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JACOBS, ONTARIO Martin Travel invites you 10 pin them on thes two day tour (May 29th and 30th) of this exciting area We depart Port Perry on Friday morning at 900 am Upon arrival at the Hobday Inn we are scheduled for a one hour city tour of Kichener with the balance of the day at lesure Bring your swimsuits for the hotels indoor pool Saturday we ge! an early star and se! oul for the Mennonite Rehe! Sale a 7 00 am where you will find homemade crafts and thes annual quit auction Al noon we head lor 51 Jacobs where we wil spend a lew hours browsing through the unique shops in this Mennonite Community ends with dinner in Eimia at the Stone Crock Restaurant Estimated return time to Pon Perry is 900 pm Prices stan al $99 per person MENNONITE RELIEF SALE To hold your spot, please call Marlin Travel Port Perry (416) 985-2268 or Lindsay 1-800-361-8200 Our tour MEMZ rm<>D- MARLIN TRAVEL 246 Queen St Port Perry 985-2268 immune system regulation. The body has turned agamst uself, so 0 speak. Why this immune disarray To Your Good Health By Pau G. Donohue We have no specific cure for lupus, but many of the newer medicines help control things thus, the progno- happens in lupus is unclear Many factors seem 10 be involved Heredity plays some role, for lupus does end 10 run in famibes And hormones, wo, play a part. Why else would lupus be so much more common in women than in men' 'Systemic refers 0 the fact that the iiness can affect many organs skin, kidneys, nerves, joints or lungs When a doctor sees a young feverish woman with sore joints and a rash on her cheeks and the bridge of her nose, lupus pops into mind Sull. lupus can hide from view and be diagnosed only through vanous other systemic symptoms noted by the pauent The hip problem you describe can be a part of lupus Lupus is unpredictable in 1s course. It can be mild and of Little real rouble. Or it can be an ordeal and serious enough to threaten health and Life itself Most cases fall mw the middle area When the prefix attached lupus skin is involved discord 1s it means only the sis for lupus pavents 1s much beter than it was just 10 years ago Dear Dr Donohue | want 10 know if my doctor can determine the difference between Behcet's syndrome and genital herpes Is there a lab test? -- Ms J Answer Genital herpes usually begins as uny blisters that ulumate ly become yellowish white uk ers A swab from a herpes blister reveals mulunuclear gant cells That tells you that you are dealing with herpes The ulumate test 1s recover a herpes virus from the blister matenal Herpes 1s quite common Behcet's syndrome 1s quite rare Behcet's does feature small painful genntal ulcers, but almost always there are other symptoms, such as mouth and Lip ulceration In Behcet's, the ulcers last 3 week or two, then disappear only to return later The eye can be dam aged in some cases Truly, your dour will not have a difficult ume between herpes and Behcet's syn fistinguishing frome COUNTRY QVEN RESTAURANT HWY. 12, MANCHESTER 985-1734 "Well Worth the Drive fo the Country" Cream and accompaned SUNDAY BUFFET NOON to nohudes Hot Buel Sead Ba Stugents Don't Forge! 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