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HEALTH
Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D.
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Gas can be controlled
By Lawrence Lamb, M.D.
DEAR DR. LAMB-I’ve
had trouble with gas on my
stomach for about a year
now. My doctor says I eat
too fast. I have always been
a slow eater.
I do not have a problem
with constipation but do
have trouble passing gas
and having a bowel move
ment. I don’t think it’s what
I eat; it’s anything, about an
hour after I eat anything.
It’s very uncomfortable, and
my stomach makes very
loud noises which are very
embarrassing.
I’ve told my doctor this,
too. My stomach doesn’t
hurt, just swells until I do
have a bowel movement. Is
there anything you can tell
me that will help?
DEAR READER—This is
a fairly common complaint.
Every one has some gas or
air in the digestive system.
You can’t eat or drink with
out swallowing some air.
The way a person eats can
add to swallowing air. Most
people pa&s the air they
swallow readily and they are
not even aware that it has
happened. Others have real
problems with it—at least 10
percent of the population.
Fermentation in the diges
tive system is another cause
for gas. The classic example
here is mature bean seeds.
They contain a triple sugar
that cannot be broken down
by digestion and this car
bohydrate ferments releas
ing gas. This also happens in
people who cannot digest
lactose, the double sugar in
milk. These people find that
milk and milk products are a
major cause of gas and
sometimes more distressing
symptoms.
I am sending you The
Health Letter number 6-8,
Controlling Gaseousness,
which will give you a com
plete review of the various
POLLY'S POINTERS
Polly Cramer
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Smoke stains are a problem
By Polly Cramer
POLLY’S PROBLEM
DEAR POLLY - I recently purchased a lovely
home but the flagstone fireplace is stained with
smoke, some apparently spilled liquor and seems
greasy where someone probably roasted franks in
the fireplace. I hope you or some of the readers of
your fine column will tell me how to remove these
stains without damaging the flagstones. - Mr. G.G.,
Jr.
DEAR MR. G.G., JR. - You really have problems.
Some authorities suggest cleaning smoke stained
stone fireplaces as follows. Add four ounces yellow
laundry soap to enough hot water to make a quart of
soft soap. Heat until soap dissolves, cool and then stir
in one-half pound powdered pumice stone and one
half cup household ammonia. After mixing well use
to scrub stones with a stiff brush. Use a clean brush
to apply another coat and leave on about fiftßen
minutes, scrub off with brush and clean warm water.
Rinse with more clear warm water. Test first just to
be sure of effects on your particular stone. Perhaps
this will also remove those various other spots. -
POLLY.
DEAR POLLY - N.M.B. wrote how she stores he
embroidery floss in pill containers so I want to tell the
other readers how I keep mine in a small manual type
book, about five by seven and a half inches, that has about
75 pages in it. Each color is kept on a separate page and
different shades of that color on the adjoining pages. I
store this book and its contents in a candy box in which I
also put my embroidery needles with the needle most
recently used stuck in the corner of the book. If the box is
large enough embroidery hoops and scissors can also be
stored in it so everything is quickly available when one
wants to embroider. - HAZEL.
DEAR POLLY -1 open up empty waxed cardboard milk
cartons, fill them not quite full of water and then freeze. I
usually have several on hand and use them to line the
bottom of our cooler when it is used for a picnic or on the
boat. This keeps the food nice and cool and such a block of
ice lasts much longer than small ice cubes. - NANCY.
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causes of gas, gas pains and
what you can do about it.
Others who want this infor
mation can send 50 cents
with a long, stamped, self
addressed envelope for it to
me in care of this newspa
per, P.O. Box 1551, Radio
City Station, New York, NY
10019. By following a few
simple rules, you may be
able to help yourself. You
can identify whether or not
you swallow air, and per
haps break the habit.
The loud noises you de
scribe in your stomach are
caused by forceful contrac
tions of your digestive sys
tem. The whole tube from
mouth to rectum contains a
middle layer of muscles that
contract and relax to move
the food along for digestion.
The over-active bowel
sounds suggests that you
may have some element of a
spastic colon. When the co
lon goes into spasm from the
over-contraction of the mus
cles in it, the spasm shuts off
the opening. The food, liq
uid, and gas behind the
spasm is literally trapped,
and nothing will happen un
til the spasm is relieved.
This can cause severe pain
either from the spasm which
acts like a muscle cramp or
from distention and stretch
ing caused by the trapped
gas. It doesn’t matter
whether the gas is from
swallowed air, fermentation
or both. It hurts just as bad.
That suggests that you
may need some treatment
for spastic colon. One of
your best helps here is to add
bulk in the form of cereal
fiber as found in bran foods.
Also try to establish regular
habits. I am sending you The
Health Letter number 2-*4,
Spastic or Irritable Colon, to
give you more information
on what to do about an over
active colon.
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