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SARS prompts vigilance
SARS, a pneumonia-like
condition, has doctors
on the lookout for symptoms
Lindsay Sauve
Family/Health/Education Reporter
Recent reports of Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome have doc
tors and health officials paying
particular attention to individuals
with flu-like symptoms, but Lane
County Public Health Department
officials said the disease has not
been discovered locally.
Though there have been rumors
about a possible case of SARS in
Lane County, Public Health official
Betsy Meredith said SARS is not a
threat to the local community, and
the hearsay about community
members contracting the disease
are completely false. However, she
said local health officials are still
diligently checking for SARS in
respiratory cases.
Anne Mattson, a registered
nurse at the University Health
Center, said SARS is a respiratory
illness of unknown cause, similar
to pneumonia that spreads
through bodily secretions and ex
haled droplets. She added SARS is
not considered to be passed
through casual contact, but
through continuous contact with
an infected individual, and a ma
jority of cases have occurred in
hospital workers or family mem
bers of patients with SARS.
SARS has commanded the at
tention of health care providers
and the media in recent weeks be
cause not much is known about
the disease, and there have al
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Reported Cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
’Probable cause not reported by United States
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Emerald
Reported deaths caused by
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
SOURCE: World Health Organization
Emerald
ready been 58 reported deaths tied
to SARS since it was first discov
ered in late February. According to
the World Health Organization,
the first case of SARS was report
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Hanoi, Vietnam. -
Although there
have been no
SARS-associated
deaths in the
United States,
there have been
59 reported cas
es of SARS
across the coun
try, and there
have been 1,622
cases of SARS
reported world
wide.
WHO has established an inter
national research project, consist
ing of 11 laboratories in nine
countries, to work toward identify
ing the disease.
“There is lots of anxiety in the
world today for many reasons,”
Meredith said. “SARS is a real dis
ease, and health professionals are
keeping track of it.”
Symptoms associated with
SARS include a fever higher than
100.4 F, coughing, difficulty
breathing, shortness of breath and
x-ray findings of pneumonia, hy
poxia, or respiratory distress. Ac
r
cording to the Center for Disease
Control Web site, people who have
had a history of travel to Hong
Kong or Guangdong Province in
China or Hanoi, Vietnam, run a
"There is lots of anxiety
in the world today
for many reasons.
SARS is a real disease,
and health professionals
are keeping track of it."
Betsy Meredith
Lane County
Public Health official
nigner risK or
catching the
disease.
Mattson
said preven
tion is a key
factor in pro
tecting oneself
from SARS.
“Like with
any other dis
ease, we
should all be
practicing
prevention
metnoas such
as washing hands and covering
mouths while coughing,”
says Mattson.
Individuals who have questions
about SARS are advised to visit the
GDC Web site or they can contact
the health center at 346-2770.
Those exhibiting symptoms of
SARS within seven days of travel
to the above-mentioned countries
should contact the health center
or their primary care provider.
Contact the reporter
atlindsaysauve@dailyemerald.com.
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