Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-06
Dyspepsia
Due to Upset
Digestion ~
Intricate Process Starts
in Ones Mouth
By DIR. LOGAN CLENDENING

BY DR. LOGAN CLENDENING
DYSPEPSIA may be defined in
~ a broad way rs any disturb
ance OF the digestion.
Digestion starts in the mouth,
depends on good teeth, then de-
Ponds on the swallowing power
OF the esophagus. and then Is
continued in the stomach and
then continued in the intestines
with the help Of the pancreas
and It's juices and the liver and
the bile and then depends on
the action of 30 or NOR feet Of
large and small intestine.
All of these processes may be
attacked by infection or mechan-
ical arrangements. especially by
emotional disturbances or in
references of the mind. so il is
not surprising that dyspepsia is
quite common and that il re-
quires q good deal of unraveling
to make a good diagnosis.
CONSIDER one thing: the
" liver and the bile ducts.
When surgeons began to operate
r on this part of the anatomy.
which was about the early COS
of the last century, they imme-
diately announced TO the medical
world, on the basis of their
operative experience. that a
great many cases of chronic
dyspepsia that had been so
treated for many years were re-
lieved when gall stones were
removed or when the gall blad-
der was drained or removed.
Nor is il surprising that these
conditions should be very COM
mon. The anatomy Of the body
is SO arranged that all of the
material absorbed from the in
testines goes up through the
portal vein to the liver.
So since a great deal Of this
material Is poisonous. one Of the
chief functions of the liver is
that of Identification.
1t really stands as q guardian
for the rest of the body and
empties that material which
comes from the intestines of its
DOisOno,,c otvalit
II Is not surprising that oc-
casionally IL is not up to the
job and some of the poison gets
past il and causes some trouble
in doing so.
A LSO. since the intestines are
"A constantly filled with germs
OF all kinds. il is not surprising
that a great deal of the mate
rial that reaches the liver by
way OF the portal vein should
be loaded with germs.
These the liver discharges into
the bile and all too often they
arrive in the gall bladder and set
up an inflammation of the walls
OF this organ.
Thus we have the formation
OF gall stones.
A germ lies on the wall OF
the gall bladder and the gall
bladder secretes a mucous TO
surround the germ and this acts
as foreign body on which the
salts of the gall bladder are
deposited.
III you see a picture OF a gall
stone cut across the middle, il
shows rings like the rings of the
tree. which marks the successive
deposits Of layers of these bile
salts.
After the stones have formed.
they can raise all kinds. of
trouble. making person un-
comfortable in the region of the
stomach with gas. flatulence.
nausea and actual gall stone
collie.
Thus we see that the various
normal functions of the digestive
tract may be turned awry and
these upsets lead 10 one form or
another of the common symp-
tom, dyspepsia.
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS
z. Please advise me what
the normal blood pressure would
be for persons of the following
ages: so. SIS and 20.
Answer-According 10 figures
published by the life insurance
companies. the following are
average readings at different
age periods: Is. systolic. lot.
diastolic. "a; ages 20 to 40. sys-
tolic. 112 10 lbs, diastolic. go to
30: 40 to so. systolic. 125 to 135.
diastolic. so to IS: so to 80. sys-
tolic. 135 TO 165. diastolic. so 10
IS. These. however. are average.
About one-third of all persons
over so have a systolic blood
pressure over $50.
T M-What is tho cause of a