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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH By Paul G. Donohue, M.D.
Roseola Is Common Childhood Infection DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I live in the far north, where deep snow stays until late spring. This past winter my 16-month-old son came down with a rash. We were snowed in and I couldn’t get to the doctor, but I talked with him on the phone. The doctor said it was probably roseola, a herpes infection. The baby was never very sick, but I wonder if this roseola can cause future trouble. Can it? What’s the herpes connection? -- A.S. ANSWER: Let’s get the herpes issue out of the way right at the start. The virus causing roseola is the herpes-6 virus, not the virus of genital infections -herpes-2 -- or the virus of cold sores -- herpes-1. It’s a common childhood infection. By the third year of life, 2 years of age, 80 percent of infants have been infected with it. A sudden rise of temperature -- 103 F (39 C) or higher -- heralds the onset of the illness. Even in the face of this high temperature, most babies don’t look or act sick. The fever lasts three to five days and then goes as quickly as it came. Within 12 to 24 hours of the fever’s disappearance, the baby breaks out in a rash that is light red (rose-colored, the basis of the “roseola” name) and appears on the trunk. It spreads to the face, the upper arms and the upper legs. In one to three days, the rash leaves. Almost all children recover quickly. There are no future consequences from the usual roseola infection. No treatment is given, because no treatment is needed. However, children who have a defect in
their immune system benefit from antiviral therapy. *** DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have had type 2 diabetes for more than 10 years. I can control it by watching what I eat. When I was first diagnosed, I was overweight, and I lost 50 pounds. I have several friends who also have type 2 diabetes, and they are on medicine for it. They say that by taking medicine, they don’t have to watch what they eat. Is this true?
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ANSWER: The best way to control any illness is to treat it without medicine whenever possible. All medicines have side effects. Diet is an important aspect of diabetes control. Since weight loss and a diabetic diet have kept your blood sugar in check, stick with them. Only if diet and weight loss cannot bring blood sugar to acceptable levels should a person have to resort to medicine. In point of fact, that happens often enough. Your friends don’t have free rein to eat whatever they want. They need to speak with a dietitian about a diabetic diet. Diabetes is becoming an epidemic disease. The booklet on this illness discusses its many facets and its treatment. Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue -- No. 402W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery. *** Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 328536475. (c) 2008 North America Synd., Inc. All Rights Reserved
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in tandem with the USAC Silver Crown, Sprint and Midget Series in determining champions. However, the failure of USAC’s Indy Car division late in 1978 brought about the formation of CART, and before you knew it, USAC was out and CART was in. CART road races later became routine along with ovals on the CART schedule. I’d say leave everything alone right now, as ovals and road courses are neat in this day and age of Indy Cars.
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PHOTO CUTLINE: Marcos Ambrose became the first Australian to win a NASCAR race with his victory in the Zippo 200 Nationwide Series race at Watkins Glen, N.Y. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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