THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS REPORTING AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FLU CASES IN YOUNGER PEOPLE. THOSE CASES INCLUDE HOSPITALIZATIONS, SOMETIMES REQUIRING VENTILATORS TO HELP PATIENTS BREATH.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT DOCTOR CHAD SMELSER TELLS 770 KKOB THERE ARE TREATMENTS FOR THOSE WHO THINK THEY MAY HAVE THE FLU, BUT YOU HAVE TO ACT QUICKLY. HE ADVISES GETTING THOSE TREATMENTS WITHIN THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF NOTICING SYMPTOMS.
BY THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE FLU RATE FOR THOSE 18-TO-49 YEARS OF AGE WAS 6 PER 100-THOUSAND PEOPLE. THIS YEAR IT'S UP TO 7-2 PER 100-THOUSAND PEOPLE . SMELSER'S ADVICE ONCE AGAIN…GET A FLU SHOT.
