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Over 5,500 Guamanians suffer from asthma, allergies

Posted on October 29, 2022 By
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Governor Lou Leon Guerrero and Lt. Governor Josh Tenorio recently proclaimed May as Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month. According to a 2019 study from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 24.8 million or one in 13 people in the United States have asthma or allergies and that here at home- 5,556 individuals fall under that category with numbers are increasing each year.

After everybody i’m sabrina solis matanotti and welcome to your health home and lifestyle edition of kuam news extra the month of may has been proclaimed asthma and allergy awareness group and recently a proclamation signing was held acknowledging all the good work that has been done by the guam asthma and allergy support group here is joan aguncharfris with

Healthcheck health check is presented by island cancer center we are very proud and honored to proclaim this month may to be asthma and allergy recognition month governor lou liangrero and lieutenant governor joshua tenorio recently proclaimed may as asthma and allergy awareness month according to a 2019 study from the behavioral risk factor surveillance

System 24.8 million or 1 in 13 people in the united states have asthma or allergies and i hear at home a little over 5 000 individuals fall under that category with numbers increasing each year chairperson of guam’s asthma and allergy support program linda solis from may 1st through the 31st we asked the public to wear a gray ribbon or clothing during the

Month of may in recognition of the people who suffer from asthma and allergies gas began in august 2016 but officially recognized on may 2017 founded by myself as well as the sports the support of our former medical advisor dr nikunj ba the mission of gas is to improve the health and well-being of people who suffer from asthma and allergies through education

Awareness advocacy and activities asthma and allergies are the second most common non-communicable disease among children and although there is no cure for asthma analogies many deaths are preventable with proper treatment and care during the covet pandemic those with moderate to severe asthma or allergies may be at a greater risk of developing serious

Complications it is during this month where gasps brought public awareness regarding asthma and allergies and how it is essential to help educate all citizens of guam of the serious and potentially life-threatening nature of asthma and allergies governor leon guro i know that uh asthma and allergies are really a huge thing here on our island and more more

More people don’t know that much about it and i just wanted to say that with your efforts and of course uh with our support we can make our people a lot more aware and a lot more knowledgeable about asthma and allergies the governor also encouraged our island community to be aware of the prevalence of asthma and allergies including heightened prevalence among

Women minority and urban demographics the proclamation signing was also a time to acknowledge recognize and salute health care professionals who treat asthma and allergy related health issues children as young as 6 months are now participating in a pfizer covid19 vaccine trial pfizer plans to eventually enroll more than 4 500 kids with the goal of applying for

Emergency use authorization by the fall jamie yuckas spoke with a family whose two young sons got vaccinated and they’re encouraging other families to do the same for parents ottavio and zaneta good the first step to getting back out into the world was getting their family vaccinated their sons three-year-old andal and eight-month-old soren were among the

First kids under the age of five to receive the pfizer vaccine zaneda who has a phd in immunology felt confident about signing her kids up for the phase one clinical trial at stanford what made you guys decide no we want to go ahead and do this vaccines are one of the greatest inventions of immunology and it’s like the key for us to feel good and safe about

Our kids one thing that we’re concerned with is the long-term effects of kovid and it’s like yeah we’ll take the vaccine any day over the potential downsides of covid dr yvonne maldonado is overseeing the trial which will help researchers determine dosing the goal is for kids to have a strong immune response with minimal side effects children have a tendency

To develop fevers more often than adults do in general and we also know that children frequently respond to lower doses with good immune responses zaneta says andal and soren were given one tenth of an adult dose and baby soarin returned last week to have his blood drawn did your kids have any side effects not anything major um until after his first dose he

Was a little bit low on energy for one day and had a sore arm for one day but after second those both kids had nothing maldonado says kids side effects will likely be similar to adults but it’s a small price to pay covid is the 10th most common cause of death in children in the u.s right now it is causing children to be sick with a disease for which we don’t

Know the long-term effects for the good family shots also mean they’re more comfortable at some of their favorite places like the park what i really miss is going to the playground and meeting new families and making friends and coming back to our house and playing you know and now we are happy to open up to the world again now we feel we feel protected and

We don’t feel worried anymore and it’s a wonderful feeling researchers will use blood work to determine how strong the vaccine response is at fending off the virus if children don’t generate enough antibodies they can return for a higher dose jamie yuca cbs news los angeles jamie adds that the cdc says it is investigating a small number of teens and young adults

Who developed the rare heart condition called myocarditis after being vaccinated the agency says all appear to have mild symptoms and there is no clear link between the vaccine and the condition stay tuned claire is up next

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