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Frequently of late, I have been reacting to something added to restaurant foods.  What happens is that the inside of my throat starts to feel "puffy", like I have a cold, and also at times the inside of my mouth (especially the tongue) and lips also feel puffy.  The situations around these symptoms almost always involve restaurants (usually chinese), the most notable cases:  a cheap chinese fast food chain, a japanese steak house (I had the steak), and another chinese fast food chain where I SAW the cook put about a tablespoon or two of what looked like sugar or salt into my fried rice.  I am under the impression that MSG "enhances" flavor by causing the taste buds to swell.  If this is correct, I do not find it unreasonable to assume that high doses of MSG can cause other mouth tissues to swell.  Also, as the many of the occurances (including two of the above) involved beef, and as beef is frequently tenderized with MSG, this is what I suspect as being the cause.  I wouldn't be at all surprised if toxicity studies of MSG in animals showed it as being harmless, as it would be very startling to hear a lab rat or rhesus monkey complain about their throats feeling funny.  Anyone who wishes to explain how the majority of food additives are totally harmless is welcome to e-mail me with the results of any studied they know of.  I will probably respond to them however with a reminder of how long it took to prove that smoking causes cancer (which the tobacco companies still deny).  - DM  (If I sound grumpy, it's because I had beef with broccoli for lunch today, and now it hurts to swallow)  -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Myers (Madman)		| If the creator had intended us to walk  myers@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu	| upright, he wouldn't have given us knuckles
has any one heard of a sedative called "Rhoepnol"? Made by LaRouche, I believe. Any info as to side effects or equivalent tranquillizers?  thanks.... --
In article <1993Apr17.195202.28921@freenet.carleton.ca>,  ab961@Freenet.carleton.ca (Robert Allison) writes:  >  >  > I have between 15 and 25 nosebleeds each week, as a result of a genetic  > predisposition to weak capillary walls (Osler-Weber-Rendu).  > Fortunately, each nosebleed is of short duration.  >  > Does anyone know of any method to reduce this frequency? My younger  > brothers each tried a skin transplant (thigh to nose lining), but their  > nosebleeds soon returned. I've seen a reference to an herb called Rutin  > that is supposed to help, and I'd like to hear of experiences with it,  > or other techniques.  > --    My 6 year son is so plagued.  Lots of vaseline up his nose each night seems  to keep it under control.  But let him get bopped there, and he'll recur for  days!  Also allergies, colds, dry air all seem to contribute.  But again, the  vaseline, or A&D ointment, or neosporin all seem to keep them from recurring.
hi all, Ive applied for the class of 93 at quite a number of schools (20) and have gotten 13 rejects, 4 interviews and 3 no responses. Any one know when the heck these people send out their acceptance letters? According to the med school admissions book theyre supposed to send out the number of their class in acceptances by mid March. Whats going on... I am losing my sanity checking my mailbox every day.  Also does anyone have some useful alternatives in case i dont get in, i kind of looked into Chiropractic and Podiatry but they really dont interest me. Thanks.
In article <1993Apr22.205509.23198@husc3.harvard.edu>  perry1@husc10.harvard.edu (Alexis Perry) writes: >In article <1993Apr22.031423.1@vaxc.stevens-tech.edu>  u96_averba@vaxc.stevens-tech.edu writes:  >>doctors said that he could die from it, and the medication caused  >	Is it that serious?  My EKG often comes back with a few irregular >beats.  Another question:  Is a low blood potassium level very bad?  My >doctor seems concerned, but she tends to worry too much in general.  The term arrhythmia is usually used to encompass a wide range of abnormal heart rhythms (cardiac dysrhythmias).  Some of them are very serious while others are completely benign.  Having "a few irregular beats" on an EKG could be serious depending on what those beats were and when they occurred, or could be of no significance.  Low blood potassium levels probably predispose people with underlying heart disease to develop arrhythmias.  Very low potassium levels are clearly dangerous, but it is not clear how much of a problem low-end-of-normal levels are:  a lot of cardiologists seem to treat anyone with even a mildly low-normal potassium level.
I sometimes see OTC preparations for muscle aches/back aches that combine aspirin with a diuretic. The idea seems to be to reduce inflammation by getting rid of fluid. Does this actually work?
In a previous article, dougb@comm.mot.com (Doug Bank) says:  >In article <1993Apr12.205726.10679@sbcs.sunysb.edu>, mhollowa@ic.sunysb.edu  >|> Organ donors are healthy people who have died suddenly, usually  >|> through accident or head injury.  They are brain dead.  The  >|> organs are kept alive through mechanical means. > >OK, so how do you define healthy people? > >My wife cannot donate blood because she has been to a malarial region >in the past three years.  In fact, she tried to have her bone marrow >typed and they wouldn't even do that!  Why? > >I can't donate blood either because not only have I been to a malarial >region, but I have also been diagnosed (and surgically treated) for >testicular cancer.  The blood bank wont accept blood from me for 10 >years.    Obviously, it wouldn't be of much help to treat one problem by knowingly  introducing another.  Cancer mestastizes.  My imperfect understanding of  the facts are that gonadal cancer is particularly dangerous in this regard.  I haven't done the research on it, but I don't recall ever hearing of a  case of cancer being transmitted by a blood transfusion.  Probably just a  common sense kind of arbitrary precaution.  Transmissable diseases like  malaria though are obviously another story.
>Probably within 50 years, it will be possible to disassemble and >re-assemble our bodies at the molecular level.  Not only will flawless >cosmetic surgery be possible, but flawless cosmetic PSYCHOSURGERY. > >What will it be like to store all the prices of shelf-priced bar-coded >goods in your head, and catch all the errors they make in the store's >favor at SAFEWAY?  What will it be like to mentally edit and spell- >check your responses to the questions posed by a phone caller selling >VACATION TIME-SHARE OPTIONS?   You are absolutely daft.  No flame required.  You lack a brain.  > ...[sic]... >Memes are the basic units of culture, as opposed to genes >which are the units of genetics.   Well... at least you're educated, it seems.  But give credit where credit is due: to Richard Dawkin(s?)  (the meme is a meme he invented)
In <C5nF2r.KpJ@world.std.com> steveo@world.std.com (Steven W Orr) writes:  >I looked for diab in my .newsrc and came up with nuthin. Anyone have >any good sources for where I can read?  Check out the DIABETIC mailing list -- a knowledgable, helpful, friendly, voluminous bunch.  Send email to LISTSERV@PCCVM.BITNET, with this line in the body:  SUBSCRIBE DIABETIC <your name here>  Also, the vote for misc.health.diabetes, a newsgroup for general discussion of diabetes, is currently underway, and will close on 29 April.  From the 2nd CFV, posted to news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, and sci.med, message <1q1jshINN4v1@rodan.UU.NET>:
In article <1rrhi9INN2bq@ceti.cs.unc.edu> John Eyles, jge@cs.unc.edu writes: Friend's unpleasant experience uring CT scan deleted >Is there anything I can do about these pigs ?  I'd suggest writing a detailed letter about the incident to the hospital administrator. Specify the date and time. If possible the names of the technicians.   Send a copy to the clinician under whose care your friend was admitted. I say this because, though your friend has no argument with the doctor, I have found that administrators sometimes ignore complaints until the patient becomes litigious. Clinicians may not have been informed of the complaint and are very surprised to find themselves named in a suit.  If there is no response within a week send a follow up letter. Attach a photocopy of the original letter. Do this weekly until you do get a response.  CAT scans are non-invasive but they can be very scary. The scanner can be a bad place for the claustrophobic. There was an interesting study in the BMJ, about 10 years ago, which found that around 10% of people who had CAT scans found it so unpleasant that they would never have another. This compares with 15% who said the same about a lumbar puncture.
mcelwre@cnsvax.uwec.edu writes:  |            |                              BIOLOGICAL ALCHEMY |                           |                        ( ANOTHER Form of COLD FUSION )  Gee, I'd FORGOTTEN about THIS NUT.  |               UN-altered REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this  |          IMPORTANT Information is ENCOURAGED.    |                                   Robert E. McElwaine |                                   B.S., Physics and Astronomy, UW-EC
Hello, I heard that a certain disease (toxoplasmosys?) is transmitted by cats which can harm the unborn fetus. Does anybody know about it? Is it a problem to  have a cat in the same apartment?  Thanks
>Hello, >I heard that a certain disease (toxoplasmosys?) is transmitted by cats which >can harm the unborn fetus. Does anybody know about it? Is it a problem to  >have a cat in the same apartment?   See the rec.pets.cats FAQ or any doctor or vet for more information.  I am not any of the above, but we do have a couple of cats.  It is transmitted through the fecal matter, so a pregnant woman should avoid cleaning the cat tray and you should both wash hands before preparing or eating meals.  The latter is sound advice at any time of course.  Apart from that, its no great problem.  You certainly do not need to get rid of your cats.  Paul.
In article <1993Mar30.030105.26772@omen.UUCP> caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) writes:  >Sometime in the future diet evangelists may get off their "our >diet will work if only the obese would obey it" mode and do >useful research to allow prediction of which types of diet might >be useful to a given individual. >  "Diet Evangelist".  Good term.  Fits Atkins to a "T".     --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Banks  N3JXP      | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and geb@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu   |  it is shameful to surrender it too soon."
Can anyone provide information on CS chemical agent--the tear gas used recently in WACO.  Just what is it chemically, and what are its effects on the body?  dsc@gemini.gsfc.nasa.gov    |  Regards,         |   Hughes STX                |    Code 926.9 GSFC        |  |  Doug Caprette    |   Lanham, Maryland          |    Greenbelt, MD  20771   |
anello@adcs00.fnal.gov (Anthony Anello) writes:  A(>  Can anyone tell me if a bloodcount of 40 when diagnosed as hypoglycemic is A(>  dangerous, i.e. indicates a possible pancreatic problem?  One Dr. says no, the A(>  other (not his specialty) says the first is negligent and that another blood A(>  test should be done.  Also, what is a good diet (what has worked) for a hypo- A(>  glycemic?  TIA. A(>   A(>   A(>  Anthony Anello A(>  Fermilab A(>  Batavia, Illinois     Once you have your hypoglycemia CONFIRMED through the proper     channels, you might consider ther following:     1) Chelated Manganese   25-50mg/day.    2) Chelated Chromium    400-600mcg/day.    3) Increase protein through foods or supplements.    4) Avoid supplements/foods high in Potassium, Calcium, Zinc.    5) Avoid Vit C supplements in excess of 100mg.    6) Avoid honey and foods high in simple sugars.    7) Enjoy breads, cereals, grains...     Discuss the above with your health practitioner for compatibility    with your body chemistry and safety.     --Ron--
To Whomever who can help me,  	I am a doctor from Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. I have recently hooked up my  private home computer to EMail via the local telephone company. I am really interested in corresponding with other Doctors or medical researchers through Email. I also hope to be able to subscribe to a news network on medicine.  Can someone please tell me what I should do? I am completely new to this and have no  idea about the vast capabilities of Email.
In article <19687@pitt.UUCP> geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) writes: > >In article <1993Apr13.093300.29529@omen.UUCP> caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) writes: >> >>"Weight rebound" is a term used in the medical literature on >>obesity to denote weight regain beyond what was lost in a diet >>cycle.  There are any number of terms which mean one thing to > >Can you provide a reference to substantiate that gaining back >the lost weight does not constitute "weight rebound" until it >exceeds the starting weight?  Or is this oral tradition that >is shared only among you obesity researchers?  Not one, but two:  Obesity in Europe 88, proceedings of the 1st European Congress on Obesity  Annals of NY Acad. Sci. 1987   >--  >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Gordon Banks  N3JXP      | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and >geb@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu   |  it is shameful to surrender it too soon."  >----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello all,            There is a small problem a friend of mine is experiencing and I  would appreciate any help at all with it.  My friend has been diagnosed as having a severe case of depression requiring  antidepressants for a cure. The main problem is the side effects of these.  So far she has been prescribed Prozac, Aurorix, and tryptanol all with  different but unbearable side effects.  The Prozac gave very bad anxiety/jitters and insomina, it was impossible to  sit still for more than a minute or so.  The Aurorix whilst having a calming effect, all feelings were lost and the  body co-ordination was similar to a drunken person. Her brain was clouded  over.  The tryptanol gave tremors in the legs and panic attacks along with unco-  ordination occurred. She did not know what she was doing as her brain was  "closed down".  Has anyone had similar problems and/or have any suggestions as to the next  step?  Thankyou in advance.
In article <C4Iozx.7wx@world.std.com> rsilver@world.std.com (Richard Silver) writes:  >I have two questions. Is there any obvious connection between the >flushed appearance and the migraine? Was I foolish to play through >the migraine (aside from the visual disturbance affecting my play)? >I just prefer to ignore it when possible. >  The flushing is due to vascular dilation, part of a migraine attack. Some people event get puffy and swollen.  As long as you are careful you can see well enough to avoid getting hit in the face or eye by the ball, migraine will not hurt your health.    --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Banks  N3JXP      | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and geb@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu   |  it is shameful to surrender it too soon."
In article <1993Apr19.144358.28376@spectrum.xerox.com> leisner@eso.mc.xerox.com writes: :I recently had a case of shingles and my doctors wanted to give me :intravenous Acyclovir. : :It was a pain finding IV sites in my arms...can I have some facts about :how advantageous it is to give intravenous antibiotics rather than oral? :  I think some essential information must be missing here, i.e., you must be suffering from a condition which has caused immunosuppression.  There is no indication for IV acyclovir for shingles in an otherwise healthy person.  The oral form can help to reduce the length of symptoms, and may even help prevent the development of post-herpetic neuralgia, but I certainly would not subject someone to IV therapy without a good reason.  To address your more general question, IV therapy does provide higher and more consistently high plasma and tissue levels of a drug.  For treating a serious infection this is the only way to be sure that a patient is getting adequate drug levels.
In article <1993Apr26.120417.22328@linus.mitre.org> gpivar@mitre.org(The Pancake Emporium) writes: >In article <1993Apr22.211005.21578@scorch.apana.org.au>, bill@scorch.apana.org.au (Bill Dowding) writes: >|> todamhyp@charles.unlv.edu (Brian M. Huey) writes: >|>  >|> >I think that's the correct spelling.. >|> >	I am looking for any information/supplies that will allow >|> >do-it-yourselfers to take Krillean Pictures. I'm thinking >|> >that education suppliers for schools might have a appartus for >|> >sale, but I don't know any of the companies. Any info is greatly >|> >appreciated. >|>  >|> Krillean photography involves taking pictures of minute decapods resident in  >|> the seas surrounding the antarctic. Or pictures taken by them, perhaps. >|>  >|> Bill from oz >|>  > > >Bill, >No flame intended but you're way, way off base. In simple terms Kirilian >photography registers the electromagnetical fields around objects, in simple, >it takes pictures of your aura. >|>  > >--  >Greg  > >--  Be still, be silent...the rest is easy.  --
[reply to Daniel.Prince@f129.n102.z1.calcom.socal.com (Daniel Prince]   >There is a person on the FIDO CFS echo who claims that he was cured of >CFS by taking accutane.  He also claims that you are using it in the >treatment of Fibromyalgia Syndrome.  Are you using accutane in the >treatment of Fibromyalgia Syndrome?   Yes.   >Have you used it for CFS?   It seems to work equally well for CFS, another hint that these may be different facets of the same underlying process.   >Have you gotten good results with it?   Yes.  The benefit is usually evident within a few days of starting it. Most of the patients for whom it has worked well continued low-dose amitriptyline, daily aerobic excersise, and a regular sleep schedule (current standard therapy).  Because of the cost (usually > $150/mo., depending on dose) and potential for significant side effects like corneal injury and birth defects, I currently reserve it for those who fail conventional treatment.  It is important that the person prescribing it have some experience with it and follow the patient closely.   >Are you aware of any double blind studies on the use of accutane in >these conditions?  Thank you in advance for all replies.   As far as I know, I am the only person looking at it currently.  I should get off my duff and finish writing up some case reports.  I'm not an academic physician, so I don't feel the pressure to publish or perish and I don't have the time during the work day for such things.
In article <ng4.733990422@husc.harvard.edu>, ng4@husc11.harvard.edu (Ho Leung Ng) wrote: >  >  >    When I was a kid in primary school, I used to drink tons of milk without > any problems.  However, nowadays, I can hardly drink any at all without > experiencing some discomfort.  What could be responsible for the change? >  > Ho Leung Ng > ng4@husc.harvard.edu  You became older and your intestine normalized to the weaned state.  That is, lactose tolerance is an unusual state for adults of most mammals except for h. sapiens of northern European origin.  As a h. sapiens of  asian descent (assumption based on name) the loss of lactase is normal for you.
I'm interested in this from the other angle: what antihistamine can I take at bedtime for relief of allergies, with the assurance that its sedative effect will have completely worn off by the next morning, but preferably with the anti-allergy effect lasting longer?  I'm thinking mainly of OTC products. Which has the least duration of sedative action: Benadryl, Chlor-Trimeton, or what? Note that I'm asking about duration, not intensity.
> >I have been taking prednisone 5mg twice a day for a while to control > >Ulcerative Colitis. It seems like if I reduce the dosage, the problem > >becomes worse. At this point, i see myself taking prednisone for a long > >long time, perhaps for ever. I was wondering about long term major side > >effects, things like potential birth defects, arthritis etc. I have been > >putting on weight, my face looks puffed and round, experience sudden mood > >swings. As I understand, these are all short term.  I second what Spenser Aden said in reply.  Additionally, it is hard to say what type of response you ar3e having to prednisone since you did not say how long you have been on it.  Patients are generally kept on steroids for months before thinking about tapering.  Alternatives to daily dosing are  every other day dosing, in your case 20mg every other day would be a start. Another option if it is not possible to get you off prednisone is to start azathioprine.  Like Spenser said, you should generally be on another drug in addition to your prednisone, like asulfidine.  A lot of the specifics about options, though, depends on severity, location, and duration of  disease, as well as histology, so take advice off the net for what it is worth.    I treat patients with UC and Crohn's.  An educated patient is a good  patient, but let your doctor know where the advice came from so things can be put in context.  You should also be a member of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America.  1-800-932-2423 office / 1-800-343-3637 info hotline.  Best of Luck to you.
In <1993Apr25.203223.28534@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> hchung@nyx.cs.du.edu writes:  > I was just wondering if exercises specific to particular regions of the > body (such as thighs) will basically only tone the thighs, or if fat > from other parts of the body (such as breasts) would be affected just as > much.  There are two different mechanisms here:  toning of muscles and reduction of fat.  Exercises specific to particular muscles will tone only those muscles exercised (example: look at differences in arm circumferences between pitching arms and non-pitching arms in major league pitchers).  However, if exercise also leads to reduction of body fat, the loss of body fat will be equally distributed over the entire body.  There is no way to "spot reduce" body fat other than surgically, through liposuction. Distribution of body fat is genetically determined.  Sometimes a very flabby muscle will look like "fat", so when that muscle gains some muscle tone it may *appear* as though the "fat" is "changing" into "muscle", but really fat and muscle tissues are totally separate, and one does not ever "change into" the other.
Jeff,   If you have time to type it in I'd love to have the reference for that paper!  thanks!  --  kathleen richards   email:  karicha@eis.calstate.edu
In article <1993Apr21.024103.29880@spdcc.com> dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) writes: >In article <1993Apr20.212706.820@lrc.edu> kjiv@lrc.edu writes: >>Can someone tell me whether or not any of the following medications  >>has been linked to rapid/excessive weight gain and/or a distorted  >>sense of taste or smell:  Hismanal; Azmacort (a topical steroid to  >>prevent asthma); Vancenase. > >Hismanal (astemizole) is most definitely linked to weight gain. >It really is peculiar that some antihistamines have this effect, >and even more so an antihistamine like astemizole which purportedly >doesn't cross the blood-brain barrier and so tends not to cause >drowsiness. >  So antihistamines can cause weight gain.  NOW they tell me. :-) Is there any way to find out which do & which don't?  My doctor obviously is asleep at the wheel.  The original poster mentioned fatigue.  I had that too, but it was mostly due to the really bizarre dreams I was having -- I wasn't getting any rest.  My doctor said that was a common reaction.  If astemizole doesn't cross the blood-brain barrier, how does it cause that side effect?  Any ideas?  --
Brenda Bowden (brenda@bookhouse.Eng.Sun.COM) wrote:  : Does anyone know about these studies? Or have experience with feverfew?  I keep an accurate log of my migraine attack frequency; feverfew didn't seem to do anything for me.  However, eliminating caffeine seems to pre- vent the onset of migraine in my case.  In other words, no caffeine, no  migraines.