Kristine: EVERY OTHER
THURSDAY, WE'RE TAKING A LOOK
AT HEALTH ISSUE OR CONCERN
AFFECTING MANY PEOPLE.
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.
STAPH INFECTIONS AND EMPITAGO.
I'VE HEARD THESE WORDS.
NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THEY
ARE.
THEY'RE CORRELATED, STAFF AND
EPOTAG A.
RIGHT.
EMPOTAIGO, SKIN CONDITION,
INFECTION, GENERALLY AFFECTS 2
TO 6 YEAR OLDS.
HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS.
STAFF.
HALF BY STAND. COMM. REP.
IF YOU HAVE -- ST REPRESENT P.
IF YOU HAVE -- HALF BY STREP.
IF YOU HAVE EMPOTAIGO, GET IT
TREAT AND HAVE YOUR CHILD OUT
OF SCHOOL SO THE WHOLE CLASS
DOESN'T GET IT BECAUSE IT IS
HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS.
STAPH INFECTIONS IN GENERAL
CAN BECOME PRETTY SERIOUS,
PRETTY RAPIDLY.
THEY'RE DANGEROUS.
IS STAPH INFECTIONS SHOULD
ALSO BE TREATED HISTORICALLY,
STAFF ONLY AFFECTED
PATIENTS WITH CANCER ON
CHEMOTHERAPY, DIALYSIS
PATIENTS AND OTHER PATIENTS
THAT HIM IMMUNE SUPPRESSION.
STAPH IS MUCH MORE COMMON.
YOU CAN CATCH IT EASILY.
IT CAN CAUSE SERIOUS
CONDITIONS IN THE REST OF THE
BODY.
IT CAN BE DEADLY.
SOME OF THE SERIOUS INFECTIONS
THAT STAFF CAN CAUSE ARE PERRY
PERRYCARDITIS,.
PROBABLY MOST COMMON IS
PNEUMONIA.
MENINGITIS OF THE BRAIN AND
SPINAL CORD, AND SERIOUS TO
TREAT.
EASILY SPREAD.
ALA WAI CANAL WATER AND
SOMETIMES OTHER WATER, THINK
OF OUR PADDLERS, CAN GET STAPH
INFECTIONS WHICH BECOME CRUSTY
LESIONS WITH A RED HALO AND
YELLOWISH CRUST ON THE LESION,
ON THE YOU W ULCU.
R.
SPREAD IN DAY CARE CENTER,
LOCKER ROOM, SCHOOL, GYMS,
WORKOUT FACILITIES EVEN IN
BUG BITES.
Kelly: TO US THAT WORK?
BUG BITES?
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
BUG BITES?
BUG CAUSES A BREAK IN THE
SKIN AND THE STAPH, WHICH
FREQUENTLY INHABITS ALL OF
OUR SKIN, TAKES ADVANTAGE OF
THE WOUND.
Kelly: INTERESTING.
THEN YOU MENTIONED, DAY CARE,
SCHOOL, THIS REALLY CAN IMPACT
ANYONE AT ANY AGE.
YES.
Kelly: SO IF YOU DO CATCH
THIS HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS
INFECTION, ARE THERE
TREATMENT?
HOW DO YOU TAKE CARE OF IT?
ANTIBIOTICS HAVE VERY
HELPFUL.
MANY ANTIBIOTICS THAT WORK.
YOUR DOCTOR, WHEN YOU SEE YOUR
DOCTOR, SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE A
CULTURE TO FIND OUT WHETHER
THE STAFF IS REGULAR STAFF OR
WHETHER IT'S THAT BAD STAPH
THAT WE TALK ABOUT.
MERSS, REQUIRES SPECIAL
ANTIBIOTICS.
MURSA.
DOCTOR CAN TREAT THAT WITH
ANTIBIOTICS.
FREQUENT BANDAGED CHANGES OVER
THE WOUNDS WILL HELP AND WHEN
BE SURE TO WEAR GLOVES AND
WASH YOUR HANDS AFTER CHANGING
THE BANDAGE.
PROPER DISPOSAL OF THE
BANDAGES AND THE GLOVES IS
IMPORTANT AS WELL.
Kelly: I'M SURE THAT'S A
GOOD WAY TO NOT TRANSFER IT,
RIGHT?
RIGHT.
Kelly: WHAT ARE OTHER
WAYS?
WE TALKED ABOUT TREATING IT.
BUT IS THERE A WAY TO PREVENT
IT?
WITH IT BEING SO HIGHLY
CONTAGIOUS, BUG BITES, ARE
THERE WAYS TO ACTUALLY AVOID
IT?
YES.
AVOID ALA WAI CANAL.
(LAUGHTER) HAND WASHING WITH
SOAP, ALCOHOL BASED
SANITIZERS, WHICH ARE COMMON,
I THINK AT KHON WE EVEN HAVE
THEM.
Kelly: YES.
DON'T SHARE TOWELS WITH
PEOPLE THAT HAVE SOARS ON
THEIR SKIN BECAUSE YOU CAN
ACTUALLY INFECT YOURSELF WITH
THE SAME STAPH.
KEEP BROKEN SKIN COVERED WITH
A BANDAGE.
IF YOU HAVE SPORTS EQUIPMENT
YOU'RE USING CLEAN IT.
BE SURE TO, AGAIN, NOT SHARE
TOWELS.
AND KEEP WOUNDS FROM ECZEMA OR
OTHER SKIN WOUNDS TREATED WITH
CREAMS AND KEEP THEM COVERED.
Kelly: GOOD TIPS.
OKAY.
SO BASICALLY, JUST KEEP
EVERYTHING VERY, VERY CLEAN.
RIGHT.
Kelly: THANK YOU SO MUCH,
DR. BRADY FOR JOINING US THIS
MORNING AND BREAKING DOWN
STAPH INFECTION.