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A10 Health wallowa.com March 30, 2016 Wallowa County Chieftain Making the right choices the easy choices By Kenneth Rose and Emily Sheahan For The Chieftain Wallowa Memorial Hospital has Eeen focusing on the health and wellness of our community over the past few years in part Ey providing the Complete Health Improvement Program CHIP), and now Ey focus- ing on helping our community Ee- come a “Blue Zone.” Dan Buettner is a world renowned explorer and author who has written several Eooks on the “Blue Zones,” the fo- cus in a 1ational *eographic article that descriEed the ¿ve Blue Zones around the world where there are more people who are living active lives well into their 100s. Buettner suEsequently has done a lot of research into what were some commonalities Eetween the lifestyle haEits of these ¿ve Blue Zones. He found nine common haE- Courtesy photo Dr. Kenneth D. Rose its or practices called the “Power 1ine,” which include moving nat- urally, having a purpose, eating a plant-slant diet and having strong social ties. In his most recent Eook, “Blue Zone Solutions,” he shares how they have incorporated the nine practices into communities across the United States in order to help people live longer and healthier lives. “It’s not just how long we live, it’s also how well we live,” Buettner writes. “People in the Blue Zones cultures not only live longer lives, they often live Eetter lives, with health, meaning and love — dying young as old as possiEle.” Buettner emphasizes that the ma- jority of those living over 100 years in these Blue Zones are not trying to do so, they just do it Eecause their cultures are such that “the healthy choice is the easy choice. ... The path to a long, healthy life comes from creating an environment around yourself, your family and your community that nudges you into following the right Eehaviors suEtly and relentlessly ...” If $mericans could follow the examples of the people in the Blue Zones they could lose an average of 20 pounds, cut their rates of heart disease in half and suffer aEout a ¿fth the rate of diaEetes and certain cancers. With those kinds of health Eene¿ts, who wouldn’t want to live in that kind of environment? 2n FeE. 9 a team from the 2r- egon Blue Zones Project shared a presentation at Cloverleaf Hall in Enterprise. To Eecome a Blue Zone, a com- munity must involve individuals, city departments, Eusinesses, gro- cery stores and restaurants in pledg- ing to make changes to what we eat, how we exercise and relate to one another. $ Blue Zone community requires a pledge and action from 20 percent of citizens, 50 percent of top 20 employers, 25 percent of independent restaurants, 25 percent of puElic schools and 25 percent of grocery stores. The pledge includes a checklist of lifestyle changes, community and Eusiness projects, as well as menu and product chang- es to promote healthier lifestyles. $s health care practitioners, we are excited to take part in continu- ing to help our community make healthy choices for a longer and healthier life. This is an exciting opportunity for our community and we are hoping that individuals, Eusinesses and schools will join the movement. We encourage you to go to the Blue Zone weEsite www. Eluezonesproject.com) and learn more aEout how each of us can get involved. Kenneth D. Rose, MD, is a general surgeon at Mountain View Medical Group in Enterprise. Dr. Emily Sheahan, MD is Family Medicine/Obstetrics specialist at Mountain View Medical Group. Spring community Health Look for signs of canine Worker training available Salmon Poisoning Disease Course will ready trainees to help residents with health care services Wallowa County Chieftain Do you have a passion for your community? Would you like to increase your skills and Eecome part of a new workforce? 1ortheast 2re- gon 1etwork 1E21) can help you do just that with up- coming Community Health Worker training sessions in La *rande. Community Health Work- ers are a community-Eased resource that works with in- dividual community memEers and the community as a whole to help navigate the health care and social service sys- tems to improve lives in their area. <ou’ll ¿nd certi¿ed Com- munity Health Workers at many Wallowa County Eusi- nesses that deal with the puE- GUN SHOW ELGIN STAMPEDE GROUNDS APRIL 2nd 9AM to 5PM APRIL 3rd 9AM to 3PM Admission $4.00 for adults, children under 12 are admited for free. $1.00 off admission when entering with a firearm to sell or trade ALL STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS WILL BE APPLIED Security will be provided. Concessions will be available. For more information or to make reservations (tables are $35.00 per each 8 foot table) Call Russ Smith at 541-786-4270 GUN RAFFLE! Drawing on Sunday lic, such as insurance com- panies, service agencies like Community Connection and Building Healthy families, Winding Waters and Center for Wellness. Ideal places to add CHW’s would Ee schools, justice agencies, youth services, De- partment of Human Services, dentist of¿ces, churches, hos- pitals and care centers. $ny- one who wants to learn more is welcome to attend the train- ing. The training consists of 90 hours of class time and 1E21 is the only certi¿ed hands-on program on the eastern side of the state that can offer the pro- gram and certi¿cation. This spring’s training course will run from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. $pril 11-14, $pril 25-28 and May 9-12. There will Ee a 30-minute Ereak each day for lunch, which will Ee provided Ey 1E21. The training will take place at the Integrated Services Build- ing, 1607 *ekler Lane in La *rande. The 1E21 CHW training prepares trainees to play a full range of roles, from connect- ing people to existing services and managing medical utiliza- tion, health education to orga- nizing communities to identi- fy and address their own most pressing health issues; and to promote the full integration of CHWs as integral memEers of the medical, puElic health and ELECTRICAL & WATER SYSTEM CONTRACTOR CCB#187543 EC# 32-14C ELECTRICAL & PLUMBING SUPPLIES • PUMPS IRRIGATION • HARDWARE • APPLIANCE PARTS 208 S. RIVER ST. • ENTERPRISE, OR Licking an infected fish can kill a dog By Dr. Jereld Rice For The Chieftain Take a drive up the river on any given day and you’ll Vee ¿Vhermen at every Eend. FolkV ¿Vhing alone, otherV with a friend or two, and those spending the day on the river with man’s Eest friend — a faithful dog. Those of us who live in the 3aci¿c 1orth- west and have a dog we love, weather we ¿sh or not, must know aEout the life-threaten- ing disease known as “salm- on poisoning.” Every year, thousands of dogs in our corner of the country Eecome severely ill after ingesting raw, cold- smoked or kippered ¿sh. $s the name implies, salmon play a key role in this disease that can infect any memEer of the canine species. +owever, other ¿sh, such as trout, steelhead, lamprey, sculpin and others also can transmit the infectious, Eac- terial, disease-causing organ- ism. Dogs that are exposed to the pathogen can Eecome deathly ill Ey eating or even just licking) any part of an infected ¿sh. Though not all ¿sh will carry the infectious organism, there is no oEvi- ous way to know which ¿sh will transmit the disease and which ones won’t. Clinical signs or symp- toms) of salmon poisoning are remarkaEly similar to a numEer of other canine dis- eases, such as parvo, distem- per, ehrlichiosis and some types of toxicities or poison- ing. Infected dogs typically don’t show signs of disease for up to - days and some- times as many as 30 days) after eating the infected ¿sh, which can make salmon poisoning a diagnostic chal- lenge. The ¿rst sign of salmon poisoning is a mild elevation in temperature followed Ey loss of appetite, lethargy and a fever that may get as high as 107 degrees. If the dog does not die from the extreme Eody tem- perature, clinical signs or symptoms will continue to develop. %y the fourth or ¿fth day after clinical signs devel- op, Eody temperature often will decrease and may even Ee within the normal range though it is a false “normal” resulting from dehydration). Dogs that have salmon poi- soning disease will start to vomit, appear to have sunken eyes from dehydration, and diarrhea will Eecome profuse and is often times Eloody. $s vomiting and diarrhea persist, dogs Eecome se- verely dehydrated and Eody temperature often falls well Eelow normal. 2f the dogs that do not receive veterinary care, 90 percent of affected dogs will die within 14 days of the onset of clinical signs. Contrary to its name, Salmon Poisoning Disease is not caused directly Ey the ¿sh itself, Eut rather Ey a mi- croscopic organism known as 1eorickettsia helmintheca You may not need Life Insurance, but your family does. www.jbbane.com 541-426-3344 Call us today for a free quote. 541-426-4208 Gambling Problem? 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Prognosis for dogs that are diagnosed with salmon poisoning is dependent on how far the disease has pro- gressed. Dogs that are pre- sented to a veterinarian early in the course of disease may Ee given a very optimistic prognosis, while dogs that have more advanced disease may Ee given a poor to grave prognosis. Treating salmon poison- ing can Ee relatively simple or exceptionally challenging depending on how far the disease has progressed. Dogs that have Eeen displaying clinical signs for several days are generally severely dehy- drated and reTuire I9 Àuid therapy to restore hydration. $dditional therapy is aimed at eliminating the 1eorick- ettsial organism, stopping the vomiting and supporting the digestive system as it heals. Most dogs that show clinical signs of salmon poisoning re- quire hospitalization. The Eest treatment is pre- vention: • Keep close track of where your dog is and what he is eating will help your dog avoid the perils of salm- on poisoning. • Wrap garEage, especial- ly ¿sh entrails, and dispose of in well-secured trash cans. • If you do feed ¿sh to your dog, ensure that it has Eeen well cooked or deep freeze it for a minimum of two weeks to destroy the dis- ease causing agent prior to feeding it to your dog. • When you are ¿shing, keep dogs well away from raw ¿sh. Ignoring your dog’s whine as he Eegs for a morsel of fresh ¿sh may save Eoth of you a heap of trouEle and even a life. Jereld Rice, DVM, owns and operates Enterprise Animal Hospital.