The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-09


ness, staggering or faintness.
Some people use the term to de-
scribe the sensation Of awakening
from sound sleep, a feeling Of dull
fatigue brought about by over
work or the faintness felt on .
sudden change from q STOPPING
position to an erect one.
True vertigo is . sensation Of
rotation. The sensation may be
that external objects or the walls
, Of the room are rotating or that
your own body Is spinning in space
in the midst Of them.
All these things are symptoms
and the first duty Of the examining
physician Is to find out what the
underlying cause il. The under
lying cause may vary from some
thing Of slight Importance such as
indigestion or q transitory attack
Of constipation to a serious disease
Of the nervous system. 49,
Some Causes
Spells Of confusion, lightrhead-
edness or staggering usually indi-
cate q disturbance in the circula-
ton Of the brain. This may come
from emotion or fear-we have all
had patients faint during . life in
yurance examination or the ex-
animation Of . draftes for the
army-or from . sudden pain or
blow, etc. OF course car sickness.
sea sickness, over-use Of tobacco,
and, as shown in the so-called
comic aspect Of the drunkard's
gait, alcohol causes some form Of
dizziness.
True vertigo In which either the
surroundings or the body seem to
rotate is usually . disease Of the
organ Of equilibrium which Is part
Of the middle ear. This organ IL
affected by transitory toxemia.
constipation. focal infections froIS
teeth or tonsils, gall bladder lis.
turbances, over-use Of tobacco, and
these causes can, with the CO.
operation Of the Iatient be treated
and relieved.
Severe Vertigo
The severe form Of vertigo
which is due to actual disease Of
the semi-circular canals which con-
stitute the organ Of equilibrium, 10
known as Meniere's disease. The
vertigo in this condition is severe.
It comes on with attacks Of ring
ing in the ears and perhaps spells
Of deafness. Sometimes it is 30
severe as to cause the patient to
lie on the bed and clutch the mat
tress to relieve the sensation Of
endless spinning.
Some Of these patients are re-
lieved by restriction Of fluid and
salt; some by the so-called Fur
stenberg diet which requires that
salt foods, salt meat and foods
prepared with salt be eliminated
and at the same time large doses
Of ammonium chloride are given.
Other patients are helped by
histamine injections and few re-
quire surgical operations. But l
have pointed out the possibility
and hopefulness Of medical treat
ment in most cases in order that
the patient will know the POSSIBLE
ity Of these forms Of treatment.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A. p: Here in Pennsylvania
we are having an epidemic of in
fantile paralysis. I read where
men and women thirty years old
and over catch the disease. Yet q
friend Of mine says that it is .
disease Of infants and children
only"
Answer: The incidence Of polio
myelitis is far and away higher
in infants and children than in
adults, but in epidemic times, age
is no barrier to the disease.
-
'ncerning which General Hershey
so sensitive.
The theoretical loss Of life has
cen very heavy during the ma
euvers. according to umpires. 1t
'uldn't have been otherwise, with
ne army. after being massacred,
irning around and making hash
ut Of the army that massacred