The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-11-27
Danger Signals ofTuberculosis


berculosis at some time Or other during his lifetime. Autopsies on
= people have shown that hardly a single human being reaches
mature life without a scar on his lungs or elsewhere showing
where tuberculosis had attacked him, and he, by his normal resist
Because tuberculosis is 81 widespread, every man, woman and
disease ina wheh g point q out %Iu, er's1 The a treaehsro 1u di0se s serm . : m 'Es
enter the body in early childhood and may not cause any serious
body is weakened by overwork, worry, sickness, or bad living and
working conditions, these sleeping germs wake up and become ac-
man or woman, therefore, cannot be too careful in the safeguarding
t / e tha di = In o %at tnhsqsu T". f is ' aot"s, symptoms prssan which Wba 1nd tSsn
are some Of the danger signals and what should be done about them7
clear up. If it lasts for a month or longer, it is red light, a danger
feet sste or so nisn oi as@ insenia s@1Fe oir Go 1saoTs; b but may nay n a'afs T hor he
cough started d If it does DO hoang go away, see your doctor at once Colds
(2) Loss Of weight, accompanied by loss Of appetite and a GER
you must not pass UNDECIDED. Sometimes loss of weight may, come
guard. You may not have a cough, and you may experience very
little trouble except a sort of chronic WEAKNESS. You ought to know
or more pounds without any apparent reason, look for sound med
i spns aasi's and at e trouble sV %s bowels with and {G sto of wsise eys go9 run a i1s fa
diarrhea. Whether you are losing much weight or not, look out for
Gs) Then there is that rundown, artheetime{i tired feeling. Most
people have days when they feel unusually tired, for some reason
liver may not be at all dangerous, but when every day for two or
around and be lazy, there is danger ahead, This is Natures warn
ing to you that some enemy inside your body is sapping your
vitality. DOM ignore the warning signall
siHst' is r added ID ! a sn fewer ri N s sSe late as aft afternoon r%e, or @n during NO 1 thy nj hi,
accompanied possibly by sweats, beware Of this danger signal It
is a bright red flag which Nature waves before you, cautOning you
to give immediate heed; Anyones temperature may rise at times,
some peoples more easily than others. But when for a week every
afternoon about four or five o'clock you've felt feverish, or when
night after night you wake up in a dripping sweat, you may rest
assured that there is nothing normal about that. Go to your doctor
at once and tell him about it. You may have no cough and no other
sign of disease, and this may be the only warning you'll get. Give
heed to it at once.
ll If you have a cough and in splitting you find streaks Of
blood In your sputum, you may rest assured that something is
wrong. It may not be a direct sign Of tuberculosis, but whatever it
is, you should attend to it at once. You cannot afford to waste
time putting it off. Nature may give you that more emphatic
warning of the presence of tuberculosis, a hemorrhage of the lungs
II SO, don't be scared unduy. 1t is a danger signal, and If you
heed it, you may be safe.
There are other danger signals, some which you can see and
some which only a trained physician can detect. Your safety lies
in getting medical attention as early as possible. Tuberculosis can
be cured If 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.
Go to a good doctor, if you notice any Of these danger signals,
and insist that he examine you stripped to the waist. II you can't
afford a doctor, go to a free clinic and be examined. 1t may cost
q few dollars to be examined, but it may save you hundreds of
dollars, untold suffering, and possibly your life and that of your wife
and family.
especially when it is first showing itself.
[NOTE.-Ths is the Fourth of a Series of Five Articles furnished by
he N. j. AntiTuberculosis League, Newark, N. il