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Monday, January 5, 2015

HICCUPS - SINGULTUS - PREVENTIVE CARE- foul smell

HICCUPS (SINGULTUS) 

Hiccups are short, sharp inspiratory coughs involving spasmodic lowering of the diaphragm. They may be due to indigestion, overloaded stomach, irritation under the surface of the diaphragm, alcoholism, and many other possible causes. There are many home remedies, anyone of which may work in simple cases: warm applications to the diaphragm region, protrusion of the tongue, holding of the breath, drinking water, applications of cold to the spine, exhaling and inhaling into and from a paper bag. In severe persistent cases, medical attention is required.

PREVENTIVE CARE

 It goes almost without saying that the most common respiratory problem -in fact, the most common disease in the world-is the common cold. You will undoubtedly want to read the special discussion of this. Other conditions, as well as the common cold, may produce nasal congestion. They include hay fever and other allergies, chronic infections, nasal polyps, sinusitis, and a deviated or crooked septum. Enlarged adenoids may also be a cause of nasal congestion in children. 

Your physician, or a specialist to whom he may wish to refer you, can do much now not only to provide relief for such problems but very often to use preventive techniques that will avoid recurrences and possible progression to more complicated problems. Ozena is a disease of the nose involving the turbinates and mucous membranes. It is accompanied by considerable crusting and discharge and a very offensive odor. 

It should have medical attention as soon as possible. Actually, a persistent, foul-smelling discharge in children is much more often caused by some foreign object such as a bean or pencil eraser lodged deep in a nasal passage. Always have a physician take care of this.


An occasional minor nosebleed is no cause for alarm. It may stop by itself-and often does. Cold compresses to the nose and back of the head, and pressure on the soft portion of the nostril on the bleeding side for five minutes, may help. Or the bleeding may stop if the affected nostril is plugged with sterile cotton. Frequent nosebleeds deserve medical attention. 

They may simply mean that a particular small blood vessel in the nose is at fault, and the physician may be able to attend to it in a few minutes. On the other hand, nosebleeds in children sometimes may indicate rheumatic fever. They may also herald onset of typhoid fever. Contrary to a popular notion, they rarely stem from high blood pressure. If your nose bleeds frequently without apparent cause, your physician will try to determine exactly what is involved and then use suitable treatment. 

Should an unsightly nose be changed by plastic surgery?,perhaps. This is a matter to talk over with your physician. If the advises an operation for cosmetic reasons, he will refer you to a surgeon specializing in this type of surgery. Surgery may be appropriate, too, when an abnormal situation.