CONCERN AFFECTING MANY PEOPLE.
BREAKING DOWN THE INFORMATION
FOR YOU...
AND TELLING YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO
KNOW - TO KEEP YOU HEALTHY.
DR. KALANI BRADY FROM THE JOHN
A. BURNS - SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
JOINS US
NOW...WITH THIS WEEK'S
TOPIC...BUG BITES.
-NORMAL REACTION TO INSECT BITES
RESULT IN ITCHY SWELLING AND
REDNESS WITHIN A FEW MINUTES
LASTING FOR HOURS. -IT'S WITH
IMMUE COMPROMISE SUCH AS AIDS,
SOME LEUKEMIA AND OTHER MAY
DEVELOP SEVERE LOCAL BITE
REACTIONS INCLUDING SKIN BREAK
DOWN,
SWOLLEN LYMPH NODES AND FEVER.
-TREATMENT INCLUDES WASHING WITH
SOAP AND WATER, USING COOL
OR COLD PACKS, AND CREAMS
CONTAINING CALAMINE LOTION.
-NONSDATING ANTIHITAMINE PILLS
SUCH AS LORATADINE
AND CEIRIZNE
ARE HELPFUL WITH ITCHING.
-THE CULPRIT ARE MOSQUITO,
FLEAS, BED BUGS.
-SEVERE SYSTEMIC ALLERGIC
REACTIONS ARE UNCOMMON, BUT CAN
OCCUR WITH MOSQUITOS, TICKS,
BLACK FLIES, HORSEFLIES AND
CENTIPEDES
, AND BEES AND WASPS.
-THESE CAN RESULT IN LOWER BLOOD
PRESSURE
.
-THE TREATMENT IS ADRENALINE,
AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THIS
REACTION
SHOULD CARRY AN INJECTION.
-MOSQUITOS IN HAWAII RARELY
CARRY DENGUE, ZIKA AND
CHIKUNGUNYA IN AN
AREA WHERE THESE DISEASE HAVE
BEEN IDENTIFIED.
-CENTIPEDES ARE LARGELY
NOCTURNAL AND THERFORE STINGS
FREQUENTLY
OCCUR AT NIGHT.
-ICE PACKS, ANTIHISTAMINES AND
NON-STEROID ANTIINFLAMMOTIRES
CAN BE HELPFUL.
-OCCASIONAL LOCAL INFECTION AND
SKIN BREAKDOWN SHOULD BE SEEN BY
A
DOCTOR, ALTHOUGH MOST STINGS
REVOLVE.
-BRONW RECLUSE SPIDERS COME TO
HAWAII IN PACKAGES, AND CAN TAKE
UP
RESIDENCE IN A HOUSE.
-THEY ARE RARE OUTDOORS.
-THE SINGLE BITE CAUSES BURNING
HOURS AFTER, AND 10% OF BITES
RESULT
IN SKIN BREAKDOWN.
-COOL PACKS ARE HELPFUL.
-IF YOU'VE SEEN THE SPIDER, SEE
YOUR DOCTOR.
-FOR HIKES IN THE WOODS IN
HAWAII, USE INSECT REPELLENT
WITH DEET IN IT AND
VOER UP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
-THIS WAY, YOU CAN ENJOY YOUR
SUMMER OUTDOORS.
KRISTINE:
WE'LL BREAK DOWN THE STORIES YOU
NEED 2 KNOW ABOUT TODAY...