European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 18 the stars and stripes january 1981 May be Raynaud disease cold feet no joke by Jane Brody new York not though often the butt of jokes in and out of the cold hands and feet Are not funny to millions of people most of them women who suffer from Raynaud As temperatures drop both indoors and out with the arrival of Winter weather and Energy saving thermostat the fingers and toes of Raynaud sufferers often turn White with for most victims the Best defined As a hype reactivity to the is an annoy Ance that Doest seriously disrupt their they May have to Wear warm Mit perhaps Over Wool and weatherproof boots Over warm socks indoors they May Wear socks and gloves to but for those with More severe symptoms of the resulting crippling lost ulcers and even gangrene May cause serious no matter How warmly they May be unable to go out in Winter without making the condition they May be awakened in the Middle of the night by a painful attack triggered by moving onto a cold part of the some must Wear mittens to take things out of the recent studies offer a variety of potentially effective treatments for the severely the most widely is in which patients learn How to raise the temperature of their fingertips and thus Ward off an a simple Doit yourself therapy of Arm whirling As if about to pitch a softball was recently described As effective in some no one knows How frequently Raynaud disease one estimate is that the Milder forms affect about 20 percent of the female the disorder affects four to five times More women than other Disord ers involving the blood vessels in the outer regions of the such As migraine head also occur More often in this is believed to be related in part to the effects of female sex Raynaud Slike symptoms May result from a variety of underlying physical among them a connective tissue disorder called scleroderma the aftermath of frostbite obstructions of the arteries damage to the outlying nerves thyroid or the Lon term effects of continuous such As from a typing or piano play cases that Are the secondary result of other problems Are called Raynaud they commonly Start abruptly late in affect men As Well As women and May involve the fingers on Only one emotional tors Are rarely treatment is usually directed at the underlying primary Raynaud on the other has physical and emotional stress frequently to it is much More common among of ten starting in the late teens and affecting both hands and sometimes both the Small arteries in the fingers and toes go into spasm in response to cutting off circulation and turning the digits White and the temperature of the fingertips quickly drops to that of the surrounding air or the object in emotional factors such As fear or which Lead to lowered hand temperature in All people can in crease susceptibility to the cold in a person did Vou Grer that with Raynaud though the disease was first described More than a Century ago in 1862 by Maurice it has thus far defied a precise in addition to arterial such characteristics As abnormal thickness of the blood and abnormal amounts of protein circulating in the blood Are often this has led to such treatments for severe cases As a steroid drug that Breaks up blood clots and thus increases blood flow to the hand surgery that severs the nerve Center involved in arterial and replacement of the patients own blood plasma with plasma from a blood Gary a surgeon at the Henry Ford Hospital in reports that the plasma which is still has helped to heal the Finger ulcers in Ray lauds biofeedback also seems to have Long lasting according to Edward a psychologist at the Institute for behavioural re search in Silver Taub has used it mainly for primary Raynaud but others have reported Success with Raynaud phenomenon secondary to in the temperature of the patients fingertips is electronically amplified and the results displayed visually so that the patient can detect tiny increases in Finger temperature that normally he would not be aware within a Short the patient learns How to control a response that is not normally subject to voluntary control in this Finger before seeking formal patients with Raynaud attacks might try to abort them with an Arm whirling technique pro posed by Donald Mclntyre of while standing with fingers the patient is supposed to swing the arms briskly a Circle about 80 revolutions per minute in the direction that a softball Pitcher would downward behind the body and up Ward in Gravity and centrifugal Force move blood into the it is not a treat for people with bursitis or Back Crew flees burning ship Sicily up a British freighter Laden with chemicals caught fire and ran aground off the Northwestern tip of but All 16 Crew members managed to Row ashore police across 1 disgrace 6 port on Cape verde 11 dirtied 12 prepared for publication 14 implied 15 combat 16 urge 17 Mountain near Nazareth 19 sloths 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please comment on the court Case seeking the reinstatement of a school teacher in the Lagrange Independent school District in Texas who was fired after she distributed an Ann Landers questionnaire on dating and sex it seems the Federal court jury ruled that the school District violated the teachers Freedom of the jury said that the teacher is entitled to in Back pay and All this came about when an Anonymous Parent complained two months after the test was Dis the teacher was first suspended and then fired by the school the Ann Landers fans Down Here would like a friends in Texas dear friends by the time this column appears in print the Case May Well have been May i clarify one the test is not an Ann Landers questionnaire on dating and it is a questionnaire on dating and sex sent to first by some Memphis teenagers in the Early 1970s and subsequently revised by other teen agers in what they called an updated i Welcome Anonymous but i pay absolutely no attention to Anonymous i applaud the decision of the Federal court dear Ann one of your read to hell and advises people suffering from depression to seek professional but if they happen to get an incompetent Counselor the first Tell them to try a second time and a this is exactly the to reject a Counselor even to evaluate a Counselor requires emotional and most patients dont have whats How is a patient to recognize incompetence All our previous training teaches us to blame ourselves for our which makes us feel with the right can work i spent 20 years and Many thou Sands of dollars until i found a therapist my fourth who truly i love this but he has the monumental Job of undoing the damage of the first the credentials of the first three were Imp Ecca in signing myself Back dear three your letter is the Best evidence that it does pay to keep trying until you get the right too bad its so expensive in terms of time and dear Ann Landers my wife bought a toy poodle 13 years i never cared for that Little and she knew when my wife want she would try to bite the Mutt died last and my wife had to go on Tranquilin now she wants me to buy her another i am Happy to be rid of the last one and dont want How can i avoid it dogs that look like mice dear you cant so give in Uke a take your wife to buy another poodle and make friends with the Mutt from the word c Field enterprises