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+ PAGE C4 THE HERALD, Wednesday, Dacember 18, 1974.

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. By Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D.

DEAR DR. LAMB — There

. is something we older

_ citizens do not understand. It

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‘march

*dunch.” hour.

recently, that it was an old

‘persons disease. We’ have
an_told one can contact
syphilis at a young age and it |
. would not show up for 30 or 40
«: years, We have just heard of
such a case and we can't be-
lieve it... “ :

and was to be married. She
had a blood test, the usual

*-Wassermann. test, and the

test was negative. She was
told.she had no disease.

The man she was planning
on marrying died suddenly at
> a heart attack’and she never
married;She. had. nothing : to

-: connections with a-Loyfriend,
“Fiveyears after that nega-
tive Wassermann” test, she
became-ill and was put in a
= hospital. All kinds of -tests
', were taken’and the Wasser-
E. mann test proved positive for
2 syphilis:: She. had ‘penicillin

“ trealments,and.came‘out all.

» right. an

What". good.7is a’ Wasser:
mann ‘test if the germs don't

30: to 40 years,‘ and then it
« showed:up only.in a: second

» fest Why didn’t it show.up in

He-first test?.6 005-7

For 98'to-30-years, she had
little. wells:come out ‘on her .
“buttocks. ‘They, would itch
-terribly,-and then. disappear

in about -a-week: This waul
happen:three or four times.a

a eyear, “She, never,.wenl to a

dacto _regard -to these

in
: welts .as’shie.thought it.was &

AR-ANN LANDERS: You -

jar prised If he blew his top and,
ave heria: crack in the teeth,
‘Our soni hag.a terrible temper:
ind'tries to browbeat his wile.

im..When we have the four- of
them. to-dinner every iFriday
evenitig,. my husband.-and "1
always; Bo.to bed: with, a
eadache, Please give me some —

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dvice before’ 1 go crazy. —

fement. If not, tell them

gee them in’, another
i ‘until. they:

tO :
Our. 23-year-old san: had..a
‘very mifior . procedure "per: ;
formed in-d doctor's office, | He.’

- ‘had. “a Planter’s wart removed, .

be specific.) The doctor did a
other. . insignificant
“removals and sent my son a bil ;
Har S40r Ge Fk cee
The boy.has made a sandwich”
ard saying: “Dre ser.
arges ‘very ‘high fees. ‘Stay:
‘away. from; him.’ He plans to;
che a ie >of © the &

to

hysictan’

This woman was in her 60s ©

do with:any ather main, but in’
- her younger: days, she had:

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ut she'gives-it right- back:to-.”

simple. thing. She had “no
other symptoms during these
years, Could you please :ex-
lain this? It is hard for us ta_
‘belleve she had the disease.
Could you please’ give us
the symptoms of. syphilis in
such a case? {s it reajly true
“you can contract syphilis at
an early age and carry the
germ until old age? ,
. DEAR READER — There
Is ‘a tendency to think of
venereal disease as some-
thing young people get.

‘Germs really don't care how
oid you are, If a person has
intimate contact with some-
one who has a contagious
venereal disease, he or she ~
has a good chance of getting
ithe disease, even at age 90 or

alder: With the increased sex-

ual freedoms and the greater
awareness that older people

~ are still sexual people, there

is a greater amount of .ex-
posure. and. venereal disease
can be a problem for the
swinging senior citizens. :"

. Yes, you can have syphilis
“atan- early age and have no
trouble .until years after-
- ward, Several years after an

7 “Iinfectian ‘of syphilis «begins, -

the. person ‘is unlikely. to’ be

‘able to-transmit-the disease.

* show up? In'this case; it-was °-E¥en .an untreated mother -

can give ‘birth to a perfectly °
healthy” baby. without
syphilis, -L-méntion. this: to,
reassure you that an old .in-
fection, years aga, is not con:
tagious. 2
_- The germ in early syphilis,
‘whether you first acquire it at

ad vage o15 cof: 75> ls usually

transmitted in moist droplets. .
‘The. germ requires the
-mo@isture to survive. Sa; it is
‘transmitted ‘hy kissing. and

“worst example is’ what: is
‘happening in aur public schools,

_ and not one darned thing: is
being done about it.

lam a 15-year-old boy who is

‘DEAR’ ANN’LANDERS: Our _
divorced daughter who has two
: children, four ‘and six years of
age, has invited her male friend
"fo move into her home “'to see if
. they can et along era. have
d unsuccessful: first

: had effect.on their. children. We
_aiso believe it will damage our
-daughler’s reputation if. things
_don’t wark, out, We've told her

not lo bring. the man to our
“home and (hat we will not goto

_ hers if he lives there.’ Are we

wrong? — Torn Asunder
DEAR T.: I agree that a
divorced woman with children
should nol allow a man lo live in
her hame. It could indeed have
abadelfect on the children and

| may well ruin her reputation. -

Your daughter, however, has
obviously chosen .a life-style
that upsets you. You've made
your position’.clear. That's
enough. But don’t close the door
on ‘your daughter and your
_ grandchildren, or you will live
‘to regret it.

‘DO You

BELIEVE IN
‘HIGH SCHOOL
MARRIAGES?

sexual contact, mostly the
latter.. Rarely,. it: can be
transmitted in. an innocent,
meist droplet from body se-
cretions, or even ona saliva:
iaden glass. These examples
are rare,

People often ask me if they,
can get the disease from a
blood transfusion. The
answer is yes, if you are
transfused with ‘bload that
does contain the germs. It is
unlikely, though, since donors
are tested for syphilis before
the blood is used. ;
-; ‘Fhe germs enter the body
and invade the bloodstream.
From here, they are spread

throughout ‘the. body. Im-

mediately, the body's im-
mune responses start to im-
mobilize and destray the in-
vading germs. They doa
good Sob of it, tod. .Within
about two to six weeks, a pri-
mary sore ichancre) may de-

~ velop on the sexual organs or,

rarely, on the lip. [tis asmall,

[Syphilis and senior citizens.

rounded, ‘flat: nodule thdt-

breaks down-rather. rapidly
and heals. At this stage, if
fluid, from. the area is, ex-
amined under special
microscope methods, the’
typical corkscrew germs can
be seen. a ae
_ During the early weeks of
infection, the -Wassermann

-test-is:negative. This test de-

pends an. the. body’s develop-
ing immunity to the germs.
Within-a few months, the an-

‘tibedies dévélop sufficiently

that another test (TP) can be
done to show. the -patient's
serum will” immobilize‘: the
syphilis germs. -This‘test is

more specific. It may remain ~

positive for life as an indica- -

tar of immunity to syphilis. ..

“About. six weeks after’the:

infection, the patient may de-.
velop a rash. Smail, red-like,

blotches develop, usuaily—

-quite small, below: the -sur-.

ace of the skin. These do not
itch. If you develop a rash

From. sypHilis. Recently, a
reader ..wrote asking about
such a rash after .a ‘blaad
, transfusion. Since it itched, |

can say with certainty thal:

the rash was nol syphilts, The
rash can affect any part of
the body, including: the palms,
and soles, indicating. it, is, a

“blood-borne:reaction and not

a conlact ,redction to some

substance,.-as: occurs with |

most xyashes;

7: Usiially, within two to four |
- years, the early symptoms of.
syphilis, that may recur from:

-thne to time, disappear com-
pletely. I don’t think itis gen-
_ erally understoad’ that about

fected “then:.undergo - spon-

patients were-followed for 58
to 60 years to find this out.
Considering human sex-
uality, and the poor or non-

existent treatments in-the

past, that is fortunate, Other-
wise we would not need to

:,.worry about overpopulation.

‘ and it itches, the rash is, not ©

two-thirds of the ‘people -in- -

tarieous cures. They: may -
never have another. symptom ~
the ‘rest of their life in any.

way.In Oslo, Sweden, 1100°

_ whensa

“In-this. late stage, the-
Wassermann test may be-
come weakly positive or ac-
tually negative by ordinary
laboratory tests. This ishow a
_ lady as you describe can be
infected as a young girl and,
year’s later, have na evidence
ofthe disease, °°" ¥

Unfortunately, in the re-
‘ mainin, third of the patients,
some of the’ germs lodge in
remote parts.of the body and
Stay there, They are im-
mobilized by the body’s de-
fense: mechanisms. In later
" years, the defense may break
down and the heart or brain
or ‘some other part. of the -
body” is ‘then. subject, to
destruction from the infec-
tion.. These. people’ are still
net contagious, and they may
have a negative Wassermann |
test. This is.why such exten-
sive tests are’often done, be-
. cause the diagnosis is 4 bit
‘more difficult. Once the diag-
nosis -is established,. the
syphilis can be. stopped b
modern treatment, with
penicillin, ° !

- The Wassermann is a good
: screening test. It is. not per-
fect: It’can even’ be positive
1a person has not. had
‘syphilis. By using other tests
_mentioned here, you can find
-out if the test is positive from
“syphilis or some other unusu-
ally rare medical condition.

. So, the lady's‘story is con-
sistent with the problems that
can,occur ‘in: the ‘natural
-history of syphilis. it. points, _
up the need for regular medi-
‘cal examinations. Periodic ©

examinations find nrost ofthe .-

peaple who need medical at-
tention, whether il is a com-
pletely unrecognized late-
syphilis . infection,- or. some
other problem. . :

- usa-CHEDDAR CHEESE

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Cheddar’ cheese prices * in
Canada have increased by
about 30- percent at the
wholesale level and 20 percent
al the retail level during the
past 18° months, The slawer

retail. rale of - increase may -

indicate that retailers have not
yel adjusted their gross- profil

margins ta reflect the greater ~~

wholesale increases. Further
tice: rises are anticipated al

both levels to reflect the receril ~
inerease in producer prices far- .
industrial: mitk announced by:

the Federal Government, ’:-'~

The manufacture of cheddar ”

cheese in Canada utilized .ap-
proximately i6.5 percent of our
tolal milk production in 1973. It

takes about 11 pounds of in ~

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Fish Dish “of the Mo

HIS FISH FINGER SPE. .

CIAL is an economical,

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_- Food price reviews for consu

“4nerease of 15.9 percent over

of cheddar cheese ‘and in 1973,
“manufacturers used about 1.073

billion pounds of milk te .

produce 186.9 million pounds of
this product, ‘This represented
a decline of about 1.5 percent

a 14 percent increase over
reduction levels in 1970,
Cheddar cheese can be
~. ‘divided into’ two categories:
cheddar cheese used as such
‘arid. cheddar cheese. which is
processed... The. former ac-
counts: for about 60. percent of
the total” market while
processed cheddar makes up
. the balance. In:1973, the total
‘Canadian per-capita con-
sumplion of cheddar cheese was
8.44 pounds. This represents an

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Fete,
1 tablespoon lemon juice; i:
small onion, chopped; 4 cup

dustrial milk to produce 1 pound:

from 1972 production levels but -

“percent of
“cheddar cheese production over -

.ca ten. year -perioa.. ;
Britain's entry in the European .
Economie Community, this,
market has: teen drastically

1970 . with “the greatest © per-"
centage increase: occurring in
1873, This may make It
reasonable to assume that a
substitution effect, in. which
consumers substituted dairy
protein for red meat protein
when prices of latter jumped in
1973, was partially responsible

‘gor the increase in domestic
‘consumption, ~

Prior to. 1973, Canada ex-
ported substantial amounts: of
cheddar :cheése. . Our. main
markel. was: Britain’ which

” accounted for an average of 95

rts and 18.3

reent gf Lotal ex,
ee $ * Canadian

ai. lola

Since

curtailed, In. 1973,.exports. to
Britain accounted for only.i.6
percent of total Canadian

"cheddar: cheese -production:. . :

However, the decline in exports
was partially made up by the

rise in domestic consumption
and stocks of cheddar cheese in -

cold -storage. remained. fairly

stable at 68.5 million pounds on™:
“ prices’ to, producers. were’: .

December 31, 1973. oe

The, Food. Prices. Review
Board considers that the main
reasons. for cheddar. cheese
Price increases are: :
rees |

mers

- viable’ and, . $ -
adequate availability of milk -

dasizial milk to cheddar’ cheese
manufacturers, «Industrial .

manufacturing milk; is the. lerm
generally given to milk used in

manufacturing cheddar. cheese, . .. ”
‘putter, . and | other .dairy-

products, as distincl from fluid
milk which is sold as fresta milk.

for drinking purposes. Current: -

manufacturing milk prices, paid
(9 producers reflect an increase”
of-about 40 percent over prices -

_ paid a year ago.- The increases °

were negotiated by producers,
“processors and’ Federal and
_ Provincial ‘pricing agencies. jn

order to offset rapidly. rising
farm input costs such.as dairy
feed, . The average selling cost

more than 50 percent during the
past 38. months... 2 :

’ milk, sometimes referred to as - -

_of dairy feed has inereased by ~

-. Labour, packaging, and

energy. cost increases at the.

"Prices for cheddar cheese and -

. other dairy products in i97dare
likely ta conlinue at present.

high levels, . It is unlikely that

‘any price decline will oceur in

the future since higher milk

required to make the Canadian

‘manulacturing level during the
"past year have also contribuled
to rising cheddar cheese prices.

dairy. industry economically ©

thus to ensure

grated Cheddar cheese. The

fish fingers should be arranged: .

in a shallow, greased baking ar
ay, gratin dish, Then mix:to- . =

taste-tempting way of supply-
ing the family with protein: the,
proteins of fish, like thase of - ,-
mieat.-eges, cheese and milk, -
supply all the essential amino

gether the ‘remaining, ingre-:=,. _

- ‘Increased

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for -in-

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acids. High Liner has «just
introduced kilo’ packs |(2.2
‘ pounds) of. pre-cooked North’

Allantic fish: fingers: inflation: ...
beater-value packs with simple <.”,

“no. frills" packaging to -pro-

" vide the lowest.cost per, ounce _-

_ of pre-cooked protein food the

company.’ can: present: to“ the .

consumer. Ingredients for.this”
dish, which makes four ‘to: six

- -gervings, are: 44 a kilo package . ,

of’ High Liner-Ash fingers: -|

> (10 fiufd ounce) can condensed -.

_ cream of mushrdom soup, un-.
dituted; | (444 fluid ounce) gan
sliced mushrooms (optional),

ae over surface, Bake in-425 deg.

caoked: about, 25 minutes. --

. dients and. spoan.:over fish =~"
- fingers."Sprinkle cherse evenly, -

caJF, oven until, fish’ fingers are’

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