Go to your doctor at once
and tell him about il. You may have
no cough and no other sign OF disease
and this may be the only warning you'll
get. Give heed to IL at once.
f5l II you have n cough and in splitting
you find strcaks of blood In your
sputum. you may rest assured that
something is wrong II may not be y
direct sign of tuberculosis. but whatever
il is, you should attend to il at once
You cannot afford to waste time putting
it off. Nature may give you that more
emphatic warning OF the presence OF
tuberculosis, hcmorrhnge of the lungs
II so. don't be scared unduly. IT is u
danger signal, and if you heed il, you
may be safc.
There are other danger signals some
which You can see and some which only
q trained physician can detect. Your
safety lies in getting medical attention
as early as possible. Tuberculosis can
be cured ii it is discovered in time. The
time to discover it is when the first
symptoms show themselves Don't take
chances with Death. You'll lose every
time.
30 to good doctor, IL you notice any
of these danger signals. and insist that
he examine you stripped to the waist.
If You can't afford doctor. go to free
clinic and be examined. II may cost n
few dollars to be examined. but it may
save you hundreds of dollars. untold suf-
fering, and possibly your life and that
of your wife and family.
SAFETY FIRST" is u motto that
applies to tuberculosis. especially when
it is first showing itself.
WHERE To FIND IEM