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Dr. Lawrence E. Lamb
Long term diuretic effects
By Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D.
DEAR DR. LAMB -
Kindly comment on long
term effects of diuretics. A
national magazine comment
ing on reducing diets says
they are very harmful, yet
they seem to be freely used
by physicians for high blood
pressure and kidney mal
function.
DEAR READER - Even
most good things in life are
harmful if used too much or
too often. Oxygen is essential
for life, but too much causes
oxygen toxicity and even
death. Diuretics are wonder
ful medicines when properly
used in optimal amounts in
the right person who needs
them. They can be harmful if
used otherwise. There are
lots of “scare reports” in the
newspapers, a sort of medical
equivalent of “McCarthy
ism,” and such reports are
usually “half-truths.”
The main purpose of
diuretics commonly used is to
help the kidneys eliminate
sodium found in salt — which
in turn causes the body to
release excess water that is
held in the tissues. They seem
also to have some further
unexplained effect in lower
ing blood pressure to some
degree.
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When problems occur it is
usually because too much salt
has been removed, or a re
lated problem, too much
potassium salt has been
washed out of the body. These
problems are easily cor
rected. A good-sized glass of
orange juice two times a day
when taking diuretics usually
helps protect against the loss
of too much potassium.
Individuals have used
diuretics for years without
any difficulties as long as
they are used properly and
adequate efforts are made to
prevent excessive depletion
of sodium and potassium salt.
I don't approve of their use
for fat reduction programs,
and they do not eliminate ex
cess body fat.
DEAR DR. LAMB - Would
you please tell me what
causes blackheads. My
mother tells me it is from not
washing your face properly
and leaving soap on and dry
ing it with a towel. Also, what
could I use to get rid of them
and pimples?
DEAR READER -
Mothers like to see well
scrubbed faces, and it does
help to prevent pimples and
related problems. But,
blackheads are not dirt. They
are the normal oily or fatty
secretions of the skin glands.
The plug of oil contains
chemicals that turn black or
brown on exposure to the air
as a chemical reaction. If you
look carefully at one after it
is removed you will see that
only the surface is discolored
ana the deeper plug is not.
The average problem is
caused by excessive forma
tion of oily secretions, and the
problem is usually worse
around puberty and in the
teen years. The normal sex
hormones that are formed in
large amounts with the body
changes predispose to ex
cessive oily secretions.
It does help to wash the
skin regularly with soap and
water. Use a very warm
cloth, and hold it over the
skin area for a few minutes
then bathe the surface and
repeat. This helps to soften
the waxy material, and it can
often be washed away then.
After you are through, wipe
the skin carefully with
alcohol. This also helps to
remove oily material. This
won’t cure all the problems,
but it helps in the mild cases.
More serious problems
should be treated by a skin
specialist.
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— Griffin Daily News Monday, Novembers, 1973