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Moving house

This results in an upheaval for the whole family, especially the child. Parents need to prepare the child for the move, emphasising its positive aspects. Reassure the child that he will be able to maintain contact with all his old friends (provided this is possible, of course). For some time after the move, depending on the age of the child, he may feel a little insecure in his new surroundings. He may have separation anxiety about his parents or may want a night light kept on. It is important for parents to provide reassurance and support at this time.

This is stressful for a child at any age. He will have to get used to a new school environment and teacher, as well as leaving old friends and making new ones. Parents need to support the child during this time, and keep emphasising the positive aspects of the move.

Going away on holiday

Some children will find going on holiday stressful because of the change in routine. There will be a different environment, a different room, a different bed. Younger children may be insecure for a while. They should be encouraged to take a well-loved cuddly doll or bear, or a selection of favourite toys or books.

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I believe that the effective use of painkillers is absolutely central to good pain control and that is why I have discussed this first. However, there are other ways of reducing your pain which you may also want to use. Choose the combination of painkillers and other approaches that gives you the greatest benefit for the least cost. For example, you can experiment to find the positions for sitting and lying that are most comfortable for you. You can try to avoid activities that aggravate your pain and to get plenty of rest. Heat on the painful spot can be very soothing— try using a good old hot water bottle! A gentle massage might help. Other possibilities that may appeal to you are meditation and acupuncture.

Whatever means you use to control it, your pain will be more of a problem at some times than at others. It will probably seem much worse when you are bored, lonely, depressed, anxious, frightened, physically tired or lying awake at night (the worst)! On the other hand, your pain is likely to seem less of a problem when you are in comfortable surroundings, have pleasant company, are keeping your mind occupied, sleeping well at night and at peace with yourself and your situation.

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Vitiligo is a condition where the skin loses its pigment and the patchy white areas may stand out markedly, especially when the person has an olive skin or gets a tan in summer.

It affects a little fewer than one in 200 people and does seem to run in families. It causes no serious problems but many sufferers are concerned by the appearance and because the skin which has lost its pigment may be easily burned.

Sometimes there is spontaneous repigmentation and the process may be assisted by the taking of drugs called psoralens and exposing the skin to ultra-violet light.

Treatment with UV light and psoralens is time-

consuming but those who are distressed by their condition may be willing to pay the price.

Those big, black, raised warts which appear in middle-age are unsightly and may frighten the owner into thinking they are malignant melanomas, a particularly dangerous form of skin cancer.

These are usually seborrhoeic warts. They are raised, with a bumpy surface and feel greasy to touch. They vary in color from grey through brown to black.

They may occur anywhere on the body but the front and particularly the back of the trunk are the favored sites.

Seborrhoeic warts rarely appear before the forties, may be single or dozens may be present. Treatment is only indicated for cosmetic reasons as they do not become cancerous.

They may be treated by the application of intense cold from liquid nitrogen or by heat from an electric cautery.

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The longitudinal arch is determined by the bones, the joints, the muscles and the ligaments. Weakness in any or all of these structures may cause a flattening of the arch with or without pain.

Foot strain can develop in those who stand all day. This can be related to obesity, when the feet have to carry extra weight or to weakness of the foot.

Walking seems to develop the strength of the muscles and ligaments and doesn’t so readily lead to painful conditions. Arch supports and exercises can be of great benefit. So can losing weight.

Pain felt in the heel on walking may be due to plantar fasciitis. There is a sheet of fascia or connective tissue which runs the length of the sole and is attached to the ball of the foot at the front and to the calcaneum or heel bone at the back.

Inflammation, or even a tear, may develop where it attaches to the heel bone and may cause bone to grow out into the fascia, leading to a spur of bone projecting forward and being seen on X-ray.

The calcanean spur was once thought to be the cause of the problem and was often removed by operation. We now know it is result rather than cause.

This condition is treated by rest, by wearing a pad in the shoe to cushion the heel or by using anti-inflammatory drugs. An injection of a cortisone derivative directly into the tender area works well.

Look after your feet. If they do start to cause trouble, seek professional help early so as to minimise the problem.

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For those women who suffer attacks following infrequent intercourse, a dose of antibiotics at the time might relieve distress.

You can quickly relieve any uncomfortable symptoms by drinking plenty of water, by making up barley water or by obtaining potassium citrate in its various forms from the chemist. But you should still see your doctor and take antibiotics in the correct dose for the correct length of time to get rid of any infection.

Many women who suffer from frequency and irritation will not show evidence of infection in the bladder and, therefore, cannot be said to suffer from cystitis, although the symptoms are the same. Many of these women have been labelled as neurotic and tranquillisers prescribed.

Examination of the urethra and bladder may reveal the true diagnosis or it may rest on the history alone. They suffer from what is more correctly called the urethral syndrome.

Symptoms may be precipitated by intercourse.

This condition often responds to dilatation or stretching of the urethra — a simple procedure which can be easily done in the doctor’s rooms.

Certainly you do not have to put up with repeated discomfort, as proper treatment is available.

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Clinical trials are important to you in two ways. Firstly, results from them are used by doctors to determine which treatment is ‘best’. Secondly, you may be asked to take part in them. One of the worst aspects of clinical trials for you—the person with cancer—is that if you agree to take part in them you don’t get to decide on your own treatment (and nor, incidentally, does your doctor, because the treatment is decided by chance). You would be asked to agree to be randomised and then to have whichever treatment you are allotted by chance. Taking part in this type of clinical trial is of no benefit to you personally—you would be better off choosing the treatment you preferred (which may of course be one of the treatments being tested). It is also of little benefit to future patients because such small differences between treatments are being looked for. If people with cancer were given the choice between treatments, they would place more importance on things like convenience, side effects, comfort and time in hospital than on whether or not one or the other is likely to produce a few extra weeks or months of life. Differences in results that are big enough to be important and worthwhile for people with cancer don’t need randomised clinical trials and statistics to prove them.

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Are G.I. factors tested on healthy people valid for use in people with diabetes?

Yes, there are several studies which show a good correlation between values for the same foods obtained in healthy people and people with diabetes (type 1 and type 2). This is no surprise because the degree of glucose intolerance is allowed for in the calculation of G.I. factors.

Do low G.I. foods need to be eaten at every meal in order for people to see a benefit?

No, because the effect of a low G.I. food carries over to the next meal, reducing its glycaemic impact. This applies even when the low G.I. meal is eaten for dinner. Its effect carries over to breakfast the following morning. But, it is sensible to try to eat at least two low G.I. meals each day.

One study gave carrots a G.I. factor of 95. Does this mean that a person with diabetes shouldn’t eat carrots?

The quantity of carrots that gives the 50 grams of carbohydrate portion (as required in standardised G.I. factor testing) is enormous because it contains only about 7 per cent carbohydrate. In fact, about 700 grams of carrots were tested. This is much greater than the amount you would normally eat (about 100 grams).

Even with a G.I. factor of 95, a normal serve of carrots would contribute only a small amount to the rise in blood sugar. Carrots and other foods like tomatoes, onions and salad vegetables that contain only a small amount of carbohydrate should be seen as ‘free’ foods for people with diabetes.

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Degree of obesity. There are a number of physiological factors—e.g. the ability to oxidise fat in response to exercise, and different muscle fibre types12—which distinguish the obese from the merely overfat, or the lean. These are also known to affect the fat loss response to exercise. Due to physiological factors that have either caused or resulted from obesity and which are as yet largely unknown, those prone to weight gain may have a greater craving for fatty foods after exercise and may store fat more readily than those not disposed to overfatness.

Exercise responses can also be quite different. Because of the lower levels of aerobic capacity and different rates of substrate utilisation in the more obese, long duration activity and increased ‘incidental’ exercise at a much lower intensity than is used for the leaner and more fit is recommended for optimal fat burning. There is a case for regarding the morbidly obese as a different population to normal and overfat people in their responses to exercise. The physiological changes that occur with this type of obesity are most likely to be genetically based or associated with long term obesity, and this may provide dues as to the type of exercise and dietary prescription required for optimal fat losses in the future.

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The location of fat on an individual’s body is partly due to genetic influences, but is also idiosyncratic. Some people store fat on the upper body, some on the lower body; some get fat around the neck first, some around the arms and chest. In general, men store fat around the waist or abdomen, and pre-menopausal women store fat around the hips and buttocks. These are the typical android (apple) and gynoid (pear) shapes that distinguish men and women. A third, generally ‘big all over’ shape, is the ovoid (fruit box) form of overfatness. This is often more characteristic of those with a genetic predisposition to obesity.

An analysis of national figures in the United Kingdom shows that while the ‘apple’ and ‘pear’ are the majority shapes of males and females respectively, around 14 per cent of men may be fat and pear-shaped and 27 per cent of women fat and apple-shaped. This is perhaps not unexpected with women because at menopause they lose the benefits of the female hormones, particularly oestrogen, which maintain female fat in the lower body (hips, thighs and buttocks) for reproductive purposes, and they begin to store more fat on the upper body, like men. Increases in abdominal fat in men and women differ with age. Women, in general, tend to store more fat around the lower regions until they reach menopause. Then they put it on like men. Men, on the other hand, generally increase their abdominal stores linearly with age from around 25 years on.

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A German doctor has discovered that in certain countries, where pumpkin seeds are eaten regularly and in great quantity, there is virtually no incidence of enlarged prostate or other prostate troubles. Dr. W. Devrient states that enlargement of the prostate gland indicates that the gland is trying to make up for the diminished production of the male sex hormones as a result of advanced age. Pumpkin seeds contain nutrients which are essential for reproductive functions.

Pumpkin seeds are extremely rich in powerful nutritive factors: about 30 percent protein, 40 percent unsaturated fatty acids, plenty of B-vitamins, lots of phosphorus, iron, and zinc. What is the powerful substance in pumpkin seed that has such a rejuvenating effect on sex life? No one seems to know. Dr. Bela Pater, of Klausenburg, believes that pumpkin seeds contain a “plant hormone which affects man’s hormone production in part by substitution, in part by direct proliferation.” But whatever substance it is, the fact remains that, as of today, pumpkin seeds are the only effective nutritional remedy for prostate trouble—and completely harmless, too.

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