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Asthma is a particular type of allergy causing spasm of the plain muscle fibres in the bronchioles or tiny air passages in the lungs. It follows a definite pattern, not only causing obstruction to breathing but the productions of secretions of thick plugs of mucus which further impede free passage of air.

The blood of all asthmatics, especially during an attack, has been found to be very deficient in ascorboc acid as it is apparently used up in detoxifying the allergens which precipitate the attack; and asthmatics seem to have inborn need for this vitamin.

During the 1930s and 1940s there was a great deal of research on the role of Vitamin C in asthma with conflicting results, firstly because the doses were too small and too infrequent to affect the allergic condition, and secondly because insufficient doses seemed to actually stimulate the production of histamine that promotes broncho-spasm.

All interest in Vitamin C in asthma then flagged with the introduction of effective antihistamines, antibiotics and cortisone products, and is only just again finding a place in the prevention and treatment of this crippling condition.

It is now realized that the protective effect of Vitamin C, as with other allergies, is dose dependent; and large or mega-doses are needed to scotch asthma attacks and to keep the asthmatic free from an habitual allergic response to the particular allergens to which he is susceptible.

I have never tried giving intravenous sodium ascorbate to prevent or cut short an attack, but I have used large doses of Vitamin C — say, 6 to 10 grams a day — more con­veniently taken as sodium ascorbate powder — to maintain chronic asthmatics free from attacks, even from nocturnal wheezing for months at a time, even throughout their usual asthma season.

These cases must, of course, avoid as far as possible their particular allergic substances, and take a thoroughly well balanced diet with as much fresh non-additive food as possible and — more importantly — they must continue their regular supplements of Vitamin C in divided daily doses; for their need is greater than that of the non-asthmatic.

I have recently seen whole families with what is called an ‘asthmatic diathasis’ or tendency, grandmother, father and two children all kept practically free for a year from the asthma attacks that had previously plagued their lives by giving them doses of sodium ascorbate 5 to 10 grams daily according to age.
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Allergies are the body’s reaction to minute particles of foreign protein which gain access to the blood, and so to the tissue cells. Vitamin C strengthens the inter-cellular sub­stance and affords a barrier to these foreign proteins enter­ing the cells and to cell fluids leaking out between them.

The normal healthy individual can usually deal with these foreign substances — but when the adrenal glands are too exhausted by stress, malnourishment or certain inborn deficiencies, these glands cannot manufacture enough cor­tisone to detoxify the so called ‘allergens’.

Vitamin C not only assists the adrenals to produce their own cortisone, but it also detoxifies the foreign proteins. Large doses of the vitamin will often cut short attacks of hay fever or prevent them altogether if taken regularly. It is a wise precaution to suck several 500 milligram flavored tablets when going into an allergy ‘danger zone’ such as into the bush when the wattle is blooming or encountering any known allergen such as house dust, or face powder or taking certain drugs, or during the ‘allergy season’ when humidity or cold winds, etc., are liable to bring on an attack. Each allergy-prone person is susceptible in different ways, but Vitamin C is a general detoxifier and will render harm­less any foreign substance entering the blood, if there is enough to cope with it.

Vitamin C is itself harmless and non-toxic. Allergic persons both children and adults, should take enough to keep their blood and tissues saturated. As soon as the body contains sufficient for its use any surplus is excreted in the urine. This can be tested easily by a simple C-Stix test — a strip of paper impregnated with certain chemicals which changes color when dipped into a sample of urine. A change of color to orange shows that ascorbic acid is pre­sent and the body has enough vitamin to meet and over­come its stresses. No change of color indicates that it could do with a bit more.

During infections, after immunizing injections and after taking most drugs, even aspirin or smoking cigarettes, the Vitamin C is quickly used up and the blood again be­comes deficient.

It has just been found by Dr Ben Feingold, and his co-workers in California, that aspirin and certain aspirin like medicines and chemicals in artificial colorings and flavorings can build up allergic tendencies, especially when given to children.

This is one reason why allergies are so common in our babies and children here in Australia, as they eat much the same highly flavored and colored foods as American children, and are given just as many aspirin medicines of one kind or another.

Of course, Vitamin C alone cannot always prevent or cure allergies—other vitamins such as pantothenic acid, B6 (pyridoxine) and Vitamin A may be deficient and specially needed in some individuals and families, but a thoroughly adequate well balanced diet with natural foods, no artificial flavoring or colorings, plus ample Vitamin C can over­come most allergies and keep the allergy-prone person free of trouble.

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Spider bites

Australian spiders, other than the funnel-web and red-back, are not known to be lethal, but bites can cause severe pain, swelling and local tissue damage. See your doctor if your child’s pain persists, or the bite looks infected.

Treatment

Remove the tick immediately, being careful to get its head out too. It may need to be lifted out with a sharp point, for example, tweezers or scissors. Do no squeeze it or pull it suddenly, as this can release more poison into the body. After removal of the tick, apply a pressure immobilisation bandage and see your doctor. If your child is unwell and it is after hours, go directly to a hospital. An antivenom is available if your child is very sick.

Tick bites

Ticks are small insects which attach themselves to the skin and feed on the host’s blood. The bite usually goes unnoticed and is not painful. You may notice a tick engorged with blood embedded in the skin a few days after a bush walk, especially if long clothing was not worn. Ticks wait on foliage for a host to brush against.

The east coast of Australia is home to one particularly nasty type of tick called the Australian Paralysis Tick. Once embedded in the skin, this tiny creature swells to the size of a pea, engorged with blood. This may take several days. It releases poison into the body via its saliva. A bite from this particular tick can lead to gradual paralysis and even death.

Wasp stings

Wasps are aggressive and can inflict multiple stings. Stings usually cause pain and swelling, but allergic reactions are not common. Remove the insect carefully and if it is dead keep it for later identification. If your child has persistent pain, or develops sudden difficulty in breathing, seek immediate medical attention.

Beware of drinking straight from open soft drink cans when outside. Wasps are attracted to sugar and may enter a can and a child can inadvertently be stung if he then drinks from it.

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Choking

All babies put things in their mouths. Keep small objects out of reach. This includes beads, small parts of toys, and foods such as peanuts and pieces of carrot or popcorn. Teach your child to sit while eating, and always supervise him.

Poisoning

Store all medicines, and household chemicals such as bleach, caustic soda, cleaners, dishwashing liquids and detergents etc. out of reach, preferably in a locked or child resistant cupboard. Make sure that medicines and tablets are in child resistant containers, and remember to replace the lids. Get rid of all old tablets and medicines. Make sure you have written down the number of your Poisons Information Centre.

Playpens

Even though it is desirable for babies and toddlers to be able to freely explore their environment, we recognise there are occasions when their activity and mobility need to be restricted for short periods of time. If you decide to purchase a playpen, it is worthwhile checking with your local Child Safety Centre or Child Accident Prevention Foundation branch for information about which brands are considered safest for your child.

Babywalkers

We recommend that you do not purchase a ‘babywalker’ for your child. They do not help babies to learn to walk. Walking ability depends on their development, experience, personality and opportunity. Walking is more likely to be delayed if a baby spends time in a walker because they are missing out on normal experience.

Babywalkers may contribute to serious injuries in a baby — babies in walkers can reach things such as shelves and tables. In addition, falls down steps and stairs are relatively common. It is best not to use them.

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We never realized it until now, but we never took time to choose our sexual life-style. It just happened to us.

HUSBAND

You will need two “sexperts” for this sex clinic—you and your partner, the experts on your sexuality. The expert on your spouse is your spouse. And the expert on you is you. Each of you must take full responsibility for “your” patient in this clinic. Your patient is you.

You have already taken major steps toward the training of your staff. You have studied the history of sexuality, analyzed your sexual system, and learned a new model of human sexual response. As training continues, add to the records you have kept for the opportunities at the end of each chapter. Make up your own audio “sex tapes” in your private place. Listen to them altogether as a follow-up to your clinic program.

Training the staff depends on getting the staff in shape. If you have not had a recent physical exam, schedule one now with a doctor you trust. Tell the doctor that you both want a physical and want him or her to do it with both of you present. All health is a system, so there is no reason to go for medical checkups alone. Make sure the doctor schedules a feedback session to tell you both about the physical exam results and to plan healthy changes that may be needed, changes you can make together. Doctors complain that patients often fail to comply with their recommendations for healthy living. One reason for low compliance is the medical establishment’s insistence on an individual focus when changes can be made only within a system.

Two more steps are needed to train the staff. First, you must get some mutual exercise. From now on, every day of your life, rain, snow, or sun, walk together for twenty minutes holding hands. This one simple step was one of the most popular activities for the couples in the clinic. “I found out that we just never made time to be together. That simple walk has become a part of us.” Be sure to leave the dog and kids at home. This is a marital walk, not a family parade.

Lasdy, not only are you what you eat but you also may have sex related in part to what and how you eat. Of all physical functions, eating is one human function that seems to be related closely to sexuality. Researchers are learning that problems with sex can result in eating problems and the reverse also seems to be true. Both sex and eating have to do with timing, taste, feelings, self- and body esteem, pleasure, and general physical, emotional, and interactional health.

Caffeine, cigarettes, and sugar are not good for sex. All of these alter the metabolism in the direction of disruption and/or depression and all have impact on the neurohormonal system. Eating a low-fat, low-preservative, high-fiber diet is not only good health, but it positively affects sexual response. Kenneth Pelletier, in his book Longevity, presents evidence relating good health to longevity and continued sexual activity. The patients in the clinic who neglected sound health practices, particularly if they abused alcohol or other substances, had the most difficulty correcting their sex problems. Actually, there is no such thing as “sexual health,” for health is an all-inclusive term for the way we live and love.

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Super Marital Sex Rule: The strongest marriages, the super se marriages, will always be the most challenged marriages, because the spouses will develop characteristics that attract interest froi others. This outside interest challenges the super marriage to continued development and enhancement. The super marriage dot not compete with outside temptations, but provides a growing place for both growing partners.

She doesn’t have a thing to worry about. She is married to such a dip that she will never get rid of him. Nobody in her right mind would want him. Now, Jerry, that’s another matter. He is everybody’s dream. I don’t trust my best friend. They’d take him in a minute.

WIFE

If you are married to an insensitive, mean, abusive, arrogant, unreasonable, unromantic fool, relax. At least you are not in competition with anyone for your spouse. On the other hand, if you are married to a caring, kind, responsive, warm, dedicated spouse look around; there may be somebody out there moving in on him or her. One of the saddest paradoxes among the thousand couple was the fact that the persons you would assume to be the best of all spouses sometimes became involved outside the marriage. If no actually interacting sexually, they were at least flirting with the possibility.

Recent reports indicate that increasing numbers of single women are actively seeking relationships with married men. They have tired of the game of courtship, feeling that “the best are gone b now.” They refuse what they see as leftovers, and have compromised by sharing a man with another woman.

It follows that the new professional woman may find single ma who want to share her with her husband. Not only a good man, bit a good woman is hard to find, and when they are found, everyone is interested. This problem puts an additional burden on an ahead) stressed American marriage.

Until American marriage learns that familiarity can breed a sexual interest beyond that possible with new partners, it will continue to be threatened instead of enhanced by our new and less restricted gender interactions. Good partners should stimulate, not pressure good marriages.

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James Parkinson, a general practitioner in London, described the condition which bears his name in 1817.

Paralysis agitans or Parkinson’s disease is a common disorder and may affect one person in 100 over the age of 60. It is equally common in men and women.

There are a number of factors which have been identified in causing what we call Parkinsonism, but most cases of Parkinson’s disease arise from causes we can’t yet determine.

The first symptom is usually tremor of one hand then clumsiness of fine finger movements, such as required when doing up buttons.

The tremor of the hands becomes more marked if the person is agitated or when he moves his hand to carry out a particular task. The tremor disappears during sleep.

There is no cure for this disorder but control is possible in most cases. A variety of drugs have been used over the years, but the most effective is levodopa. This seems to replace a chemical activator of brain tissue which may be lacking in Parkinson’s disease.

This drug is often combined with others. Amantadine, a drug introduced to prevent viral infections, particularly influenza, was found to be of benefit in relieving the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and can be used alone or in combination.

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Perhaps the most common cause is simply bad habits.

If the urge to empty the bowel is ignored because it is inconvenient, the stimulus may not come back. The large bowel acts as a reservoir, holding the contents until it is convenient to be emptied.

Water is also absorbed. The contents of the small bowel are fluid, and the motion becomes firmer as water is absorbed in its passage through the large bowel or colon. If there is ‘hurry up’ and the passage is too rapid, the motion will be fluid. This is what happens in diarrhoea.

If the passage is slowed, too much water is absorbed and the motion becomes hard and difficult to pass. This is constipation.

Repeated constipation may lead to the taking of laxatives which can be habit-forming.

Laxatives may be taken by mouth or inserted into the rectum. The simplest work by lubrication and liquid paraffin is the most common of these. Long term use may lead to leakage from the anus and soiling of the underwear. It interferes with the absorption of fat and the fat soluble vitamins. Paraffin taken at night may trickle down the windpipe and slowly build up in the lung, causing a type of pneumonia.

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