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Drugs and Environmental Chemicals
The present era is full of chemical pollution all around. The air, water and foods, all contain thousands of man-made toxic chemicals. Most of them are potential carcinogens. According to Dr. Alfred Taylor of the biology institute of the University of Texas, even sodium fluoride in fluoridated water is linked to cancer growth. Several commonly used drugs are considered by many researches to be possible carcinogens.
Many widely-used pesticides are also definite carcinogens. Animal Studies commissioned by HEW and conducted by Bionetics Research Laboratories of Bethesda, Maryland, showed that more than half of all mice given oral doses of DDT developed tumours. In spite of mounting evidence that DDT is a proven carcinogen, it is widely used on food crops all over the world.
Industrial Pollutants
Occupational exposure to industrial pollutants such as asbestos, nickel, tar and soot can lead to skin and lung cancers and leukemia. Aromatic amines used in the manufacture of synthetic dyes cause cancer of urinary bladder. Radium and other radioactive elements produce cancer of the bone.
Workers in some branches of the dye industry develop cancer of the bladder. The compounds found to be responsible are 2-naphthylamine and benzidine. Arsenites and arsenious oxide may produce cancer of the skin, if applied over a period of time.
Many persons working with X-rays develop cancers of the skin and those exposed to radiation develop leukemia. Ultraviolet radiation may, in certain circumstances, cause cancer of the skin.
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In addition to self-awareness, the client also needs education about alcohol, the drug, and the disease of alcoholism. Provide facts and data. A host of pamphlets are available from state alcohol agencies, insurance companies, and AA. Everyone likes to understand what is going on with them. This is becoming increasingly apparent in all areas of medicine. Some institutions have hired client educators. Client education sessions on diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and care of newborns are becoming commonplace. The importance of education has two thrusts in alcoholism. The first is to help instill new attitudes toward alcoholism: that it is a disease, has recognizable signs, and is treatable. The hope is to elicit the alcoholic’s support in helping to manage and treat his problem. The other reason for educating alcoholics is to handle feelings of guilt and low self-esteem. The chances are pretty good that the alcoholic’s behavior has been downright crazy, and not just to others. It has also been inexplicable to the alcoholic. The fact that he has been denying a problem confirms this. There is no need to deny something unless it is so painful, so out of step with values, that it cannot be tolerated. Learning facts about alcohol and alcoholism can be a big relief to the alcoholic. Suddenly, things make sense. All the crazy behavior becomes normal, at least for an active alcoholic. That / makes a significant difference. Successful recovery appears to be related to a client’s acceptance of the disease concept. Energy can be applied to figuring out how one can live around the disease, live successfully, now. The client is relieved of the need to hash around back there, in the past, to uncover causes, to figure out what went wrong. He need not dwell on his craziness; it becomes merely a symptom, one that he isn’t doomed to reexperience if he works on maintaining sobriety.
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I Place your feet in front of you about a foot apart. Drop your shoulders and look at the floor a few feet in front of you; this stops you shortening the muscles at the side of the neck.
2 Take one deep breath, lifting your shoulders as you do so; open your mouth as you let the breath out and drop your shoulders. Imagine you are as limp as a wet sweater.
3 Breathe normally, lift the shoulders towards the ears and let them drop towards the floor. Do this eight times if you can.
4 Keeping the arm limp, circle each shoulder in a front to back direction eight times, and then try doing them together.
5 To stretch the neck allow your head to fall to the right, bring it back to the centre, then allow it to drop to the left; four times each side. Don’t raise your shoulder to meet your ear.
6 Stretch both arms to the ceiling and let them fall loosely towards the floor.
7 Stretch out the fingers, then draw eight circles both ways with the forefingers.
8 To exercise the legs draw the same circles with each big toe in turn.
9 For the buttocks and thighs tighten these muscles and feel yourself rise in your seat.
10 Finish by standing up and shaking all over like a wet dog.
Fear of being seen to shake in public can sometimes keep people indoors; regularly doing the wet dog exercise is very helpful. It takes a lot more energy to hold shaking in than to let it out. Have a good shake whenever you feel tense and particularly before any social event you are worried about. If you are in trouble when you are out find a lavatory where you can let your jaw go loose and allow yourself to shake from the head down.
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