Cause

There are many possible causes for breath which has an unpleasant smell, including throat or mouth infections, blocked nose or sinusitis, gum disease (gingivitis), and tooth decay or abcesses.

Treatment

Treatment of the specific cause should help to alleviate bad breath. Use of an antibacterial mouthwash, and attention to dental hygiene are also important factors.

HEARING AIDS

Children who have moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss are usually fitted with a hearing aid. This is to amplify any hearing capability that still exists.

Hearing aids are available free of charge from Australian Hearing Services (formerly called the National Acoustic Laboratories), administered by the Commonwealth Government. There are centres throughout Australia. In addition to performing hearing tests, they also fit, maintain and service hearing aids. Your specialist will be able to organize the logistics of having a hearing aid fitted, as well as the education and counselling for families which are an important part of the process.

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The eye colour that a baby has at birth usually begins to change at around 6 months of age. Children who are going to have dark eyes tend to change a little earlier than this. Some babies are born with a blocked tear duct (see p. 205). The eyelids can look very puffy after birth, due to a build up in pressure as the baby passes down the birth canal. This tends to clear up within several days. Sometimes part of the white of the eye is reddened due to a little minor bleeding; this will also clear up and is no cause for concern.

If the mother has not been given any painkillers or anaesthetic which will influence the baby’s state of alertness, then from the moment of birth he will be able to fix his gaze on objects and follow them for a short distance. He can turn his eyes to where a sound is coming from, and prefers to look at objects which resemble the human face.

Nose

You may be worried that your baby has come out with a boxer’s nose! It is common for the nose to be flattened during the passage down the birth canal, and this corrects itself after a few days.

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OUT OF CONTEXT: Sexual interaction out of the context of loving, sharing, and mutual concern for partner, as a negotiation, trade-off, even payback destroys any chance for super marital sex. Loving Context is the eighth key to super marital sex.

IATROGENIC PROBLEMS: Physician-caused problems, through misinformation, fear, or refusal or inability to raise and answer sex questions can remain a lifelong handicap to sexual fulfillment for the patient encountering such a physician. Responsive, comfortable, knowledgeable professionals are the ninth key to super marital sex.

POOR GENERAL HEALTH: Running too hot (hostile-competitive-impatient) or too cold (depressed-inadequate-passive) or having untreated health problems can prevent sexual fulfillment. Good overall holistic health is the tenth key to super marital sex.

SEXISM: Relating any element of the sexual-response system to preassigned sex roles for either gender imposes artificial and destructive limits on sexual intimacy. Androgynous, nonsexist life orientation is the eleventh key to super marital sex.

SEXUAL ANESTHESIA: Closing ourselves to incoming stimulation from multiple sources, including sensory, extrasensory, physical, emotional, and cognitive stimuli, limits sexual sensitivity. Sensuality is openness to the sending and receiving of a wide range of stimulation. Broad, holistic sensuality is the twelfth key to super marital sex.

All marriages experience some of these problems sometimes. Being aware of the potential for such problems and of the difficulty in achieving and maintaining super marital sex is one major step to mobilizing marital strength to solve these problems. I will present a very special “thirteenth key” to super marital sex in Chapter Twelve, but for now, use the twelve keys above to open the door to your own super sex.

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Maybe that’s exactly why we live on average only 72 years, most of this time getting sick or expecting disease, and by the age of 65 or earlier having major health problems.

We simply follow bad habits.

Many people follow their habits and tradition without any criticism, just because they do not want any change or they do not want to be different from others.

Sometimes it is quite difficult to find any logic at all. For example some women, who seem to be quite health conscious, are ready to put almost anything on their faces just to look better (?) for a few hours. On the other hand, they would not even consider giving up their dinners, steaks, alcohol or perfumes to truly improve their health.

In the ancient literature we can find evidence, that many thousands of years ago people lived in good health for at least several hundred years.

Modern science is still looking for reasons why our lifespan is so short.

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It has been in use for over 100 years, and is called iris analysis or iris diagnosis.

Orthodox medicine is well aware that generalised disease can affect the eye and that proper medical examination of the whole eye may show some of these changes, even when there is no evidence elsewhere.

Tuberculosis, diabetes, atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries, sarcoidosis, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis (a bowel inflammation), syphilis and herpes zoster or shingles, all produce changes in the iris.

In iridology, the circular iris is divided into zones, and changes said to be in these areas are supposed to indicate disease in distant organs.

There is no scientific explanation for this and so orthodox medicine has tended to ignore it and regard it as “hocus-pocus”.

While iridology has been criticised, it has not been scientifically studied.

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Rapidly progressing acute appendicitis may go on to rupture of the organ where the infected contents are spilled into the general abdominal cavity and this causes peritonitis.

Even in this modern age, the mortality for ruptured appendix may be as high as five per cent, whereas the mortality for operation before rupture is so low as to be negligible. This is the main reason why early operation is advocated.

Sometimes the diagnosis is in doubt but appendicitis is the most likely cause of the trouble. If the condition appears to be progressing, the surgeon may decide to go ahead and operate, as there is no other way of confirming the diagnosis.

If he delays until he is certain, the appendix may rupture and the patient face greater risks.

Analysing appendices removed at operation and finding that a large number show no evidence of inflammation is not necessarily a reflection on the poor judgment of the surgeon. This is what makes invalid some criticism of doctors for performing “unnecessary” operations.

If the doctor is certain of the diagnosis, it is usual to make an incision in the right lower portion of the abdomen, directly over the appendix.

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Normally, we would not expect to become infected with this virus merely by touching surfaces that have been contaminated with fluid droplets from a carrier, unless our skin at the contact site had been scratched, cut, or pricked (thereby simulating the conditions of a transfusion or injection). Now, however, the British Medical Journal (284:84) points out, the skin of eczema or psoriasis victims is so permeable that, even without injury, it allows virus particles to pass through into the body’s interior. To avoid such infection, therefore, the Journal article recommends that chronic skin disease victims should be immunized with the new Hepatitis B vaccine.

Since many other potentially dangerous microorganisms lurk in moisture droplets on all kinds of surfaces, particularly in public places, people with chronic skin diseases should make a habit of touching things away from home as little as possible and should carefully wash and dry the skin whenever such contact is unavoidable.

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The key sign of a hernia is a bulge in one of the typical locations: just above the crease of the groin; in the scrotum of a boy; in the labia majora of a girl; below the crease of the groin; just above or below the navel; or at the navel.

A hernia in any of these locations is called a simple hernia if the contents of the sac can be reduced (pushed gently back into the abdominal cavity). If a hernia cannot be reduced, it is called incarcerated. Simple and incarcerated hernias often produce no discomfort or pain; they may merely cause a sense of heaviness. If the blood supply to the contents of the hernia is cut off, it is said to be strangulated. A strangulated hernia causes intense pain and swelling.

Home care

If there is any sign of a hernia, see your doctor.

A simple hernia can be temporarily reduced by gentle pressure while the child is relaxed – in a tub of warm water if necessary. Trusses and belts to keep a hernia reduced are useless and may be harmful or even dangerous. Strapping an umbilical hernia is considered of no benefit.

Precautions

• A strangulated hernia is a medical emergency that requires immediate (within hours) surgical correction. Signs that a hernia has become strangulated are swelling; severe pain; and sometimes nausea, vomiting, and extreme weakness or collapse. If any signs of a strangulated hernia appear, take your child to a doctor or hospital emergency department immediately.

• Never attempt to reduce a strangulated hernia.

Medical treatment

Surgical repair is required for all except umbilical hernias. An umbilical hernia usually cures itself. Since inguinal hernias often appear on both sides, the surgeon may correct both sides even though only one side is visibly herniated.

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That mean old levee sure does make us weep and moan-especially when it breaks. Flash floods can happen anywhere there are streams and sewers. And in the time it takes to soft-boil an egg, rising flood waters can hit peaks of 30 feet or more. Take flash flood warnings very seriously. You only have minutes or seconds to act.

Get high. A flood watch means that a flood is possible. A warning means that it’s coming very soon. When you hear a watch, move your furniture and valuables to higher floors in your home and fill your gas tank. If you hear a warning, be ready to evacuate the area and find higher ground on a moment’s notice, according to the American Red Cross.

Abandon ship. “If you’re in your car, do not drive into the water. I don’t care how shallow it looks,” implores Johnson. Cars are easily swept away in just two feet of water. If the water’s rising quickly around your car, get out and climb to higher ground.

Don’t go in the water. If you’re in your house and the basement has flooded, don’t go downstairs to investigate. You don’t know what has happened to the electrical system. The water can be charged and you can get a good shock. Once all the water has cleared, don’t try restoring the power or heat yourself; you could start a fire. Call professionals.

The Eye of the Storm

When it comes to tropical storms, be thankful that you don’t live in Bangladesh. A cyclone on this island south of India wiped out 139,000 people in 1991. Another killed 300,000 in 1970. In other parts of the world, where we give these cyclonic storms pet names and call them hurricanes, the death tolls aren’t so dramatic, but the devastation is still enormous.

Shop for the season. If you live in a hurricane-prone area, you should keep your food and medical necessities stocked up during late summer and early fall-prime hurricane season. After a severe hurricane, you can go as long as seven days without power or transportation.

Listen to the radio. A watch means that a hurricane may hit your area. A warning means that it will. During a watch, make sure that your car has gas; that you have any important papers, IDs, and daily medications that you need; and that you have a well-planned escape route. When there’s a warning, bring garbage cans and other large objects inside the garage or house. Shut off water, electricity, and gas. Close your shutters or put up plywood over your windows.

Wait the storm out-completely. If you’re there when the storm hits, and you’re told not to evacuate, the safest place to be is underground, such as in a basement. Be sure to stay away from windows. Stay tuned to the weather on a battery-powered radio until authorities issue an “all clear”. Often when the storm seems to subside, it’s really only the calm “eye” of the hurricane and the worst is yet to come. Plus, just to make you feel better, tornadoes can follow hurricanes.

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When I asked her about her personal life, she held her face in her hands and told me she had been through two disastrous marriages and various unhappy love affairs. “No one ever looks past my face and body,” she said. “My beauty is a curse.”

Explaining that I felt her symptoms were caused by negative thoughts, I asked her to say this affirmation several times a day: “This is the beginning of a wonderful new day for me. What I do today is important. When tomorrow comes this day will be gone, leaving behind whatever I have traded for it. I pledge to myself that this day shall be for good, for gain, for happiness and success.”

“Okay,” she said, listlessly. “I’ll try it.”

Three weeks later she bounced jubilantly into my office and said, “It worked! I said it every day, ten times a day. I got everyone in my office to say it with me, too. We stand in a circle every morning and hold hands when we say it. We’re all feeling better. It’s like we all share a secret medicine. It’s changed my whole attitude. I want every day to be a good day. I won’t let anything stand in the way of my good day.”

I see this woman once a year now, for her regular checkup. Her personal life is running smoothly now. She’s in good shape, not only physically but emotionally and spiritually as well.

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