Kristine: WELCOME BACK.
SAMOA, SAMOA AND NOW, FIJI.
MOST OF THE VICTIMS WERE
BABIES.
SO HOW CAN YOU PROTECT YOUR
KEIKI?
PEDIATRICIAN DR. TERESA WEE
JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.
WELCOME BACK DOCTOR.
THANK YOU.
ALOHA.
Kristine: ALOHA.
WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS
SUBJECT BECAUSE IT IS
SPREADING.
VERY SERIOUS AND IT IS A BIG
CONCERN.
TALK MORE ABOUT MEASLES AND
WHAT EXACTLY THIS DISEASE IS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE VISITOR
ACVACCINESARE RELATIVELY NEW.
PRIOR TO 1960, FAIRLY IT
COMMON TO HAVE THE MEASLES,
MUMPS, WHOOPING COUGH, A LOT
OF THESE DISEASES.
WITH THE ADVENT OF VACCINES,
SO SINCE 198 -9D, MEASLES
MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE HAS BEEN
PUT IN PLACE IN OUR SCHEDULES.
IT REALLY HAS SO IMPORTANT IN
DECREASING WHAT WE'RE SEEING
AROUND THE WORLD.
Kristine: HOW DO YOU KNOW
YOU HAVE IT?
WHAT ARE SOME OF SYMPTOMS?
FOR MEASLES, IT RESEMBLES A
COLD.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE COUGH,
RUNNY NOSE, MAYBE SOME LITTLE
EYE INFECTION, AND FEVER, SO
INITIALLY, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT
TO DIAGNOSE.
Kristine: THEN IT COMES
WITH A RASH SOMETIMES?
YES.
SO THE RASH WILL OCCUR MAYBE
ABOUT 14 DAYS LATER.
THE PROBLEM IS YOU CONTAGIOUS
FOUR DAYS PRIOR TO THE RASH
AND FOUR DAYS AFTER THE RASH.
THE COMPLICATIONS ARE WHAT SO
SERIOUS.
IT'S RARE, BUT TWO OUT OF A
THOUSAND MIGHT DEVELOP WHAT WE
CALL ENCEPHALITIS OR
INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN.
BUT IT CAN CAUSE PERMIT
NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE FOR THE
REST OF YOUR LIFE.
Kristine: IT CAN ALSO
CAUSE DEATH UNFORTUNATELY.
OH, YEAH.
TWO OUT AFTER I THOUSAND, ONE
TO TWO O OUT OF A THOUSAND, IT
CAN CAUSE DEATH.
TALKING ABOUT SUCH SMALL
NUMBERS, WHEN IT OCCUR, IT
OCCURS AND IT'S DEVASTATE SNOG
WE DON'T WANT THAT.
HOW DO WE PREVENT GETTING THE
MEASLES?
SO THIS IS WHERE WE TALK
ABOUT VACCINES AND THE MEASLES
VACCINE IS SAFE.
IT DOES NOT CAUSE AUTISM.
BACK IN THE 1990s, THERE WAS
A REPORT BY A DOCTOR WHO WAS,
DR. WAKEFIELD IN RI BRITAIN,
SHOWN TO BE AN ACTUAL FALSE
PAPER.
SO WHAT PARENTS NEED TO DO IS
WE NEED TO HAVE AN OPEN
CARE DOCTOR, YOUR
PEDIATRICIAN, AND LET'S TALK
ABOUT IT.
MYTHS.
I WANT PARENTS AND DOCTORS TO
REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT IS
KEEPING YOU FROM VACCINATING
YOUR CHILD.
Kristine: HOW YOUNG CAN
YOU RECEIVE THE VACCINE?
THE VACCINE IS GIVEN AT AGE
ONE YEAR OF AGE.
THEN AGAIN A BOOSTER AT FOUR
YEARS OF AGE.
BUT AGAIN, THERE ARE OTHER
VACCINES THAT TWO, FOUR AND
SIX MONTHS.
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
AND OTHER.
Kristine: VERY SERIOUS
ILLNESS.
TALK ABOUT THE DOCTORS ABOUT
THE M MYTHS AND FACTS.
WE'RE ON THE SAME TEAM.
WE WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR YOUR
CHILD.
HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
Kristine: OKAY.
WHAT IS ALSO BEST FOUR CHILD,
WE'VE GOT MENTION, IS HEALTH
AND PHYSICAL ACT ACTIVITY YOU'RE A
BIG PROPONENT OF THAT.
TWO EVENTS COMING UP TOMORROW.
YES.
SO WE HAVE WALK WITH A DOC.
MY WEEKLY EVENT.
8 TO 9:00 A.M., CENTRAL OAHU
REGIONAL PARK.
BUT FOR THESE WINTER MONTHS
EX-I HAVE DANCE WITH A D O.
C FROM 5 TO 6:00 P.M.
POTAGER DANCE STUDIO IN WIPE
KNOW.
NO DANCE EXPERIENCE.
TOMORROW WE'RE GOING TO LEARN
THE HULA AT THAT MELE
KALIKIMAKA.
Kristine: YOU GO TO GORE
FOR A WALK MT MORNING.
HAVE LUNCH.
SAME AREA, WAIPIO.
LEARN HULA.
ALREADY.
THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER EVENT.
YES.
WE SILL HAVE WALK WHICH A
FUTURE DOC GOING ON.
EVEN THOUGH THERE'S SOME
RENOVATIONS KAKAAKO PARK.
WE DO HAVE WALK WITH A FUTURE
DOC RUN BY U.H. MEDICAL
STUDENTS AND FACULTY.
SO JOIN THEM EVERY FOURTH
SUNDAY FROM 9:00 TO 10:00 A.M.
RAIN OR SHINE.
Kristine: THANK YOU SO
MUCH DR. WEE.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS.