BRIDGET ELLA SON, JULIE BROUGH, CANDACE CAMPOS AND TROOPER STEVE.
THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 9:00.
>> ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS
FOR DISEASE CONTROL, THE
NUMBER OF CASES OF MEASLES IN
THE U.S. IS NOW MORE THAN 700
IN 22 STATES.
>> THE CDC SAYS SO MANY OF THE
CASES HAVE BEEN IN CHILDREN OR
TEENAGERS.
>> MEASLES IS EASILY
PREVENTABLE BY A VACCINE.
WHILE IT CONTINUES TO SPREAD
IN RECORD NUMBERS IT IS
PROMISING A LOT OF QUESTIONS
AT LOCAL CLINICS.
>> SO MAKING HER RETURN ON
NEWS 6, AND WE ARE GLAD TO
HAVE DR. AMBER TEAGUE AT
OCEOLA MEDICAL CENTER BACK
WITH US.
THANK YOU FOR STOPPING IN.
WE TOUCHED ON SO MUCH THE LAST
TIME YOU WERE HERE.
AND THIS IS -- THIS GROWING
CONCERN AS THE CASE NUMBERS
KEEP GOING UP, BUT YOU WANT
PARENTS TO KNOW WHAT TO LOOK
FOR.
YOU SEE PARENTS COMING IN
WORRIED ABOUT THE MEASLES.
>> CORRECT.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO DISCUSS THE
MEASLES.
THERE IS A RECORD NUMBER OF
CASES AND A VERY BIG HEALTH
CONCERN.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE DISCUSSING, BUT NOT
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BASIC
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT IT.
WHEN YOUR CHILD DEVELOPS A
RASH IT CAN BE TERRIFYING.
THEY DON’T KNOW THE HALLMARKS
OF THE RASH TO KNOW SHOULD I
BE WORRIED OR NOT.
THERE ARE KEY FEATURES THAT
CAN GIVE REASSURANCE AND
THAT’S WHY I AM HERE TODAY.
FIRST THE MEASLES IS A VIRAL
INFECTION.
IT STARTS WITH SYMPTOMS BEFORE
THE RASH.
THE RASH TYPICALLY ISN’T THE
FIRST THING THAT YOU WOULD SEE
FORMING.
THERE ARE THE FOUR
HALLMARKS.
A FEVER, COUGH AND CONJUNCT
TAU VIE THIS.
AND THAT IS FAN -- FANCY WORD
FOR A TEMPERATURE, A COUGH AND
THEN AN IRRITATED NASAL
PASSAGE EITHER WITH DISCHARGE
OR REDNESS AND CONCUNCTAVI IT
IS IS RED AND IRRITATED EYES.
THAT STARTS BEFORE YOU SEE A
RASH AND THAT FEVER IS TWO --
IS THERE TWO TO FOUR DAYS
BEFORE THE RASH.
THE RASH IS KEY
CHARACTERISTICS THAT COULD SAY
SHOULD I GET THIS CHECKED OUT
OR IS MY CHILD’S RASH THIS?
IT STARTS ON THE HEAD AND GOES
DOWN.
IT STARTS AT THE FACE AND HEAD
AND TRANSFERS DOWN THE BODY
VERSUS OTHER VIRAL RASHES THAT
START ON THE CORE OR THE
ARMS.
THE RASH ISN’T ITCHY SO IT
WOULDN’T BE SOMETHING LIKE DID
THEY GET IN THE GRASS OR ARE
THEY HAVING AN ALLERGIC
REACTION?
THE MEASLES RASH LOOKS
DISTINCTIVE.
THE MEDICAL TERM --
TERMINOLOGY IS THAT IT IS
BLANCHABLE INITIALLY AND THEN
NOT BLANCHABLE LATER.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THIS IS A
RASH THAT IS RAISED.
YOU CAN FEEL IT IF YOU TOUCHED
IT.
IT IS REDISH IN COLOR, AND
THEN WHEN YOU PRESS ON IT IN
THE BEGINNING YOUR SKIN COLOR
WOULD COME BACK OR IT WOULD
TURN WHITE.
LATER WHEN YOU PRESS ON IT, IT
DOES NOT.
IT STAYS THE RED RAISED
COLOR.
AND AT THE END OF THE RASH’S
COURSE ABOUT FOUR DAYS AFTER
YOU START WITH THE RASH, IT
STARTS TO TURN A BROWNISH
COLOR.
MOST OF THE RASHES WHEN YOU
ARE DEALING WITH A VIRUS DOES
VENT HAVE THE -- DOESN’T HAVE
THE SAME HALLMARKS.
>> AND THERE ARE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT VACCINES IN
ADULTS.
MOST OF US PROBABLY HAD THE
MMR WHEN WE WERE KIDS.
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU NEED TO
HAVE YOUR BLOOD CHECKED TO SEE
IF YOU ARE IMMUNE OR IF YOU
NEED A BOOSTER?
>> THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION.
IF YOU HAVE CONCERNED IT IS
NOT INAPPROPRIATE TO ASK FOR A
VACCINATION TIGER TO KNOW IF
YOU ARE IMMUNE AND IT WILL LET
YOU KNOW IF YOU NEED A
BOOSTER.
THE VACCINE GIVEN EARLY IN OUR
VACCINE COURSE IN THE UNITED
STATES WAS AN INACTIVATED
VACCINE AND NOT AS POWERFUL AS
THE CURRENT VACCINES OUT THERE
THAT MOST OF US HAVE GOTTEN.
THAT VACCINE WAS GIVEN AROUND
THE 1960s.
IF YOU GOT YOUR VACCINES IN
THE 1960s OR EARLIER, I
WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TALK
WITH YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT GETTING
A BOOSTER.
OR IF YOU ARE CONCERNED YOU
CAN ALWAYS GET THE NUMBERS
CHECKED.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO CHILDREN,
WHEN ARE THEY VACCINATED?
>> THE MEASLES MUMPS AND
RUBELLA IS AT 12 MONTHS AND
YOU GET SEVERAL BOOSTERS
THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE.
IF FOR WHATEVER REASON YOU
DELAYED FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS
OR OTHER REASONS OR WERE
CONCERNED AND DIDN’T HAVE A
CHANCE TO TALK WITH A
PROVIDER, THERE IS A WHOLE
CATCH UP SCHEDULE THE CENTERS
FOR DISEASE CONTROL HAS
CREATED.
IT IS NOT TOO LATE IF YOUR
CHILD IS OLDER AND YOU WANT TO
GET THE VACCINE.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THIS
GREAT INFORMATION.
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