HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1975-12-03, Page 10ALL AGES PLAY EUCHRE — Some young friends and neighbours attended the
benefit euchre for the Williamsons and the Johnsons at the Community Hall in
Walton Friday' night. .Audrey and Brenda Vos,, were there with their mother
Mrs.Gerrie Vos. Margaret Craig and -Marjorie Ritchie gave them tickets.
(Staff Photo)
Today's Health
VD is several diseases
BRUSSELS PUBLIC SCHOOL
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Thursday, Dec. 18
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Like cancer, veneral disease!
isn't one disease but several.
In all its forms, VAD is acquired
the same way -- by sexual contact
-- but syphilis and gonorrhea, the
two most common versions of the
disease, are entirely different in
their effects.
The incidence of syphilis is
about one-tenth . that of
gonorrhea. Unlike gonorrhea, it's
not confined to the genital area,
hut can, in its advanced stages,
wreak havoc with such organs as
the heart, the brain and the liver
-- and is frequently fatal as a
result.
Throughout history many
tamous people , have contracted
syphilis: Keats, Oscar Wilde,
lonathan Swift, Napoleon,
Beethoven, Henry VIII, and,
predicatably, Casanova , among
them.
Today, we have the means to
treat syphilis -- principally
penicillin and tetracyline -- but
the problem isn't so much a
matter of treatment as of
detection. leg not easy to tell if
you've got s:, philis, and many
cases of the disease are
discovered during routine blood
testing.
Dr. Ralph Persad, a medical
consultant with the Ontario
Ministry of Health,, says that
every case of early syphilis is a
potential epidemic. In fact, Dr.
Persad says, the disease isnyore
,erious from the standpoint of
potential complications than
tvphoid. There were 421 reported
ases of syphilis in Ontario in
1958; 2,162 in 1974.
Syphilis, he explains, is caused
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by a corkscrew-shaped organism,
called a spirochete, which enters
the bloodstream and has an
incubation period of from nine to
')0 days following intercourse with
in infected person.
Primary syphilis often starts as
a pimple or sore (a chancre) at the
point where the germ enters the
body, but, says Dr. Persad, in
about 40 per cent of syphilis cases
there's no sore -- so it's possible
to have early syphilis without
knowing it.
The secondary stage' includes
such symptoms as transient
rashes, sore throat and general
Malaise. It occurs anywhere from
.ix months to two years after the
nitial infection. Third stage
,yphilis is when the spirochetes
"eally go to work over a period of
10 to 15 years in the untreated
?erson -- and this is when they
an fatally damage the body's'
vital organs:
The • important thing to
remember, says Dr. ' Persad, is
that one-third of syphilis cases
heal spontaneously; one-third
have no serious effects, and the
other third can lead' to chronic
disease and even death. Trouble
is, once you've contracted the
disease, you don't know which of
the three categories you're going
to be in.
Therefore, it's vital to detect
,yphilis early -- not only for your
own protection, but, also for that
of your children, since the disease
can be passed on to the next
generation.
If you think you may have
contracted syphilis don't be afraid
to seek out medical help. A
specific blood test, is the only way
of finding out -- and early
treatment is the best approach.
The Ontario Ministry of
Health's pamphlet, VD - Sexually
transmitted Diseases, provides
facts and information about
syphilis.
This pamphlet is available in
government or physicians'
offices, or you can get it by
'writing to the Health Resource
t 'entre, Communications Branch,
Ministry of Health, Hepburn
Block, Queen's Park, Toronto,
Ontario, M7A 1S2.
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BRUSSELS, ONT.
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Friday and Saturday Night
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Brussels Business Association
Saturday, Dec. 6
9 p.m. - 1 a.m.
BRUSSELS LEGION HALL
Music by: THE BLENDERS
3.00 per couple Everyone Welcome
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Entertainment at
THE QUEEN'S HOTEL
BRUSSELS
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