The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-29

large bowel. Irritable colon ID
sometimes called colitis, mucous
colitis, spastic bowel. spastic con-
stipation.
Il Ii q disease Of civilization and
especially Of highly industrialised
civilization. To-day few succeed
In business or profession without
living it. The successful man
takes his occupation to the dinner
table with him, takes 1t to the con-
cert and frequently works out
knotty problems while wide-eyed
in bed at 900 A. M. The modern
sales manager is urged by his su-
periors to keep up his sales and
he in turn must urge his assist
ants, often against his will, to
function under terrific pressure"
Not many men are able to stand
the strain for three or four years
without developing some form Of
nervous indigestion because the
digestive canal is most responsive
to storms in the higher nervous
eenters.
Wrong Diets
These irritations also often have
their source in the diet. Too often
In our modern civilization Of high
pressure advertising the wrong
person IL persuaded to eat the
wrong diet with too much rough
age and not enough meat The
food faddist almost invariably
wants to keep u away from meat,
which Of all foods is the easiest
for the human animal to digest
BY the same token, the human di.
gestive canal is not particularly
we'll adapted to eating nothing but
large portions Of vegetables, valu-
able as these may be for nutrition.
The symptoms Of the irritable
bowel come from spasms or dis
tention. All too often, with the
dull sense Of fullness and aching,
the patient gets the idea that he
should clean the bowel out daily
and gets into the cathartic habit.
This simply adds to his troubles
and makes his sense Of fullness
worse and his irritable colon more
irritable.
Treatment
For treatment, emphasis should
be put on two things. First: man
agement Of the way Of living. and
second: diet. Sympathetic rear.
rangement Of the way Of living,
pointing out the elements Of
strain, IL by all odds the most
important feature In these eases.
Plenty Of rest Is essential. Good
sleep daily, exercise and . detsr.
mined effort to take our daily work
calmly and not to take 1t to bed
with US can be accomplished.
The diet should be free from
irritating foods and low In residue.
Fruit, vegetables and milk should
be avoided at the start. After i'm
provement has occurred. they may
be added.
Heat relieves spasm, and q hot
bath and one or two glasses of
hot water containing q little soda
or lemon juice on arising are fire.
quently Of benefit.
"The physician who approaches
this problem with sympathy, un-
Outstanding and the willingness to
spend time and thought on the
patient can make happy. useful
citizens Of those with irritable
colon."-John NJ. Rumsey.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
L. e. D., Detroit, Mich. Docs
It necessarily mean that q young
person in the early twenties has
sugar diabetes II q small amount
Of sugar shows In the urine?"
Answer: In most cases II can
be assumed that in q person Of
this age, the finding Of a trace Of
sugar in the urine means diabetes.
1t is much more dangerous to KID
yourself along than it is to under
take treatment right away. At
any rate the condition should be
thoroughly Investigated. The sure
way is to take a blood sugar toler-
ance test which can be given by
any doctor in practice.