The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 28, 1931, Page 8

* usually simultaneous, therefore indi- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1931 “Sufferin’ cats! Can’t you turn that thing off for a while?” HEALTH HEAD ISSUES WARNING AGAINST INFANTILE PARALYSIS Says 107 Deaths Have Result- ed in Last Seven Years From Disease in N. D. ‘ A total of 490 cases of infantile paralysis, resulting in 107 deaths, have been reported to the North Da- kota department of health during the last seven years, Dr. A. .A. Whitte- more, state health officer, said in a health article issued Tuesday. Of these cases, 154 were reported in 1925, and 131 in 1928. This year 30 cases have been reported. “Undoubtedly,” Dr. Whittemore said, “there are more unrecognized than recognized cases.” Poliomyelitis, as the disease is known, affects those in all walks of life and at all ages, but children are more usually affected. “Cases of infantile paralysis are easily classified into abortive and paralyzed types,” Dr. Whittemore said. “The abortive cases are those in which the patient may be but slightly ill for a short time, with in- definite symptoms such as_ those which would accompany a “cold” or, Influenza. Paralytic or proven cases vecur sporadically, yet practically every investigation of an outbreak of Buch cases is associated with a so- called epidemic of “colds” or “flu” in the community. “The infectious agent or cause is a virus of which but little is known. ‘The disease is supposed to be usually transmitted by discharges from the nose, throat and bowels. Healthy “carriers” of the disease, flies, milk ‘and dust also serve to transmit it. Like typhoid fever it is spread in more than one way. The mild and missed cases (abortive) continue to spread the disease. “The incubation period is assumed to be short, believed to be from three to 14 days, most commonly seven. Attack Confers Immunity “An attack of the disease confers e high degree of immunity and sec- ond attacks are unknown. “Infantile paralysis is not thought to be communicable for more than 21 days from the onset of the disease, yet it may precede the onset of the clinical symptoms by several days. “It is a warm weather disease, yet it spares warm countries, very few cases having been reported from thc tropics. Its recurrence-can be de- pended upon, yet a community hav- ing an epidemic one year is spared the next. “This disease does not, as a rule, spread in families. It is estimated that less than five per cent of fami- Nes attacked have more than one case. When more than one case does occur in the same family the onset is cating a common source. “Until recently the prevention and treatment of this dread disease was very obscure, but now, thanks to} medical science, it is highly success ful. The early recognition of the di ease, even before paralysis develops in the more severe cases (which as @ rule occurs about the third day), an be determined by laboratory ex- mination of the spinal fluid. When @ diagnosis is made, in advance of the paralysis, a serum can be admin- istered which in the vast majority of cases will-prevent the paralysis. “This serum is made from the blood i ‘of those who have recovered from the disease and is known as convalescent infantile paralysis serum. But a small amount of blood is necessary to make several doses of the serum. The method of its preparation is so sim- ple that any physician can withdraw the blood from the convalescent and Prepare it within a few hours, with- out special laboratory equipment. As| a rule, but two or three doses of th: serum are necessary to affect a c Healthy individuals who have had the disease in recent years make the best donors for the blood from which the serum is prepared. A resultant per- manent paralysis from a case does not disqualify for donorship.” Donors Are Available Some time ago Dr. Whittemore in- stituted a campaign to make avail- able donors for infantile paralysis convalescent serum throughout the state. Many counties now have two or more qualified donors availabie when needed. “Not only has this great advance- ment in the treatment of infantile paralysis been made, but only recent- jy a skin test to determine suscepti- bility to the disease has all but been perfected, such as the well known Schick test for diphtheria, and the Dick test for scarlet fever,” Dr. Whit- temore said. “With the aid of this) test when perfected we probably will be able to determine who is suscepti- ble to the disease and immunize them with a small dose of convalescent se- rum. “Once paralysis of a muscle or group of muscles has occurred in a case of infantile paralysis great care should be taken in the handling of it. All too often too much enthusi- asm in the way of massaging and electrical treatments to the affected muscles results in permanent paraly- sis, whereas proper treatment would have resulted otherwise. At the on- set of the paralysis complete rest of the affected muscles is required un- til all active clinical symptoms have subsided. The muscles should be ed- ucated but slowly and even light massage or forced handling be dis- pensed with as soon as they begin to tire. The patient must be judge of this treatment, if old enough.| Never move a muscle or group of muscles paralyzed from infantile par- alysis if pain is elicited by the pa- tient. It is far better to conserva- tively treat a paralyzed group of such muscles over a period of a few years and ultimately secure results than to over-enthusiastically treat such a case with permanent dire results.” TAXPAYERS TO ORGANIZE Center, N. D., Oct. 28.—Oliver coun- ty taxpayers will meet in the court- house here at 1:30 p. m. Saturday to form a permanent association and elect delegates to the state-wide tax reduction convention at Devils Lake Nov. 4. 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