Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-06

Druggists
Your Health
and Its Care
wHOOPING COUGH.


Whooping cough occurs more fire.
ducntly than any other infectious
disease during the first six mopthS
OF life. a majority OF deaths from
the disease occur among children
under two years OF age. An attack
Of whooping cough in a healthy child
Of four years or older rarely proves
fatal.
In delicate child Of any age. es-
pecially one with latent tuberculosis,
and also in the aged. whooping
cough is always to be dreaded Many
thousands Of deaths occur each year
from complications or after effects
OF this disease, from broncho- -pneu-
monia in the winter and spring and
diarrheal disease In the warm
months. Convulsions and tuberculosis
I'm all seasons.
Positive recognition OF whooping
cough IN its earliest stages Is almost
impossible, A case in the catarrhal
stage cannot he differentiated from
common cold except possibly
through difficult and uncertain cul-
tural procedures. Until child
"whoops" the disease Is usually not
recognized and the parent often
waits until be naroxysms become
violent before calling n physician. BY
this time others have been exposed
70 tho disease during its most in
fcc'ious period.
The avoidance NJ .whooping cough
Is tho most rational and important
step In it's control Every cough and
head cold should hc regarded "a sls-
nicious until rs real nature Is ascer-
tained and while in doubt the child
should not he allowed 10 associate
with other children. Infected chill
1rcn should he isolated from other
children. After two or three weeks
the patient can usually safely ap-
near In public when wearing n dis
f'nCuiShi0g mark, such as an arm
hand.
In the treatment ~ whoopinr
cough all hvCienic measures should
he employed, especially the allow
ance Of fresh air. Many things have
hut none have done more than some
what relieve the paroXvsms. being
antlspasmodic and scdatlve.
TOO Yornc 10 Worry.
Miss School Girl: You are over
weight for your height. but at YOUR
aro there Is nothing 70 worry about.
Rv the timn Won are twenty-one vour
figure NAV have changed consider
ably. r. ne Won say. Won seem well
nroportiorel Won probably have n
frame work that carries a little extra
weight well DO not hn silly enough
to try nrti-fat remedies to reduce
your weight. Thcv are harmful to
vou- health Eat less, exercise more
and stop Worrying,
Ni~ht Swcats.
Worried Night sweats generally
arc one NJ the symptoms Of tuher-
culosis. In sOmn cases OF weakness
Or loss of strength from othc~ causes
night sweatS NAV result Perhaps
Won have too much covering on your
bed Many DPoplc do ard then he
cause thov become ovPrhea'od i'm
arirc that they are victims Of might
sweats"
Has Chr~nIC bronchitis.
Helen l.: What appears 20 be
chronic bronchitis NAV really he tn
hercul0sis. or tuberculosis NAV he
come implanted unon n chronic hron-
chitis such case should have re-
peated examinations Of the sputum,
the moro negative examinations the
more certain one would become that
Il was not tuberculosis. N-rav ex-
nminations are helpful. hut should
not he relied upon exclusively II
m ight he well to consult With some
physician who has had special eX-
porience IN the diagnosis of pulmon-
arv conditions
Copyright, 1918, by II. II Bishop,
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