Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-06-20
HINTS ON HEALTH
prepared and Furnished by the
Public Health Education
Committee Of Minnesota
State Medical Ass'n).

st. Paul, Minnesota.-JuSta as winter
brings the problems Of colds and
grippe so does Spring with the ap-
pearance of new foods and fruits
bring the problem of hives. Though
not as much of problem in the mid
west, sea foods very frequently are
found to produce the severest type of
hives. Hives are not contagious, but
great many people are made very
uncomfortable by this condition. 1t is
type of discomfort that can be and
should be avoided for there are COM
plications attending hives that out
rank those of colds and grippe in i'm
portance. These are some of the dec
larations made in a special report of
the Educational Committee Of the
Minnesota State Medical Association.
with the coming of strawberries,
blackberries and kindred fruits there
will be individuals who liking, and
not suspecting, these fruits will re-
peatedly insult their skins and upset
their stability unless each becomes
cell detective to find the criminal
fruit or food and penalize it by re-
moval from the diet" declares the
health bulletin.
"Forwarned is forearmed Detec-
tion of the crime is simple. A portion
of the skin begins to burn and itch in
| tensely. Before scratching a small
redeemed area is noted, scarcely ele-
waited about the surface. After
scratching, raised PLAGUE like ir-
regular shaped elevation is seen. This
shows a whitened top with red rim
med edge. The surrounding skin may
be normal or slightly red. Later this
hot and the whitened center has dis
appeared. Similar blotches may ap-
pear all over the body with such in
tense itching that the individual is
| very uncomfortable. Occasionally
,, large localized areas of the body such
as an eye lid, a lip, whole leg, or
wrist will become red and swell with
considerable burning and slight itch
ing. At times the rash appears as
small pin head nodules arising on
hands and arms with burning and
itching. Occasionally there are water
blisters that break and discharge In
other words the individual has the
hives.
What has happened is that there
has been an upset in the chemical
mechanism governing the blood flow
through the little vessels of the skin
causing a closing of the vessels.
There has been a small amount of
blood fluid forced out into the tissue
with small swellings such as those
noted with so much concern.
Nov for the detection of the GRIM
inal. First, any new foods should be
viewed with suspicion and eliminated.
Allow each back on the diet then
until the one that causes the trouble
has been found. Among these new
additions to the diet will be found the
seasons fruits. Of these the straw
berries and blackberries are the most
frequent offenders. A great many
people will be able to eat these fruits,
enjoy them and derive the immense
amount of food value there is stored
in each, but there will also be some
who will react to them with hives.
Having once produced the hives, the
same fruit will continue to produce
it as often as the sensitive individual
INDUCES his appetite. Each succeed
ing attack will be noted, also, to in
crease in severity and until the cell
mechanism of the skin becomes SO
sensitive it begins to react to other
fruits or other irritants. Thus hav-
ing found offending fruit it must be
let severely alone for several years
while the individual straightens out
the chemical laboratory that acts as
his commissary department by regu-
lar and wholesome foods, and con-
sistent elimination of waste products. II