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...bothered middle-aged women a decade ago are becoming symptoms of the past. Modern woman seems to be escaping most of the rigors of the menopause-that time of life (usually around 50) when fluctuations in the hormonal output of her glands may lead to both physical and psychological discomfort. One of the explanations is hormone therapy. So successful has it been that doctors have carried on a decade-long debate: Why not give all women some hormone treatment, even after menopause, to mitigate the insidious effects of later aging...
Economics: Discomfort in that stratum of society which is over endowed and underproductive...
Like a summer sunburn from the beach, the victim of snow blindness may not feel it until several hours afterwards. The first indication will be a slight visual discomfort like a speck in the eye. This worsens until the eyes burn as though full of grains of sand, with accompanying frofuse flow of tears and swelling of the eyelids. The patient will dread the sight of bright light...
Call a physician to examine all cases of snow blindness. Barring any complications, the acute symptoms will disappear in six or eight hours, and most of the visual discomfort will be gone within 48 hours...
Call a physician to examine all cases of snow blindness. Barring any complications, the acute symptoms will disappear in six or eight hours, and most of the visual discomfort will be gone within 48 hours...