The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-11-12
Three Itches Aquired
Often By School Riddles
Among Children Explained by
Medic Association Experts

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often means "skin trouble-time"
that the Minnesota State Medical
Association experts today devote
its weekly bulletin to three COM
mon forms Of itching among school
children, and among some adults
too, and how to recognize them.
"First, there Is 'impetigo cor1
tafioso,' a very FORMIDABLE name for
a very common malady which Il
passed around from child to child
very easily at home and at schools
Impetigo is causer by germ that
enters the skin through some tiny
break or scratch and very quickly
forms a blister" says the bulletin.
First there is redness and itching
then the blister develops; Finally
a crust forms with a disagreable
drawing sensation. Scratching
merely spreads and aggravates the
affliction, which may take months
to cure If it is not promptly and
properly treated. Fortunately the
blisters, once healed, do not leave
scars"
"Ringworm, caused by a vege-
table fungus or parasite has be-
come a very important source OF
grief, Of late, not only for school
children, but for frequenters Of
swimming pools, gymnasiums, in
door golf courses, etc. It may effect
the skin or any part of the body
that is exposed to the parasite, the
bulletin points out, and even the
nails and the scalp. The most COM
mon from shows first, as q small,
flattened, hard red lump with a
sharply defined edge. It spreads
and the margin becomes elevated,
mildly inflamed and scaly while
the center tends to clear up hence
the name. Slight itching and burn
ing accompanies the infection. In
terchange Of combs, burshes, hats,
towels, soap walking about bare
footed on infected shower-room
and gymnasium floors-all Of these
contribute to- its spread. When the
disease affects finger or toe-nails
the nails become permanently
thick and unsightly.
"Scabies", (the itch), is caused
by distinct microscopic-sized ami
mails with legs which crawl over
the body, says the bulletin. Most Of
the trouble comes from the propen-
sity Of the female to dig a little
burrow in the skin in which to de-
post her eggs. These burrows show
best under a hand lens and they
are to be thought Of and looked for
whenever child digs into the skin,
is hot and moist, so hard as to
leave long scratch marks. They
occur usually in the folds Of the
skin, under the arms, between the
fingers, and on the lower abdomen.
The mite is spread by the fingers
or by infected clothing or objects.
Scabies, as well as ringworm and
impetigo, are comparatively easy to
cure If they are discovered and d.
agnosed early, the physicians note.
Proper cleansing, with application
Of special ointments are the usual
treatments. They should be given
promptly a physicians advice.
Awaking with a cramp in his
arm, Herman Winfree, Of Mel
bourne, Ark, looked at the arm and
found q rattlesnake coiled around
It.
John Potter, 90, Civil War vet
eran, and a woman Of 80, both Of
Vermillian, Kansas, were married
recently. -
Mrs. Lindsay Wawson's engage
ment ring was returned to her in
Alton, NJ. H., four months after it
was lost from the observation car
Of a Union Pacific train s'.
Joseph Baskey, Of Valparaiso.
Ind, escaped Jail recently when he
gave Judge Mark Rockwell %
bushels Of potatoes to pay alimony.
On the grounds that in 1912 his
wife poured a potful Of coffee down
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