CONCERN AFFECTING MANY PEOPLE.
WELCOME BACK.
NOW EVERY OTHER THURSDAY
WE TAKE A LOOK AT A
HEALTH ISSUE OR CONCERN
AFFECTING MANY PEOPLE.
WE BROKE DOWN THE
INFORMATION AND TELL YOU
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO
KEEP YOU HEALTHY
HDR. KALANI BRADY JOINS
US NOW WITH THIS WEEK'S
TOPIC, THE UPCOMING FLU
SEASON AN THE NEW
VACCINE THAT JUST GOT
RELEASED.
DR
THE CENTERS FOR
DISEASE CONTROL
ESTIMATED THERE HAD WERE
40 MILLION CASES OF FLU
MILLION, 500,000 OF
THOSE, REQUIRED
HOSPITALIZATION FOR
AS 60,000 PATIENTS DIED
IN THE UNITED STATES
BECAUSE OF FLU.
IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY
YEAR IT KEEPS GETTING
WORSE AND WORSE.
YES.
SO WHAT ARE THE
SYMPTOMS?
SYMPTOMS ARE FEVER, A
COUGH, A RUNNY NOSE OR
STUFFY NOSE, MUSCLE AND
BODY ACHE, FEELING LIKE
A TRUCK HAS RUN OVER
YOU, HEADACHES, FEELING
TIRED AND IN CHILDREN
THEY CAN HAVE VOMITING
AND DIARRHEA.
FLU, HOW DOES IT SPREAD?
IT'S SPREAD BY
COUGHING AND SNEEZING
AND THE MOST CONTAGIOUS
PERIOD IS THE FIRST
THREE TO FOUR DAYS OF
SYMPTOMS, ALTHOUGH YOU
CAN ACTUALLY BE
CONTAGIOUS OCCASIONALLY
ON THE DAY BEFORE YOU
EVEN GET SYMPTOMS AND UP
TO A WEEK AFTER THE
SYMPTOMS APPEAR.
IF YOU GET THE FLU,
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
COMPLICATIONS?
PNEUMONIA, EAR
INFECTIONS, SINUS
INFECTIONS AND WORSENING
OF HEART FAILURE,
DIABETES AND ASTHMA
ESPECIALLY.
AND SO WHO'S AT HIGH
RISK OF GETTING THE FLU?
THE ELDERLY, THOSE
WITH ASTHMA, DIABETES OR
HEART DISEASE, WOMEN WHO
ARE PREGNANT AND
CHILDREN UNDER FIVE
YEARS OF AGE INCLUDING
BABIES.
A LOT OF
HOSPITALIZATIONS THAT
ARE MENTIONED BEFORE
WERE INFANTS THAT HAVE
BEEN HOSPITALIZED FOR
FLU.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS
YOU BETTER GET THAT FLU
SHOT, CORRECT?
PREVENTION.
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION
IS WEST VIRGINIA A POUND
OF CURE.
SO THE FLU VACCINE THIS
YEAR JUST CAME OUT AND
IT'S TIME TO GET IT.
YOU CAN ALSO AVOID
PEOPLE WITH THE FLU AND
HAND WASHING WHICH IS
ALSO HELPFUL BUT THE
BEST THING TO DO IS GET
YOUR FLU SHOT LIKE WE'RE
SEEING ON THE SCREEN.
AND WHAT ABOUT
TESTING?
RAPID TESTS FOR FLU.
IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU
HAVE THE FLU AND GO TO
THE DOCTOR, IN 15
MINUTES THE DOCTOR CAN
TELL YOU IT'S LIKELY TO
BE THE FLU OR IT'S
TEST ISN'T 100% ACCURATE
WHAT ARE THE
TREATMENTS?
THERE ARE TREATMENTS.
OBVIOUSLY, STOMACH
TREATMENTS ARE USUALLY
GOOD ENOUGH FOR BOTH ALL
OF US THAT DON'T HAVE
SERIOUS ILLNESS LIKE
ASTHMA, HEART FAILURE,
DIABETES OR IMMUNE
DEFICIENCY BUT THERE ARE
MEDICATIONS THAT YOU CAN
TAKE BY PILL FOR FIVE
DAYS, SOMETIMES LONGER,
THAT ACTUALLY WILL TREAT
THE FLU.
THE PROBLEM WITH THE
TREATMENTS FOR THE FLU
IS THAT THEY HAVE
FOR EXAMPLE, THE
ANTI-FLU MEDICATIONS
CAUSE NAUSEA AND
SOMETIMES VOMITING.
NOW FLU SEASON IS
STARTING IN A COUPLE
WEEKS OR IN OCTOBER.
RIGHT.
WHEN SHOULD YOU GET
THE FLU SHOT?
NOW.
NOW IS THE TIME.
YOU WANT TO GET IT
BEFORE YOU'RE EXPOSED TO
FLU AND HAVE THE RISK OF
CATCHING THE FLU
INSTEAD.
IN HAWAI'I BECAUSE WE'RE
AN INTERNATIONAL
DESTINATION FOR TOURISTS
AND BUSINESS PEOPLE, THE
FLU SEASON BASICALLY
STARTS NOW.
AND ON THE CONTINENTAL
U.S., THE TRAPPEDITION L
FLU SEASON IS OCTOBER,
PEAKING IN FEBRUARY AND
GOING UNTIL APRIL OR
MAY.
REAL QUICKLY, WHY DO
PEOPLE NOT WANT TO GET
THE FLU SHOT?
IT'S A LITTLE SORE.
SOME PEOPLE FEEL THAT
THEY GET A LITTLE
REACTION TO THE FLU
SHOT.
I'VE GOTTEN THE FLU SHOT
FOR 40 YEARS AND
BASICALLY YOU GET A
LITTLE LOCAL SORENESS.
YOU CAN FEEL A LITTLE
FLU-EY.
NOT THE MAC TRUCK RAN
OVER ME BUT IT'S
INFINITELY BETTER THAN
GETTING INFLUENZA
ITSELF.
THEY SAY I GET THE FLU
SHOT, I GOT THE FLU.
THEY JUST GET SOMETIMES
SIDE-EFFECTS FROM THE