Hickory daily record., 1922-12-15

One "catches cold" from someone else
who has a cold. When you have a
cold you may know that you caught it
in one of the following ways:
BY direct contact-for example kiss
ing or shaking hands and later carry
ing your own hands to your nose or
mouth.
By being near when some one with
cough or cold coughs or sneezes.
A cough or sneeZe forces host Of
germs into the air; YOU breathe them
in.
By indirect contact-for example,
using someone's handkerchief, tow
'ol. drinking cup or eating utensils used
by persons with colds.
Children particularly are prone to
'catch colds" by using the family hand
herchief, lowell etc, or by using the
same pencils or toys or swapping
chewing gum or candy.
How Resistance is Lowered
There are always germs in the nose
and throat. These are made harmless
by the protecting substance Of the
healty blood. II these substances are
lost, then the resistance of the body
to disease is lowered, and cold germs
can develop and produce cold.
Resistance IS lowered by:
/. Chilling especially through wet
and cold Iect. Infants may become
chilled through being dressed too light.
r,Ie Z 0f} hot,,
ovcrheated through overdressing.
g. Loss Of sleep. Plenty of sleep is
natures great restorer in the ordinary
terms, it RESTORES vitality"
5. Over eating, which places too
great a tax on the stomach and bowels,
inviting constipation and Indigestion.
4. Undertaking, which makes a
poorly nourished body and weakens
5. Wrong composition of food or a
poorly balanced diet, which does not
support the body with the proper com
bination of growth and health ele-
ments.
6. Constipation. People who keep
their bowels open by proper eating
from diseases.
Z. Lack Of plenty of fresh air-cs-
pecially breathing a dust atmosphere.
8. Ricketts,.
9.-Overwork, whether by physical
OF mental. A physically wocn-out body
is in poor shape to fight infection.
10.-Adenoids and large tonsils.
These are nests for germs.
Results of Infection
The younger the child the more dan
gerous is the result Of the infection. "A
simple cold of the parent given to
the baby may mean .death-dealing
pneumonia.
The common cold especially in the
baby, frequently results in an ear alb
sccss. 1t may spread down the wind
pipe and cause bronchitis or pneumon-
la.
After the germs have gained an en-
trance to the body they may be carried
by the blood to the various organs,
valvular heart disease, rheu-
matism, kidney diease or meningitis.
A cold may be the forerunner of llsl-
berculosis-often called consumption.
Adenoids are not only the result Of
repeated colds but once they are start
ed they invite more colds. A cold low
ers the resistance so that children who
have had colds are more likely to catch
the acute infectious diseases such as
scarlet fever and diptehria. ),
Infants that have colds are more
likely to develop serious feeding dis
turbances. A cold interferes very ser
iously with the nutrition of an infant
because it cannot nurse we'll when it's
nose is stopped up. .ss &
Summing it up: A cold must never be
neglected or regarded as "of no i'm
portance." The person, young, or old,
who has a cold is Sin shape" to take
many other diseases of most serious
nature Or to develop chronic troubles
Of a most dangerous kind.
How to Prevent Colds
If you have cold do not pass it on
to your neighbors, little or big ones.
You must see to it that the discharge Is
from your nose and throat do not come
in contact with anybody else.
Always cover your mouth and nose
when you cough and sneeze. You would
not knowingly give cold to anyone
else, but this is exactly what you do
when you fill the air about you with
germs in cough or sneeze.
a person with ascoid should not kiss
anyone.
Never handle child after using
your handkerchief, without first wash
ing your hands, The hands Of baby
Or child go to it's month sn oftno that