Major Adjustment
Asthma is caused by a subluxation in the lower cervical or the upper dorsal region, producing pressure upon the nerves which transmit mental impulses to the pharynx and bronchi, interfering primarily with the motor function. The major adjustment is lower cervical or upper dorsal in combination with kidney place.
CHAPTER VI
DIGESTIVE TRACT
CHAPTER VI
DIGESTIVE TRACT
GASTRITIS
Incoördinations of the stomach alone are less frequent in infancy than are those of the intestines. Usually the stomach and intestines are involved at the same time and it becomes impossible to differentiate the two. The greater part of digestion during infancy takes place in the intestinal tract, the stomach acting more as a receptacle for the milk from which food passes slowly into the intestinal tract to be properly digested. In an infant one month old the stomach will be empty one and one-half hours after nursing; in bottle-fed babies it will take a little longer. From two to eight months of age the time is about two hours for breast-fed babies and from two and a half to three hours for those taking cow’s milk.
Symptoms
The symptoms of gastritis come on very suddenly with pain and tenderness in the epigastric region, and with a high temperature which after the onset decreases. There is thirst, loss of appetite, and vomiting. The vomited matter is usually sour and may be streaked with blood. If there is an excessive amount of blood it indicates ulcers. This is rather unusual, however, in small children. Vomiting is excited by anything taken into the stomach. The thirst is intense, although the water will be vomited as soon as taken. The tongue is heavily coated and the breath is foul. If these symptoms continue intestinal symptoms will soon develop.
The different kinds of gastritis are given as: catarrhal, ulcerative, membranous and corrosive; but the symptoms are all very much the same and from a chiropractic standpoint a knowledge of the particular pathology would be of no value as the adjustment would be the same. In these cases the difference, or rather specific diagnosis, cannot be made, medically, until after the autopsy. In the ulcerative type the condition is more prolonged and there is a greater tendency to hemorrhage which results in a greater amount of blood in the material vomited. Corrosive gastritis is the result of a corrosive poison being taken into the stomach, such as carbolic acid.