The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03
Your Health
By D.. william Brady

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RELLA0RA IN THE NORTH
PellAgeA (m italian meaning
rough sklnl b . noncontagloOs dis
ease occurring IN persons q any
age, either sex, rich or POOR. n any
part Of the country, and character
lied By chronic dermAtltles Csgln
inflAmmAtlonl especially On backs
Of hands and wrists. forehead and
perineal region, which areas look ~
though gunhurned and never healed.
usually being dark red Or brownish.
too often regarded ~ ''ec1emA"s
chronic stomach trouble or dlarrheas
and vague nervous symptoms too
often regarded Is ''neurasthenia" In
the earlier stage, eventually devel.
oplng into dementla, mental deterl-
Grafton u the disease Il not dag.
messed and properly treated.
A good many physicians up TO
the present time have assumed that
such nutritlonAl deficiencies a. pei
lagrN and berl.berl ere prevalent In
tropical countries or among the
proper people IN some sections Of
our own south but do not happen
up north or among the middle or
upper classes anywhere.
Both pellagra and heri-heri GO.
cur quite commonly everywhere ana
In persons who certainly ere not
too poor TO have the kind Of feed
necessary to maintain good nutri-
ton, But pellagra in the north Is
generally not so severe, not so
completely developed, as Il Is among
the poor people In the south. Be-
cause the typical or classical mani.
festatlons Of the dlsease-the three
DIS, namely, dermatitis, dlarrhea
and dementia, are not so striking
In the milder pellagra In well-toedo
persons In the north, the condition
Is likely TO escape recognition, and
unless the diagnosis Is made and
the proper treatment given the VIC
tim Is unlikely 10 get any relief.
A few years ago nutrition inveS-
tlgators were almost convinced that
pellagra was due 70 deficiency OF
Vitamln q (Also called vitamin "a.
now identified as rlhoflavln). But
today, although there are signs OF
some associated riboflavin deficiency
In most cases Of pellagra, whether
mild or full 1iedged, Il ls known
that the disease is primarily due to
niacin deficiency. Niacin Is the
scientific name for what was called
nicotine acid" Nlacin, like Tabo-
liavin, Is one Of the entities or COM
ponent factors Of the vitamin d
complex, as Is visamin 81 (thia-
MINI,
Since niaein and Tiboflavin and
thiamin, and several other entities
or factors Of the b complex, Natur-
ally grow In this association In any
animal or vegetable food containing
b complex, It should be obvious
that II the everyday diet Is deficient
In any one Of these entities or fac
tors, say niacin, Il Is practically GER
tain that there will be deficiency OF
one or more OF the other entities or
factors too, whether the symptoms
or signs or manifestations are eS.
pecially attributable 10 this or that
factor or not,
The foods which are Of greatest
value In the diet to prevent pellagrs
or any OF Its manifestations aN
fresh milk, fresh meat, fresh green
or fresh vegetables, eggs, fresh
fruits. liver, dried yeast powder,
Not less than O quart Of SreSl
milk q day for each person, should
be the rule.
When dried powdered yeast Is
used either as q preventive against
or as cure for pellagra, the indi-
viduai should take, not q few tab
lets Q day, but six or eight ounces
a day-or, say q heaping tablespoon.
full Of the dried yeast powder stirred
In some cold milk or egg.nog, OF
two heaplng tablespoonfuls, once Ia
several times q day. Dried yeast
powder In bulk has been extensive
ly used In some southern sections
for this purpose, supplied BY groc.
ers In packages containing q pound.
OF two. at low price.
Children with mild or early stage
pellagra are anenic, poorly devel-
oped, sluggish In their reactions,
retarded In school. Such children.
II given adequate amounts Of the
foods mentioned. especially the
daily quart Of milk. Supplemented
with q teaspoonful Of a pleasant
tasting vitamin q complex liquid
twice q day. often show dramatic
Improvement. The vitamin B com:
pick supplement usually gives the
child q good appetite and seems to
spirit everyone likes to see in Q
restore the animation and lively
child. That Is the natural state Of
a child whose nutritious Is adequate
and this doesn't mean just enough
TO eat, but the right kind Of food
to satisfy the nutritaonal require
ments.
Copyright, 1913, John r. Ollie Co.)
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