The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-09

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only, and then only through
his column,
head pain. As in the case of the
foot the heed is subject to pain
often because there are so many
structures in the head area that
are constantly used and that need
very delicate balance and ad-
justment so that they will operate
smoothly.
For INSTANCE, we all know IA
tigue headaches. You have been
going about all day working so
hard you haven't time TO notice
whether there is any headache be-
ginning or not. Your eyes move
from one side 10 the other on the
average of at least twice a second.
That is $50 times in the three hour
session.
Your ears are constantly as
sailed with a variety Of strange
noises - bangs, shrieks, scrapes,
pounds or just plain noises.
Other Causes of Fatigue
You have nodded your head
heaven knows how many times,
turned to look TO right or left and
spoken several thousand words,
all requiring muscular motion.
Your nose has been assaulted with
a number of different odors and it
has become the receptacle for quite
a quantity of street dirt. Is it any
wonder that the head bears the
brunt OF the fatigue reaction Of
all this activity and that you have
a fatigue headache? 1t is unques-
tionably the commonest form Of
headache.
Any kind Of poison or toxin
seems TO go to the head first and
headache is reliably the first in
dication of cold or a fever.
These are all occasional or acute
headaches. The chronic headache
is not so easy TO deal with or to
explain. The common chronic head
ache, as DR.. Hugh Patrick, of
Chicago, used to tell his students,
is not an ache at all.
The patient will describe it as
pressure, or fullness, or feeling
OF emptiness, or dragging, or dizzi-
ness. or unsteadiness, or tension,
or Pickering, or feeling as if the
head contained a liquid which
changed its level at each move
ment and so on ad fnitum. These
neurotic headaches are easier to
describe than to cure. Medicines
are no good for them, in fact
should be avoided. Psychological
treatment is best
Migraine
The other form of chronic head
ache is migraine, or sick headache.
1t is recLrrent and comes in spells
and runs in families. Nobody
knows what causes it.
1t begins in young adult life and
usually disappears in middle age.
1t never kills, that is one thing
TO be said in its favor. Most pa
tents have their own system Of
treatment. AS | wrote some time
ago a number Of people tell me
that if they do not drink water
during or before the attack it
shortens it. They usually know
when the attack is coming on and
they stop drinking water as soon
as these symptoms appear.
These ideas of laymen have re-
Gently received official confrma-
ton from DR.. Temple Fay, of
Philadelphia, who believes that
congestion causes a stretching of
the membranes and if the water
consumption is cut off the amount
Of blood in the sinuses Of the head
is reduced and hence the stretch
ing is lesseped.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Y orried Mother: Ny son of IS
his few cavities in his teeth the
size Of pin point. Should / allow
the dentist TO fix them immedi-
ately or wait till they get larger?"
Answer: Nothing is more i'm
portant for your child's future
than TO fill the cavities immedi-
ately. They may go down and in
volve the nerve and destroy the
tooth so it will have to be pulled
and destroy the whole arch Of the
mouth.
aligned against one another, how
ever.
All Republican has to do is to
argue that
Yes, he Is unquallhedly for war
victory, but he is anxious to win in
November, because that's the sur
est way Of doing II.