YOUR HEALTH
Stafford, Jane
YOUR HEALTH: Here's How By JANE STAFFORD THE periodic health examination is said to be one of the best preventives of cancer* because through it many conditions that may lead to cancer can be...
...Edmund G. Zimmerer, director of the division of cancer control of the Iowa State Department of Health...
...The American Cancer Society and its Field Army has long urged that everyone over 35 years should have such ex^ animations...
...Examination of every woman's breasts for lumps or bleeding nipples...
...Some of you may wonder what such an examination is like...
...Examination of the uterus for enlargement, laceration, bleeding, or new'growths...
...The neurotic patient "enjoys poor health, he says, because he is getting, through his behavior and symptoms, some sort of satisfaction for his needs for achievement, recognition, and self-esteem and perhaps security as well...
...Sometimes we can almost see it...
...Examination of the skin, of the face, body, and extremities for scaliness, bleeding warts, black moles, and unhealed scars...
...Investigation of any symptoms-of persistent indigestion or difficulty in swallowing and palpation of the abdomen...
...bimanual examination to determine condition of ovaries and tubes...
...We may suspect that the woman who is too ill to do her own housework is using illness as an excuse to get out of the work she" hates...
...Examination of lymphatic system for enlarged glands, especially in the neck, axilla, or groin...
...Examination of bones and a roentgenogram of any bone that is the seat of pain...
...Yet few of us, probably, realize why these people enjoy their poor health...
...Examination of subcutaneous tissue for lumps on the arms, legs, or body...
...In the latter case, a roentgenogram (X-ray picture) of the chest may be needed...
...Examination of rectum, always important even in the absence of symptoms...
...We are apt to label them neurotic, which they are, and to find them or their continuous ill health irritating...
...Why Some Persons "Enjoy Poor Health" Most of us know one or more chronic invalids who seem to "enjoy poor health...
...Examination of urine for blood...
...S. R. Laycock, of Saskatoon, Canada, explains the matter quite simply in a report to the Canadian Medical Association Journal...
...You may get a better idea from the 12 points suggested, as essential for such an examination, by Dr...
...By their removal, cancer could be prevented...
...Among them are the following: Examination of the lips, tongue, cheeks, tonsils, and pharynx for persistent ulceration, especially in the presence of a history of hoarseness or persistent coughing...
...YOUR HEALTH: Here's How By JANE STAFFORD THE periodic health examination is said to be one of the best preventives of cancer* because through it many conditions that may lead to cancer can be discovered...
...Examination of blood.Careful examination and a roentgenogram if indicated when the history of physical findings point to abnormality in any other organ or tissue...
...This, however, is only part of the explanation in many cases...
Vol. 9 • October 1945 • No. 43
