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Page 18 THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday March What are results of rheumatic fever DEAR DR At the age of my son was diagnosed with rheumatic fever He took penicillin for years When he was we changed The new doctor id he never hdd rheumatic fever Nov he gets very white nauseated cough a great deal and sometimes his heart beats so hard you can see it What in your opinion arc we dealing with DEAR READER I dont know Unless your son had heartvalve damage from rheumatic fever a doc tor could not say with certainty years later whether or not he had rheumatic fever as a child In other words the new doctor is guessing Penicillin is used to prevent valve infection in youngsters whose hearts are affected by rheumatic fever Evi dently your original doctor believed that your sons heart was affected Since he was present and examined your son Id take his word in prefer- ence to the new doctor who never knew your son as a child Rheumatic fever used to be a com mon consequence of untreated strep throat Sometimes young patients would develop heart inflammation and valve damage that resulted in a murmur an extra whooshing sound the heartbeat Often the heart valves were temporarily affected and healed Frequently no serious heart inflammation took place Therefore your son should have tests made to determine if he had si lent heart damage from the rheumat ic fever Tests such as an electrocar diogram and cardiac ultrasound would also show if your sons present symptoms are due to heart problems from another cause If your sons present doctor seems unable to get at the root of the prob lem I suggest you request a referral to an internist a medical doctor who is specifically trained in diagnosis From the sound of your question something is going on and its about time you obtained some help in dis covering what it is For more information Im sending you a copy of my Health Report Choosing a Physician Other read ers who would like a copy should send and their name and address to Box Cleveland OH Be sure to mention the title DEAR DR GOTT I get attacks in my gums I canteat or talk right get small round blisters on the gums and tongue and there is sharp pain I wear dentures but my dentist says they are not the cause What can you suggest DEAR READER You seem to be DR GOTT HOME OF suffering from either canker sores or oral herpes infection Canker sores are recurring local ized infections probably viral occur ring or around the mouth They can be triggered by food allergies emo tional stress or minor injuries such as you might get from poorly fitting den tures They can be treated by mouth washes or chemical cautery burning with a stick dipped in an irritating chemical If you have more than two or three blisters you may have chronic her pes This cyclic virus infection causes crops of painful blisters in the mouth Herpes can be diagnosed by an analy sis of the fluid within a blister the ail ment is treated with the antivirus drug acyclovir You need a diagnosis See your doctor DEAR DR GOTT I have inherited the shakes from my mother and grandmother and now at age it is showing up fast My doctor says noth ing can be done Im tempted to change doctors DEAR READER- As people age they often exhibit a tendency to shak ing or tremulousness called benign essential tremor in medical par lance This is a harmless annoyance for which there is no cure The tenden cy to the condition appears to be in herited the ailment is probably accel erated by the normal aging process that is associated with progressively poor circulation to the brain from arteriosclerosis This shaking must be differentiated from Parkinsons disease a more se vere but treatable affliction marked by involuntary muscle movements Rather than change doctors I sug gest that you ask your physician to re fer you to a neurologist for a second opinion and suggestions for treat ment such as drug therapy BRAND REALTY INC By Gtenda Hughes Sales Rep 8730300 Yuk It hit on the news this morning and I watched with the knowledge that comes with the territory Interest rates have jumped over the per cent mark and that means certain reaction in the resale market It also means that our boom market is probably over or at the end of its peak and there will be some reductions com ing into place soon on some houses that were trying to cash in on this great market Its all on a scale though for even though there will cer tainly be a softening of the selling market it will also help those who want to buy Every market works on the same scale sell high buy high sell low buy low unless you have been caught with buying on the high side and have not sold your home yet Theres where the crunch can hit the hardest My phone rang before eight oclock this morning and it was my nephew who has had his home on the market in Toronto for about two months It was probably priced on the high side during the boom but now he is a little frantic for advice as to how he is going to bail out of his particular problem I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings but it is family and I had to level with him Cut down the price to the line and hope that it sells fast and get oh with your life One can not always win in this market Frankly Im glad to see the end of this type of market for I find it difficult to price homes accurately when prices are jumping around like a flea in a fit I really hate to tell first time Buyers that if they had started looking two months ago for a home instead of starting now they could have bought the same home for considerably less money It is the first time buyers that are hit the hardest in the boom market andwaturally like most real estate agents I work with many Actually I love finding a first home for people for it is a joy that is hard to replace First time buyers are always so excited and so happy with their purchase The next time around that joy is not usually so ecstatic and is met with more reality over heart Now things will settle down the game of Russian roulette is over and sanity will set in 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