Hoarseness in children is usually the result of inflammation of the voice box (laryngitis) or throat. This is usually due to infection with a virus. The child may also have a fever and a cough.

There is no specific treatment, but encouraging your child to speak as little as possible and to drink plenty of fluids, can ease the symptoms. Paracetamol, used according to directions, may soothe a sore throat. The voice usually returns after a few days.

MOUTH ULCERS

Cause

Mouth ulcers are tiny little breaks in the lining of the mouth or on the tongue, which are thought to be caused by a virus. They occur more frequently when your child has been ill, or fatigued, as well as during periods of stress.

Clinical features

Round, white sores are visible on the lining of the mouth or cheeks, or on the surface of the tongue and these can be quite painful, especially if salty or spicy foods are eaten. Your child may refuse food for a short while.

Treatment

Mouth ulcers usually clear up within a week without any specific treatment. If your child is distressed by the stinging pain, try applying a mouth gel to the area. These are available over the counter from the chemist.

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Sometimes a newborn baby’s feet are turned inwards temporarily as a result of their cramped position in the womb. This will correct itself by the first year. If the feet can be readily moved to a normal position then your baby is unlikely to have a club foot.

Reflexes

Certain reflexes are present in the newborn. These are instinctive movements, which gradually disappear over the first few months as the nervous system matures. Startle reflex (Moro reflex) When the baby is startled by sudden noise or movement, he flings both of his arms out to the side and spreads his fingers. Stepping reflex When the newborn baby is held up and his foot is put in contact with a horizontal surface, such as the edge of a table, he lifts his feet as if trying to walk.

Grasp reflex

A newborn baby will grasp your finger with his hand and not let go. The baby’s grip is surprisingly strong. This reflex persists until the age of about 8 weeks, after which active grasping becomes more developed as hand-eye co-ordination improves.

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Feeling good and having a health problem. We can thrive even when we are sick, particularly if we remember that sickness is part of health, part of the natural rhythm of life. Our health-conscious society has mistaken wellness for absence of medical problems, resulting in a defensive approach to daily living, a “preventive” life-style of running from the fear of illness. We must learn not only to live “well” even when we are sick, but to rally in the face of challenges to our system. Sex can be one of the most constructive ways of dealing with illness, yet few doctors provide prescriptions for love. In fact, most hospitals seem to go out of their way to prevent intimacy, the healing touching we all need when we are sick-

If we consider sex the sole prerogative of the “totally well,” of us are going to miss out on the most fulfilling of life’s opportunities. Sickness is affected by sex as much as it affects sex, and I hope this chapter will help in clarifying this vital life relationship As a starting point, I provide a Sexual Health Status Examination the equivalent of the annual physical exam. The problem with the physical exam is contained in the name of this procedure. It is “physical” and tends to ignore the mind/spirit/body/feeling interrelationship. It is an “exam” instead of a learning experience, a test without a lesson. Even though the word “doctor” itself derives from a root word meaning to teach, too few physicians actually teach anything at the physical examination. If a problem is found sex is seen as, according to one physician, “the last thing patients should be thinking about when they are sick.” Actually, we may be sick partly because sex is one of the last things we are thinking about.

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Deadly poisons are everywhere around us, most of them as a result of human (“industrial”) activity, and we have to learn how to avoid them, at least in our food.

A poisoned body cannot control the population of various bacteria and parasites. Activity of parasites in our poisoned body can completely ruin our health.

We are not only poisoned: we have a clogged digestive system as well as a constipated mind. There is no room for coherent new ideas.

When we eliminate toxins from our body and obstacles from our mind, the body HEALS ITSELF, quickly and effortlessly.

The key to perfect health is therefore elimination of poisons from the body, purification of the mind and changing our diet to minimise the intake of poisons.

Purification of our mind (thoughts) can be as important as physical detoxification, since it is our mind at all levels which ultimately controls every function of our body.

Natural detoxification techniques include enema, fasting, exercise, sauna, oxygen therapies etc., combined with the drinking of a minimum of 2-3 litres of spring water a day.

Removal of dental amalgams is strongly recommended.

The two most important elements of our diet are: pure water and pure air.

It is not possible to attain and maintain the state of perfect health without paying great attention to diet and minimising the intake of poisons into our body.

Studying various diseases and cures for each of them is a waste of time. Such approach concentrates on symptoms, disregarding the cause.

Rather then applying a separate remedy to each disease, it is possible to cure ALL diseases. Normalising weight, curing cancer, getting rid of allergies, infections, acne, arthritis, tobacco, alcohol and other addictions, stopping and even partially reversing the ageing process etc., all is possible in the ONE simple process, described in this book. It is easy and nearly effortless. Anyone can do it.

There are no miracles. Performing so called “miracles” is just using the knowledge. You do not need to believe. You need to know.

Hoping is not enough. We have plenty to learn. (The best way to learn is to learn to listen to your own higher mind first).

Curing other people does not really help them. Much better is to inform them so they could heal themselves.

Warning : the side effect of the restoration of the perfect health is gaining the access to the unlimited potential of your mind.

You have a choice.

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Tuberculosis and syphillis were once common causes of iritis. Other venereal diseases such as gonorrhoea, or NSU, non-specific urethritis, can be the cause.

Any acute infectious disease, bacterial or viral, may be the cause of an iritis. And this inflammation is also commonly associated with several of the rheumatic disorders, such as ankylosing spondylitis which involves the spine, or rheumatoid arthritis.

Some of the autoimmune diseases, of connective tissue, which are closely related to the rheumatic disorders, may also be the cause.

The back of the iris lies against the capsule of the lens, which focuses the light waves on the retina, the layer of light sensitive nerves lying on the back wall of the eye.

With the inflammation there is an outpouring of a sticky fluid, which can cause the iris to stick to the front of the lens.

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In asthma, there is an oversensitivity of the bronchial tubes and, in allergic individuals, a generalised hypersensitivity to certain foreign proteins or allergens. These may be animal fur, grass pollens, the house dust mite, sometimes chemicals eaten or breathed or even food.

Many things can trigger off the asthma. They are believed to stimulate mast cells in the lining of the bronchial tubes and these cells release chemicals like histamine which cause the muscle constriction, the swelling of the lining and the excess production of mucus.

These are infection, allergy, emotion, exercise or combinations of them all.

Asthma usually starts in childhood and it is then an accurate diagnosis should be made.

If asthma is the diagnosis, then how severe it is and how often it comes are important, because these things will influence the treatment.

Children may wheeze with any chest infection but asthma is the commonest cause of recurrent wheezing.

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If tampons block menstrual flow and keep blood in the vagina, they ask, won’t the tampon help push some of the blood back into die uterus?

What about the chance for infection? Aren’t tampons actually an unsanitary way to manage menstrual flow? They remember the scare years ago from toxic shock syndrome and its connection to tampons.

Finally, they might add, “I know something is wrong because sometimes my body seems to expel a portion of the tampon naturally. Isn’t this an indication that I might be doing something harmful to my health? Aren’t pads the safer choice?”

These issues have all been scrutinized by gynecologists and clinicians studying every subtlety involved in endometriosis. One such study, conducted by Karen Lamb. Ph.D., and Nancy Berg at the Medical College of Wisconsin, investigated the tampon-endometriosis connection with nearly five hundred respondents who were members of the Endometriosis Association and sufferers of the disease. The study resulted in a number of conclusions. Among the most significant of them are these: tampon usage for women with endometriosis was not greater than rates for the general population, and, as yet, there is no clue to the role tampons play, if any, in the disease.

The cardboard-encased tampon was invented in 1933 by an ingenious Colorado physician. Tampax Incorporated, which bought the patent three years later, popularized the product almost single-handedly over the next thirty years or so. Other companies then entered the tampon market, introducing their own version of the original. Although today Sanitary napkins outsell tampons by a small margin, to some women, tampons have the benefits of contained blood flow, comfort, and invisibility.

The tampon as we know it has not come this far without its own brand of controversy. The subject of some moral and scientific debate until the mid-1960s, the tampon triumphantly held its position as a safe and reliable women’s hygiene product. Then in 1980 a sudden wave of toxic shock syndrome (TSS) mistakenly focused on tampons as the cause of this illness. One fact used for validation was that the illness seemed to strike white women, many of whom were menstruating at the time, and most of whom were using tampons.

Researchers into toxic shock syndrome, however, postulate one link between menstruation, tampons, and the illness. “Supctabsorbent” tampons, most notably, expand to creat a pluglike effect, thereby trapping excess menstrual blood in a pool in the vagina. This pool of Wood in combination with the blood-soaked tampon may in some cases create an airtight culture medium. In such an environment, bacteria might flourish and the toxin may develop. Another variable was found by researchers; tampons left in the vagina for periods of time greater than the four or five hours recommended (for example, those worn overnight) might cause abrasions, irritations, or sores in the vagina thereby encouraging bacterial growth.

It is became tampons can stop the flow of menstrual blood out of the body that endometriosis sufferers bring up their first worry; couldn’t a tampon somehow create enough mechanical pressure to flush blood back into the uterus? The answer is no! Once menstrual blood has passed through the cervix and enters the Vagina, it will only leave the body. Since a tampon is placed in the lower part of the vagina, it does not block the blood’s exit from the cervix.

What of the feeling that the body expels tampons because they arc unnatural devices? If endometriosis sufferers find that a tampon dislodges itself and moves down the vagina the reason is tied to uterine contractions and menstrual cramps, not to “intuitive” biological knowledge, women with endometriosis almost always have menstrual cramps, and these cramps exist in differing degrees of intensity: In fact, uterine contractions can even be measured on a scale. For example, the average force required to drive a baby out through the cervix is 50 millimeter mercury. The low end of the scale is 10 millimeter mercury. The force of severe menstrual cramps has been measured at 100 millimeter mercury. This gives you a good sense not only of the pain a woman will feel but of why a tampon would move down the vagina.

The wisest use of tampons is to change them every four or five hours, which gives the vagina a chance to cleanse itself; and to wear sanitary napkins overnight. Until further research is completed, 100 percent cotton tampons should be used, instead of those with synthetic fibers or deodorants.

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There are various known causes of hives (and probably as many unknown).

Foods and additives. Certain foods, including eggs, shellfish, and nuts, may be implicated. More important however, are the various food additives, in particular benzoic acid and its derivatives, which are used as preservatives, also the yellow azo dye, tartrazine. A carefully documented dietary chart may help discover whether a particular foodstuff is causing hives. Alternatively, a strict diet may be followed, reintroducing one item at a time. If food preservatives or colouring matter are suspected, then an appropriate diet excluding these may help sort this out.

Drugs. There are various medications which frequently cause niyes. These include aspirin and the various salicylates, such as Alka Seltzer. Codeine, Indocid, Brufen, Sulphonamides, and of course penicillin may also cause this condition. A little-known fact is that some cows are treated with penicillin for mastitis. Subsequently, individuals who have a history of penicillin allergy may be absorbing enough penicillin from the milk or other dairy products to cause hives.

Cosmetics, pollens, etc. Make-up, creams, soaps and shampoos may cause hives, though such cases are rare. Even metal bone prostheses, such as artificial hips or leg plates, may be implicated. Toothpaste containing menthol or fluoride has also been known to cause hives. The inhalation of such things as grass pollens or chromate fumes from welding occasionally cause hives.

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Does a high-fat meal reduce appetite? Professor Blundell and his colleagues at Leeds university have studied the effects of dietary fat on feeding patterns in humans. They have shown that the most important determinant of the amount of energy consumed in a meal was the macronutrient content of the meal and not the prior level of hunger. For comparison, subjects were required to eat a high-fat dinner one day and then a high-carbohydrate dinner on another day. Surprisingly, the high-energy, high-fat meal did not suppress eating later in the day, nor did it have a significant effect on energy consumed the following day when compared to the lower energy high-carbohydrate meal.

This means that periodic exposure to high-fat meals will lead to over-consumption of energy which is never compensated for later. Fat can also leave a type of ‘fat hangover’ which causes a person to feel full or bloated, but still with an appetite to eat more. It is useful to learn to recognise this ‘hangover’ and to realise that it can be avoided (by reducing the fat content of meals). In a practical sense, it is always easy to slip some more fatty food (e.g. Chocolate dessert) in at the end of a meal, but this is much less likely to happen with carbohydrate.

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Denial

Some women cannot accept that they have a disease. They will not accept the fact that it may cause infertility, may interrupt their lives, relationships and careers. They believe that if they ignore it the symptoms and disease will just go away. They turn a blind eye to it all and bury their head in the sand.

Confusion

For others, the relief of finally knowing what is wrong is clouded by fear and confusion, particularly if they have never heard of endometriosis or know only a little about the disease.

Many women are told the best ‘cure’ is to have a baby. For teenagers, those not in a relationship, or those who had decided not to have children, this can be a confusing and annoying ’solution’.

It is normal to want to know the answers to several questions. The most common questions are:

What causes endometriosis

Can I have children

What treatment is available

Will the treatment I choose get rid of the pain

Can I be cured

Is it hereditary

Is it a sexually transmitted disease

Where do I go from here.

The more accurate information and support that you receive soon after you have been diagnosed, the less likely you will be confused and unsure of the next steps in dealing with this disease.

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