The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-07

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 to grow old. The heart of the individual around sixty gears of age is probably his most i'm portant vital organ. The sudden seiz ire of pain in the left chest irradiatins through the left shoulder down the arm on the inner side with sense of construction as if the chest were held ,n wise, and along with this a sense of suffocation and a feeling of impend Ing death-these are the cardinal symptoms of angina pectoris.
 Increased muscular effort usually is the exciting cause of these attacks, al though sudden changes in weather may bring them on. The attacks are many times brought about by spasms of the arteries which supply the heart muscle with blood. The primary cause $ exhaustion of the heart muscle.
 In previous articles, l have discussed heart disease in relation to various age groups, beginning with birth and eX tending to the middle age period. De. formities of the heart at birth are re sponsible for the deaths chargeable to he heart during the first year of life Then bacterial infections begin to play an important part as causes of heart disease. During the second decade ot life, or adolescence, we find d continu alton of these infections, but during he first twenty years there are rela fl en,. Innt frnv 1 as compared to the total span of life. Of every l00 persons who die of heart disease in Illinois, only one is in the first decade of life. and only two are in the second decade Between the ages of twenty and thirty-fiye, the death rate is four and during the next ten years, that is, thrty-five to forty five years we find approximately six deaths. AS we said before, SC per cent of the deaths from cardiac causes are in the age group past forty-tive. The same figures would generally hold true for the other states.
 This does not mean that infection Of the heart is so much more prevalent among persons over forty-tive years. But 1t does mean that the wear and tear on the heart, due to previous in. factions, has exceeded the limit com patibe with the ordinary duties of life. Usually these older persons with heart disease have had a history of minor impairment of the heart for several years.
 att cho nt lno1 nnn to be pessimistic. It should be regard ed rather as a red signal and request from tired wornout heart muscle for a much needed rest. One should not become unduly excited, but should con- suit physician to determine just what the heart can endure, so that it will hot be overtaXed to the point where it stops beating. Under intelligent and proper supervision. this right way of living may mean only a slight change in the daily routine, such as avoiding strenu- ous exercise or reducing the weight, or such irritants.
 It may be that complete rest in bed Is the only solution, but this is sell dom the case. An active, hard-work- ing man or woman of fifty-five or sixty may actually be damaged by forced idleness in bed. The worry and sleep lessness will offset the value of such rest. A gradual decrease in the work ing hours combined with relief from worries, sleeplessness and physical ex, haustion will oftentimes do more to rest the heart than will complete idle. ness. The treatment of heart disease, however. Is always individualistic and must be carried out under the direction of physician who takes into consid- eration all the factors involved.
 If we have damaged any of our i'm. portant organs in our younger years we are pretty apt to reap the results in our older years when this organ has reached the limits of its power of adapting itself to the needs of the body.
 The heart normally beats 72 times a minute, with a rest period in between each beat. If it beats more often, then the rest period Is correspondingly cur. tailed, and to keep going the heart has to call on it's reserve strength. We are born with just so much reserve force. The person who uses his reserve before forty-five, may expect to watch his step afterward.
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