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HEALTH Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D. Stroke at high altitude By Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D. DEAR DR. LAMB - Two years ago my husband and I traveled to Colorado. Two days after we arrived my hus band had a stroke. The doc tors said it was probably hastened by the high altitude. His right side was paralyzed but since then he has regained his speech and can walk with a walker. He has no use of his right arm and hand. Does this high altitude reason mean we can never again go to Colorado or would he have had a stroke wherever he was? The doctors said it was a blood clot. DEAR READER - Ex posure to high altitude does not cause a blood clot. The decreased oxygen in the air at higher altitudes may stress the heart and circulation. If an artery in the brain was already narrowed so that there could be no increase in circulation when needed and the air was poor in oxygen it could lead to localized inade quate supply of oxygen to brain tissue supplied by that artery. Since only part of the oxygen in the blood is taken out of the blood circulated to the brain there is some reserve oxygen available. Lack of oxygen leads to men tal confusion. Patients with disease of the arteries to the brain are sometimes benefited by increasing the oxygen they breathe. There are reports of decreased men tal confusion in such patients after breathing air under in creased pressure or in creasing the oxygen in the blood stream. If the damage has already been done and the rest of the circulation to your husband’s brain’s normal it is not likely that altitude will hurt him — provided he has a healthy heart and lungs and is not anemic. I am confident he could tolerate altitudes up to 5,000 feet, about the altitude of Denver. The change in oxygen in air at that altitude is so minor as to be of little conse- POLLY'S POINTERS Polly Cramer Cat soils bedroom rug DEAR POLLY — I have a housekeeping problem that has me stumped. Our cat occasionally uses a bedroom as his bathroom and I cannot cope with the odor in that room. I do not mind cleaning up after our pet but I hope you have some ideas about getting rid of that odor. — MRS. K.Y. DEAR MRS. K.Y. — I am sure you must keep a little box for the cat and adding baking soda to the bottom of it might help some. If the cat soils your rug in the bedroom dampen it and sprinkle heavily with salt and let dry. Remove with the vacuum and the odor should leave with any spots. I would be sure the room was thoroughly aired before trying anything. — POLLY. DEAR POLLY — We discovered a very easy way to handle a rug or tapestry on the wall. We bought lengths of “tack strips" from a carpet store as they use these for laying wall to-wall carpet. Such a strip was nailed to the wall with tacks tilted upwards and the hanging is hung on to the strip with no sewing necessary. If the hanging is quite wide and might hang in wavy folds attach another strip to catch the bottom but it is not necessary to fasten this strip to the wall. I hung a heavy 3x5 foot rug this way with very little effort. — MR. R.B.H. DEAR POLLY — When putting a nail in the wall to hang a picture I use an old comb to hold the nail in place so I can keep my fingers out of the hammer’s way. Pipe cleaners make ideal decorations for gift packages as they come in so many colors and can be easily bent into any desired shape. When I start a number of small house plants at the same time I use an old muffin tin as a holder for the tiny pots. Cer tainly makes it easier if they have to be moved for watering. - DOROTHY. Polly will send you one of her signed thank-you newspaper coupon clippers if she uses your favorite Pointer, Peeve or Problem in her column. Write POLLY’S POINTERS in care of this newspaper. (NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN > WINTHROP by Cavalli OLIR <SYM TEACHER, MR. "I W 1 HE WAe MIJCKELAJEWICZ... ( SL-E*S«5 } " a r-ni r> / . \ VOL) J \ DOWN WITH A COLD. J 7- rvi Zp' '(>p (\J >-■• ’■ I/ ' z=xVl V-AZ b—/-%' /H=ft ?s 7 ~~~ j——. 7r*r \ / S SFS. '*Y \ <SWkUJ e 1977 &y Nt A. me TM Peg US Pat Oft » ■ THE BORN LOSER by Art Sansom / I'M^OR?{,SIK...I^POMCT Xs PLEASE AZEFT M 4 DWT WANT PEOPLE WITHOUT TIES.OUT IF HOU 7 PERMIT TIELESS CUSTOMER'S, WITH OUR. “SHOW UP WITHOUT OWE, IHH W HDU OWE IT <7? S V HOUW.JJ- uOL v X1 L< \ 7 M *-n ) l s Aj yi St? \LJ? * fl vAI r - J j 5-6 / \r — ® quence. This altitude is often spoken as the physiological threshold, because one sees so few changes, if any, on ex posure to altitudes up to this level. People who have had strokes or who have vascular disease to the arteries to the brain should be certain that they have an optimal oxygen supply. An unrecognized anemia may be a factor in triggering a stroke? Why? Because the anemia may decrease the oxygen supply to the brain tissue and when that is combined with artery dis ease an area of the brain may be damaged from lack of ox ygen. Since older people are sometimes prone to strokes it is important that they have checkups for factors that can contribute to a stroke. This in cludes evaluation for an anemia. To give you more informa tion on strokes and factors that contribute to causing them I am sending you The Health Letter number 2-5, Strokes: Cerebral Vascular Accident — Cerebral Throm bosis. Others who want this in formation can send 50 cents with a long, stamped, self addressed envelope for mail ing. Send your request to me in care of this newspaper, P.O. Box 1551, Radio City Sta tion, New York, NY 10019. Smoking increases the chances of having a stroke. If your husband smokes he should stop entirely. The cigarette smoke increases the tendency for clot formation. It also produces carbon monox ide which unites with the hemoglobin in the red blood cells. These cells are then in active in transporting oxygen. In a sense a cigarette smoker is already living at altitude. It is little wonder then that cigarette smokers are more prone to strokes, because of the increased clotting and to some extent a functional anemia plus frequent lung dis ease. I NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN 1 FRANK AND ERNEST by Bob Thaves ” HAMBURGER FRANKFURTERS' i WhAT’S THIS, 99' A PINTJ—69 <A YARD I J TRYING TO ~\ i 1 ' M " 1 OUR BOARDING HOUSE with Major Hoople JOE, YOU MISUNDERSTAND—I'M W I AIN'T NOSHRINK, ON THE HORNS OF A CLASSIC MAJOR, BUT I 6ET DILEMMA! THE LADIES OF -4 AN EARFUL OVER THE WHIZ INSIST EP THAT THEY \ COUNTER.' 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