YOUR HEALTH: HERE'S HOW!
Stafford, Jane
YOUR HEALTH: Here's How! By JANE STAFFORD Jane Stafford WHETHER you go after your suntan this Summer on a holiday at the shore or in your Victory-garden or on the apartment house roof, remember...
...Since this is usually not practical, medical authorities advise opening the blister under aseptic, that is germ-free, conditions...
...Dental neglect among children aged 6 to 18 is such that, according to the estimates, only about 5,650,000 of the annual crop of 22,500,000 decayed teeth are filled...
...Another good way to guard against blisters is to strap adhesive plaster firmly over the part of the skin where you suspect rubbing will cause a blister...
...A vegetable or fruit salad and a glass of iced tea makes a refreshing lunch and adds to the day's vitamin and mineral supply, but it does not supply much for energy or tissue building and repair...
...Bread and butter and cheese or milk added to the salad would help on this score...
...Some people even used to think one could keep cooler by not eating meat, though that idea now seems about as rare as the meat...
...The amount depends on your age, sex, and activity...
...Chilled fruit juices and chilled vegetable juices are popular and healthful and help spare the sugar that most persons like in iced tea and coffee...
...The danger is that when the skin is rubbed off, germs may enter the body and cause blood poisoning...
...These and other estimated figures of the accumulated dental needs of the population will be discussed at committee hearings here on dental research and dental care bills...
...Taken regularly and with precautions against sunburn, sunbaths increase the number of red cells in the blood, augment its supply of calcium, iron and phosphorous, and are a valuable tonic for the organs of the body...
...The ultraviolet dosage is so strong between 11 and 4 o'clock that children should be shielded from it during these hours, the Illinois State Medical Society warns...
...The solution is made by dissolving two teasnoonfuls of boric acid in a glass of water and is applied with sterile cotton swabs...
...Chairman of the subcommittee on health is Sen...
...Sunlight, though it can be dangerous, is helpful to health when properly used...
...Claude Pepper of Florida...
...The population over age 3 also has an accumulated need for 39.500.000 crowns and bridges, 20,000,000 partial dentures (false teeth), 20,000,000 dental disease treatments, and 125,000,000 prophylactic treatments...
...when served cold, refreshing...
...Ideally, therefore, the blister should be covered with a sterile dressing and the affected part of the body put at rest so the skin will not be rubbed off...
...A sterile dressing then should be firmly bandaged in place...
...Since 1940, oiffe-third of the civilian dentists have gone into the armed services, the committee was further informed...
...Indicating the variation in availability of dental care, California in 1940 had one dentist for every 1,279 people while South Carolina had one dentist for every 5,263 people...
...National Dental Neglect WASHINGTON—Americans over age 3 need 238,-500,000 teeth pulled and 6:12,000,000 fillings made in their teeth, the subcommittee on health of the Senate Committee on Education and Labor has been informed...
...Blisters may come from both ill-fitting shoes and ill-fitting stockings...
...For good nourishment you need the same kind of food all year around...
...If this seems too complicated as a home remedy, see a doctor...
...The water lost this way, however, should be resupplied to the body...
...Summer is the season when many appetites * rebel at hearty, hot meals and can best be satisfied by crisp, cold salads, fruits, and vegetables...
...Some persons have skins that are specially sensitive to the sun's rays...
...This requires sterilizing the skin by gently swabbing with an antiseptic solution, sterilizing the hands (or at least giving them a good soap and water scrubbing), and sterilizing the needle...
...Most of them have learned by unfortunate experience that they cannot take much direct sunshine...
...These are usually the very white skins that go with red or very blond hair...
...Avoid Infection In Blisters If you suspect you are going to get blisters on your feet from a new pair of shoes or from the first long hike on your vacation, try using a liberal amount of talcum powder inside both shoes and stockings...
...Eatin«- And Drinking To Keen Cool Now that the weather has warmed up, we may not miss our steaks, chops and roasts quite so much...
...The sweating mechanism provides water to evaporate from your skin and cool you by taking heat with it...
...Remember that during June, July, and August, the sun's rays are more direct and more ultraviolet light strikes those exposed to sunshine during these months...
...So don't take chances with sunburn any more than you would play with fire...
...Start with 5 to 10 minutes a day, medical authorities advise, and gradually increase the time as your skin starts gently tanning...
...Milk and buttermilk are given top rating by many nutritionists as hot weather beverages because they are both nourishing and...
...It has been suggested that the fatigue felt at the end of a hot afternoon may be due not only to the heat but to lack of enough energy-furnishing food at lunch for the afternoon's work or other activity...
...By JANE STAFFORD Jane Stafford WHETHER you go after your suntan this Summer on a holiday at the shore or in your Victory-garden or on the apartment house roof, remember to guard against dangerous sunburn...
...The unbroken skin over the blister gives protection against infection...
...Be sure to see a doctor if the blister seems inflamed or infected...
...If the blister has already been rubbed open, cleansing with a saturated solution of boric acid followed by the sterile dressing is advised by one authority...
...It turns a chemical in our skin into vitamin D, and while babies and growing children need this vitamin in large amounts to help build strong teeth and bones, grown-ups also have some need for it...
...The safe plan is to take your summer sunshine in small doses at first...
...Your thirst will probably tell you that you need to drink more water on hot days or whenever you are perspiring much...
...So take it in small doses at first...
...The needle should be inserted in the skin just beyond the edge of the blister and the fluid pushed through the opening by gently pressing the edges of the blister...
...A blister may seem like a trifling if painful ailment, but it may have a fatal result...
...Burns from the sun's rays can be just as painful and just as dangerous as any other kind of burn...
Vol. 9 • July 1945 • No. 28
