sh
o
uld be boil
e
d only once. The patient
can be permitted cereals in his food after two weeks.
Tip 34. Stress causes headaches.
Intense emotions often cause head
a
ches. Many people who outwardly appear to have a
pleasant disposition m
a
y actually be simmering about
a job,
or may bear resentment towards a person or s
o
mething. This hidden h
o
stility may manifest i
t
self
as headac
h
e. It is impo
r
tant, therefore, that negative feelings s
ho
uld not be
b
ottled up, b
u
t should find some safe means of expressions.
How can y
o
u know your headache is due to str
e
ss? The answer is simple. Tight neck muscles are
a
sign
of
stress.
Pain
across
the
f
orehead
is
a
sign
of
str
e
ss.
What can you do to treat
stress hea
d
aches. To r
e
lieve tensio
n
, add tensi
o
n. Tighten t
h
e
muscles at
t
he back of
t
he neck as
you count 10, and then
release. If you repeat this exercise several times, your headache will be
relieved.
Tip 35. The
Surprising
Causes of Leucoderma
Many
wrong
beliefs are
prevalent about the causes of leuco
d
erma. It is not caused
b
y eating fish and dri
n
king milk at
t
he same time, as
is ge
n
erally believed because
even veget
a
rians
suffer from this disorder.
Other food combinations such
a
s
p
umpkin and milk, onion
and milk as possible
ca
u
s
es of le
u
c
o
derma also have no basis.
Leucoderma is not ca
us
ed by any
g
erms; nor is it due bad blood. It is neither infecti
o
us nor contagious.
It cannot be
transmitted from one person to anot
h
er by physical contact.
The main causes of le
uc
oderma are excessive mental worry, chronic or
a
c
ute gastric
disorder, impaired hepatic func
t
i
o
n such as
j
a
undice, wo
rm
s or other parasites in
the alimentary canal, ailments like typhoid which affect the gastrointes
t
inal tract, d
e
fective perspiration mechanism
and burn injuries. Often the hormone secreting
glands are involved in this disorder.
Heredity is also a ca
us
ative factor and about
3
0 per cent of
patients h
a
ve a family
history of the disorder.
Tip 36. Tin
g
ling, burning, stabbing pains? The problem could be neuritis.
The main symptoms of
n
euritis are tingling, burning, and sta
b
bing pains
in the affect
e
d nerves.
In severe cases, there may be num
b
ness and l
o
ss of se
n
s
ation and paralysis of the
n
earby muscles. T
h
us a temporary paralysis of the face
may result from changes in the facial nerves
on the affec
t
ed side. Du
r
ing the acu
t
e stage of t
h
is condi
t
ion,
the patient
may not be
able to close the e
y
es due to l
o
ss of normal tone and st
r
ength by the muscles on the affected side of the face.
The chief c
a
use of neuri
t
is is
chronic
acidosis, th
a
t is, excessive acid co
n
dition of the
blood and other body fluids. All the
body fluids should be alkaline in th
e
ir reaction, b
u
t when the acid
waste matter is conti
n
u
o
usly formed in the tissu
e
s over a long period due to a faulty diet, it results in
acidosis. Wro
n
g habits of living, over work, etc., l
o
wer the tone of nervous system and contrib
u
te towards neuritis. This
disease
can also result
f
rom a varie
t
y of nutritional deficiencies
and metabolic disturb
an
c
es such as
faulty calci
u
m metabolism, deficiencies of vitamins B1 (thiamine), B6 (pyridox
i
ne), and B12.
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