{"id":16185,"date":"2014-09-11T08:03:43","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T14:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=16185"},"modified":"2014-09-11T10:18:55","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T16:18:55","slug":"stephanie-hanenberg-on-enterovirus-68","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=16185","title":{"rendered":"New virus strain prompts Student Health Center counsel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"740\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F77FbY1L2S8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With a rare virus outbreak now infecting people in Colorado and at least 10 other states, Stephanie Hanenberg, executive director, Student Health Center, offered several tips for prevention of the spread of enterovirus 68.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been busy,\u201d Hanenberg said Wednesday morning. \u201cOur numbers this August were double what they were a year ago. Some of those numbers are people getting physicals but many of the patients we\u2019re seeing are sick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Enterovirus 68 symptoms mimic those of a severe cold, Hanenberg said. There is no vaccine and no cure. Over-the-counter drugs can reduce symptoms. Those at most risk for complications from the virus are those people who already have a respiratory conditionsuch as asthma or emphysema or young children.\u201cFor those populations (pediatric and those with respiratory illness), the onset of fever and severe cough means an individual should see a medical provider as soon as possible,\u201d Hanenberg said.<\/p>\n<p>For everyone else, the Student Health Center has been busy distributing posters in student housing and in restrooms across campus that emphasize good hygiene. The Department is also working with the Department of Facilities Services to ensure hand sanitizer stations are available in campus commons areas.<\/p>\n<p>Illness prevention tips from the Center for Disease Control include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Frequent hand washing with soap.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth, particularly with unwashed hands.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid close contact with those who are sick as well as sharing of utensils.<\/li>\n<li>Disinfect surfaces such as toys, keyboards and door knobs in areas where someone is sick.<\/li>\n<li>Stay healthy by ensuring all other vaccines \u2013 including flu \u2013 are current.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8212; Video by Tom Hutton<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>With a rare virus outbreak now infecting people in Colorado and at least 10 other states, Stephanie Hanenberg, executive director, Student Health Center, offered several tips for prevention of the spread of enterovirus 68. \u201cWe\u2019ve <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=16185\" title=\"New virus strain prompts Student Health Center counsel\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/stephanie-hanenberg-on-enterovir.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-4d3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16185"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16222,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16185\/revisions\/16222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}