Hay fever cannot be cured, but there are a number of ways you can improve the symptoms and afford some relief to your child. Preventive measures play an important role in the treatment of hay fever.

Your doctor may advise the use of antihistamines to help relieve your child’s symptoms. These are tablets or mixtures which damp down the allergic response seen in hay fever. The newer types of antihistamines do not cause drowsiness. Steroid nasal sprays are used to prevent an allergic reaction and can be safely used for 2-3 months during the hay fever season. Decongestant nose drops and sprays need to be used with caution because the way in which they decrease swelling is by narrowing down the local blood vessels. With prolonged use they can cause permanent damage to the lining of the nose.

Prevention

As much as possible avoid direct exposure to pollens during late spring and early summer. Expect your child to have worse symptoms if he is playing outside.

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Some babies are born with a full head of hair, which is usually brown. This begins to fall out after several weeks, and is gradually replaced by permanent hair which is not necessarily the same colour. Fine, dark body hair (lanugo) is often present on the body for the first month, especially in premature babies.

Head

For several days after birth the baby’s head may have a strange shape because it has been moulded by pressure during the baby’s passage down the birth canal. This soon returns to normal and is no cause for concern. Some swelling of the scalp may also be present (caput), which soon disappears. The diamond-shaped soft spor, or fontanelle on the crown of the head is clearly felt. This is the point where the skull bones will join together when the baby is around 18 months old and the growth of the brain is completed. Pulsations may be visible with each heart beat over this area. A smaller fontanelle is present towards the back of the head, which may be more difficult to feel. Bruising may be present over the face or head, especially after a forceps delivery. This heals gradually and will soon disappear.

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FEAR: Spouses were afraid, afraid of failure, embarrassment, of not living up to their partner’s or even society’s “sexpectations.” Confidence in self and in the marriage is necessary for our natural sexual-response system to flourish. Confidence is the second key to super marital sex.

OBLIGATION: Spouses reported feelings of “ought to’s” in their sexual system that took away from the opportunity to experience what they would like to experience. Natural sexual response is blocked by conscious attempts to “do something” that “should” be done. Freedom is the third key to super marital sex.

VOYEURISM: This is a form of “group” sex in which each partner is busy watching self, other, and “us” rather than experiencing and sharing in the sexual interaction. Involvement is the fourth key to super marital sex.

WITHHOLDING: This was the “economic problem” for the couples, feeling that one or both spouses had to “earn” sexual fulfillment through sexual expertise and good timing or activities outside the sexual area traded for sexual favors. Trust that you are accepted and desired sexually for who you are and not what you have done is necessary for spontaneous sexual response. Trust is the fifth key to super marital sex.

PERFORMANCE: Masters and Johnson felt that an orientation toward performance interfered with sexual response, and my interviews verified this. Making sex an event instead of an experience can destroy any real joy in the interaction. Sharing is the sixth key to super marital sex.

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Discussing benefits of pure vegetarian (vegan) cuisine as well as recipes is yet again a quite substantial topic and exceeds the scope of this book. For information about the vegetarian cuisine please read books by Ch. Lehman or M.Diamond listed in the References.

Microwaves

Using microwave radiation to cook or heat food changes the molecular structure of food. There is a consistent scientific evidence, that such food is harder to metabolise. We should avoid microwave cooking if possible.

How much to eat ?

This is also a very important question. The answer is quite simple . as little as possible to feel active and comfortable. Note, that eating too much is equivalent to overloading your body with additional duties, related to the processing and disposal of extra waste. Your mind is engaged too, reducing your intellectual and spiritual abilities.

During fasting, you will learn, that the feeling of hunger, as well as the tendency to overeat are typical reactions of a toxic body. If the body is pure and you try not to poison it excessively, your body will always tell you when you have had enough food. Just pay careful attention to what your body is telling you. That’s all.

It is easier to receive and understand such messages, when you eat slowly and chew your food well.

When should we eat ?

In the mountains of Georgia, where people live well beyond 100 years and even make babies at 100, they have a saying:

“Eat breakfast yourself share lunch with your friend, and give dinner to your enemy”.

I cannot help admiring the beauty and wisdom of this ancient proverb. What it says is that we should take food before the activities of the day, and to not take any food before going to bed for the whole night. Doing so, we feel energetic during the day, and we greatly assist our mind-body system in the night’s rest, freeing the resources necessary for everyday healing, repairs, maintenance, as well as for spiritual development.

Note, that most people do exactly the opposite: dinner is their main meal. They all wonder why their health is deteriorating quickly with age.

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Usually, only one injection is needed to stimulate the production of antibodies and immunity should be at its peak a month after injection.

However, its effect then tends to wane and it is relatively ineffective after six months but a further injection each year will ensure protection is kept.

When the virus radically changes its nature, the new vaccine usually requires two doses, a month apart, to achieve full protection. The vaccine is regarded as being between 75 and 90 per cent effective.

Most new strains appear in the northern hemisphere during their winter and do not affect Australia until our winter, some six months later.

This enables the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, who make the vaccine in Australia, to produce a vaccine which will be effective against the current strain.

Although many people complain about the vaccine and believe it may cause an attack similar to the flu, the number of reactions are small.

In recent years greater purification of the vaccine has led to fewer reactions. There may be a sore arm for a couple of hours or even a day or so and, in a few people there may be a mild respiratory type illness for one or two days but severe reactions are rare.

Of course, those people incubating a cold at the time will blame the vaccine for the subsequent symptoms.

The vaccine is usually given in April or May. Who should have it? Certainly those at greatest risk should. This includes the very young, the very old, the very sick, and doctors and nurses, who come in close contact with patients, and those in close contact with the public.

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Although appendicitis may occur at any age, it is rare before the age of two and uncommon in the elderly. In the very young, the very old and in pregnancy it may be difficult to diagnose.

In a condition so common, it is surprising just how difficult, at times, appendicitis may be to diagnose. Chest infections like pneumonia, gallbladder attacks, kidney stones or infection, gastro-enteritis and pelvic inflammation in women may all mimic appendicitis and cause confusion.

The acute attack may spontaneously subside over one or two days or grumble on for several days. An attack may develop and then rapidly progress so that operation becomes a necessity.

The attacks of acute inflammation may be recurrent and, although each attack in itself is not severe enough to warrant operation, both the sufferer and his doctor may decide “enough is enough” and elect to have the appendix removed, either during the next attack or at some more convenient time.

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Although there is no proof of cause-and-effect, according to aLancet (2:300) report, the evidence strongly suggests that many of these potentially fatal bone marrow disorders result from exposure to insecticide mist or fog. Malathion, DDVP, Raid, Holiday Fogger, and Baygon were among the household insecticides to which the aplastic anemia and leukemia victims were exposed. Children, it seems, are much more susceptible than adults, and insecticide inhalation is more dangerous for them than is contact with the skin. Most victims were exposed to mist or fog for only a few hours and did not begin to feel unwell until several days or weeks later.

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Symptom

A bulge in one of the typical locations:

• just above or below the crease of the groin

• just above or below the navel

• at the navel

Home care

If you suspect a hernia, take the child to the doctor.

Precautions

-    A strangulated hernia is a medical emergency that must be immediately corrected surgically (within hours). Signs that a hernia has become strangulated are: swelling; severe pain; nausea; vomiting; severe weakness or collapse. If these symptoms appear, take your child to the hospital immediately. Never attempt home care for a strangulated hernia.

-    Trusses or belts used to reduce a hernia are useless and may be harmful or dangerous.

-    Doctors do not consider it beneficial to strap an umbilical hernia.

A hernia (or rupture) is a protrusion of tissue through the wall of the body cavity. It might be compared to the protrusion of an inner tube through a hole in an automobile tire. Several types of hernias may occur in children.

The most common hernia in a child is an indirect inguinal hernia, which is present at birth but may be or may not be recognized immediately. In fact, this type of hernia is not usually noticed until some later age. The hernia begins as a bulge just above the midpoint of the crease of the groin. It then enlarges toward the middle of the body until it reaches and enters the scrotum (the pouch containing the testes) of a boy or the labia majora (outer folds of the external genitals) of a girl. The bulge is actually a pouch-like sac underneath the skin made of peritoneum (the membrane that lines the abdominal cavity). The sac usually contains either a portion of the veil-like apron that overlies the intestines or a loop of the small intestine. Less often, it contains a loop of the large bowel, part of the urinary bladder, or an ovary.

A rarer hernia in children is a femoral hernia, which appears below the crease of the groin, near where the pulse of the main artery to the leg can be felt. Occasionally, a ventral hernia appears in the midline of the abdomen, above or below the navel. In infants, an umbilical hernia often appears at the umbilicus (the navel). This is not a true hernia, however, because it contains no sac. An umbilical hernia usually disappears on its own before the child reaches five years of age.

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Stay tuned. “Doppler weather forecasters can locate a tornado before it touches down,” says Johnson. Since tornadoes occur as the result of a nasty thunderstorm, you should check out the radio or television news if there’s a bad boomer in your area. You also can buy a weather radio with a warning alarm that will turn on automatically and warn you when a tornado watch or warning has been issued. They are available at electronics stores.

Go when it’s green. If you’re out and about, be warned when the sky turns green, there’s large hail, you see a wall of clouds, or you hear a loud roar like a freight train. These are signs that a tornado may be on the way – unless, of course, you live next to the railroad tracks.

Get down. “Get to the basement if you can,” says Johnson. “If you can’t, go to a center hallway, a bathroom, or a closet on the lowest floor. You want to find a strong, low location.”

Get out of the car. If you’re in your car or a mobile home during a tornado, get out and find shelter. If you can’t get into the basement of a nearby building, lie flat in a ditch or low-lying area.

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The physical examination and laboratory tests revealed no medical problems. It was clear, however, that he had a very negative attitude toward himself, his business, his wife and life in general. Since his lack of business seemed to bother him the most, I gave him a success affirmation.

“When you wake up in the morning,” I told him, “I want you to say: ‘I’ve got so much work I can’t handle it! I love my work!’ And I want you to see and feel yourself as having all that work.”

He looked at me like I was crazy. “Listen, Arnold,” he said, “I sit on my hands all day. My tools are getting rusty. I do all my jobs in two hours, then I sit around waiting for the phone to ring.”

“Nevertheless,” I answered, “I want you to say it 50, 60 times a day: I’ve got so much business I can’t handle it all! Say it, see it and feel it.”

He agreed to write the affirmation down on a card, tape the card to his phone and repeat the affirmation 50 times a day. But he didn’t seem to have much faith in the idea. When he left, I wondered if I would ever see him again.

A few months later he came back to my office and said, with a big grin, “Doc, you’ve got to turn it off! I’ve got so much business I can’t handle it. This affirmation stuff really works! Look, when I left here last time I was going to find a real doctor who would give me some real medicine. But I said the affirmation anyway, and I’ll be damned if it didn’t change my attitude. I started saying and visualizing that I had lots of customers and was happy. I guess my good attitude rubbed off on my customers, because they called me more and more and told their friends about me. The more business I got, the better I felt, and the more I affirmed, the more business I got!”

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