YOUR HEALTH: HERE'S HOW
Srafford, Jane
YOUR HEALTH: Here's How By JANE STAFFORD MILLIONS of people in the United States will probably be sneezing, wheezing, sniffling, and generally having a miserable time with hayfever this month. Not...
...If you are an experienced hayfever-ite you probably know the comfort your doctor can give you by desensitizing treatment...
...To the hayfeverite, it may mean 24 or 48 hours of severe discomfort...
...Not that there is any closed season for this affliction, but ragweed pollens, said to eause 70 out of every 100 cases of hay-fever in the eastern United States, are prevalent at this time of year...
...There are 25 states without a single community clinic and "vast areas" in other states where no psychiatric help is available, it was found...
...People without hayfever may experience this nose stuffiness and occasionally sneeze after a sudden drop in temperature, or on going into an air-cooled store or theater on a hot day...
...If this season marks your first experience with the malady, you will be wise to consult a doctor with-out delay...
...Those hayfever sufferers who have been used to going away during the pollen season may have to stay home this Summer...
...Mechanical devices in windows to filter the pollen out of the air of sleeping rooms are also helpful...
...Inadequate Facilities For Mentally 111 Veterans NEW YORK—The discharged soldier who needs treatment for shattered nerves or mental illness may not be able to find it, a survey made by the National Committee for Mental Hygiene reveals...
...Although the veteran is entitled to treatment, the Veterans Administration can't provide it when neither clinics nor psychiatrists are available, the Committee reports...
...To the healthy person, this is only a temporary and minor discomfort...
...Drafts and fans both may stir up the pollen and also may chill the hay-feverite's body...
...The ability to react to the chilling process is altered in these persons...
...Undisturbed by drafts and breezes, the pollen grains settle to the floor and cause less trouble...
...They will find it helps to keep doors and windows closed...
...Air-conditioning, which keeps the air free of pollen, helps him, but air-cooling may cause trouble...
...Hayfever sufferers will be more comfortable if they keep away from drafts and are careful not to have electric fans blowing directly on them...
...Loss of body heat causes an abnormal swelling of the tissues in the nose, with consequent sniffling and sneezing...
...Of all the established hospitals and clinics in the entire country, only 139 certified their preparedness to treat mental casualties...
...Treatment gives relief to nearly 90 per cent of hayfever sufferers...
Vol. 9 • August 1945 • No. 33
