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43 The Health Bulletin February, 1958 effort had been for nought," the doctors said. It did, however, lead to the study proving the validity of dermal prints as a means of identification. NUTRITION PLAYS NO ROLE IN ARTHRITIC PROCESS There is no special diet for the treatment of arthritis, according to the American Medical Association's Council on Foods and Nutrition. In a special report prepared for the council, Dr. William D. Robinson, Ann Arbor, Mich., said joint diseases are "essentially diseases of the supporting structure of the body, the connective tissue." It is "extremely unlikely that the functioning of this tissue can be directly affected by dietary manipulation." However, patients with diseases of joints do need to pay attention to then-diet, because of its effect on their general state of health, Dr. Robinson said. Many diets and specific vitamins and minerals have been suggested for the treatment of arthritis, but research has failed to show any relationship between nutrition and the cause of most rheumatic diseases. Gout is the only fairly common form of joint disease in which diet and the use of food by the body have been shown to affect the disease. Food allergy, high fat diets, and periods of fasting all precipitate gout attacks; therefore, patients need to watch their diets carefully. Occasionally special diets are needed by persons with arthritis, even though they will have no effect on the disease itself. For instance, overweight patients often need to lose weight to reduce the load on the affected weight-bearing joints. Diets high in calories, proteins, vitamins, and minerals are sometimes necessary for patients who have lost weight and muscle tissue, a situation frequently encountered in rheumatoid arthritis. Dr. Robinson noted that many forms of rheumatic disease are self-limiting, with a tendency to subside spontaneously after a varying length of time. Confusion of such conditions as bursitis or psychogenic rheumatism with various types of arthritis undoubtedly has been responsible for the claims of value for various diets and vitamins as treatments for arthritis. Dietary treatment for the arthritic patient may be an important aspect of the total program of effective treatment, but such treatment "must be adapted to the general condition of the individual patient as well as to the type of rheumatic disease present," Dr. Robinson concluded. He is in the department of internal medicine and the Rackham Arthritis Research Unit of the University of Michigan. His report appeared in the Journal of the A.M.A. TWO-MONTH-OLD BABIES NEED POLIO SHOTS Polio shots for infants as young as two months were recommended recently in a guest editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association. At present shots are generally begun at six months of age. However, several groups of researchers have found that many infants lose the immunity with which they are born before they reach six months. Dr. Lauri D. Thrupp, chief of the poliomyelitis surveillance unit of the U. S. Public Health Service's Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, Ga., said the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended beginning the shots at two months. The third shot should follow the first two by at least six or seven months. During 1956, attack rates of paralytic polio were highest in one-year-old children and the largest proportion of cases occurred in the under-five-year age group, Dr. Thrupp said. Preliminary data for 1957 indicate that a comparably high proportion of paralytic cases is occurring in pre-school-age children.
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-04: The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
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Date | 1958 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-073 |
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Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Fixed Title * | Page 12 |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1958 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-073-0042 |
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Language | English |
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Volume Number | 73 |
Issue Number | 3 |
Page Number | 12 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 43 The Health Bulletin February, 1958 effort had been for nought" the doctors said. It did, however, lead to the study proving the validity of dermal prints as a means of identification. NUTRITION PLAYS NO ROLE IN ARTHRITIC PROCESS There is no special diet for the treatment of arthritis, according to the American Medical Association's Council on Foods and Nutrition. In a special report prepared for the council, Dr. William D. Robinson, Ann Arbor, Mich., said joint diseases are "essentially diseases of the supporting structure of the body, the connective tissue." It is "extremely unlikely that the functioning of this tissue can be directly affected by dietary manipulation." However, patients with diseases of joints do need to pay attention to then-diet, because of its effect on their general state of health, Dr. Robinson said. Many diets and specific vitamins and minerals have been suggested for the treatment of arthritis, but research has failed to show any relationship between nutrition and the cause of most rheumatic diseases. Gout is the only fairly common form of joint disease in which diet and the use of food by the body have been shown to affect the disease. Food allergy, high fat diets, and periods of fasting all precipitate gout attacks; therefore, patients need to watch their diets carefully. Occasionally special diets are needed by persons with arthritis, even though they will have no effect on the disease itself. For instance, overweight patients often need to lose weight to reduce the load on the affected weight-bearing joints. Diets high in calories, proteins, vitamins, and minerals are sometimes necessary for patients who have lost weight and muscle tissue, a situation frequently encountered in rheumatoid arthritis. Dr. Robinson noted that many forms of rheumatic disease are self-limiting, with a tendency to subside spontaneously after a varying length of time. Confusion of such conditions as bursitis or psychogenic rheumatism with various types of arthritis undoubtedly has been responsible for the claims of value for various diets and vitamins as treatments for arthritis. Dietary treatment for the arthritic patient may be an important aspect of the total program of effective treatment, but such treatment "must be adapted to the general condition of the individual patient as well as to the type of rheumatic disease present" Dr. Robinson concluded. He is in the department of internal medicine and the Rackham Arthritis Research Unit of the University of Michigan. His report appeared in the Journal of the A.M.A. TWO-MONTH-OLD BABIES NEED POLIO SHOTS Polio shots for infants as young as two months were recommended recently in a guest editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association. At present shots are generally begun at six months of age. However, several groups of researchers have found that many infants lose the immunity with which they are born before they reach six months. Dr. Lauri D. Thrupp, chief of the poliomyelitis surveillance unit of the U. S. Public Health Service's Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, Ga., said the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended beginning the shots at two months. The third shot should follow the first two by at least six or seven months. During 1956, attack rates of paralytic polio were highest in one-year-old children and the largest proportion of cases occurred in the under-five-year age group, Dr. Thrupp said. Preliminary data for 1957 indicate that a comparably high proportion of paralytic cases is occurring in pre-school-age children. |
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