00:00Every year, during or after the holidays, most of us get infected with colds and flu.
00:05Pwedeng dahil yan sa paglamig ng panahon o baka naman humina lang ang ating resistance.
00:10Dahil sa sunod-sunod na puya, syempre.
00:12More than anything, ang mahalaga, syempre, maagapan natin yan bago pa ito lumala.
00:17Para bigyan tayo ng expert advice on how to stay safe during flu season,
00:21please welcome Dr. Samuel Sakate from the Longevity Wellness Center Breakthrough Review Center.
00:27Ayan.
00:28Wow.
00:29Good evening, Doc.
00:31Good evening, Dr. Samuel.
00:32Good evening, Dr. Samuel.
00:32Sa number one family show, GMA.
00:35Oh.
00:35Mars.
00:36Oh, GMA.
00:37Okay, guys, kayo ba, during the holidays, ay tinawa, Mars.
00:41Tinawa ka talaga.
00:43Tinawa ka talaga.
00:44Pero ngayon lang, liti lang, January.
00:46Oto lang.
00:46Nanibago ako eh, kasi parang sa lamig, hindi ko alam.
00:50Lamig eh.
00:51Sunod-sunod nga yun sa house, my son.
00:53Yung una yun sa sakit.
00:54Una na kasakit.
00:55Oh, tas may.
00:56Kanina ang, ano, na nga pinang lalamunan ko.
01:00So mga 6 a.m., nag-chill na ako.
01:02Oh.
01:02Ayun na.
01:03Meron buti po, mas ka pa rin dito, Mars.
01:05Maraming tubig lang.
01:06Very good.
01:06And the vitamin C yon.
01:08Huwag mokawaan si Mike, dahil may baby.
01:10Sayang.
01:11Sayang.
01:12Ayun!
01:15Unready.
01:15Unready siyo.
01:16Mars, ka-san naman sa yun yun sa household niyo?
01:18Okay naman during the holidays?
01:20Wala naman.
01:20Wala naman.
01:21Sobrang nag-vitamin so.
01:23Kasi siyampre taping din ako.
01:24Tapos, bagong karakter ko.
01:25Laging makahubad, tapos ang lamig.
01:27Lameg.
01:28Lameg.
01:28Lameg.
01:29Lameg.
01:29Lameg.
01:30May makeup.
01:30May makeup.
01:31Saipa.
01:31Ayun.
01:32So, yun talaga, vitamins.
01:34Tapos, kapag may maramdaman lang,
01:36konting sipon, nag-up ako kagad ng vitamin C,
01:38tapos, citrus, and
01:40lumalayo din ako do sa baby ko.
01:42Parang kung problem ko, I have acid reflux eh.
01:45So, hindi ako pwede pwede.
01:46Pwede mag citrus masyado eh.
01:47Uh-huh.
01:48Kaya water lang.
01:49Ano ba yun, Doc?
01:50Bakit iba yung parang flu ngayon o yung sakit ngayon?
01:53Ba't ang tagal niya?
01:54Ah, usually kasi ang flu,
01:56now, simulan muna natin kung paano nagkakaroon ng flu.
01:59Kasi flu kasi is a cause of a virus.
02:02So, yung virus na yun, may tatlong kalasin pamilya.
02:05Yung narinig natin yung flu, influenza A, influenza B, influenza C.
02:10Yung tatlo na yun, may kanya-kanyang karakter.
02:13So, yung influenza A, yun yung mga medyo nagkikreate ng epidemia.
02:18Yung influenza B, no?
02:20Although solely sa humans lang talaga sila nag-i-infect,
02:23meron sila mga milder symptoms.
02:25And sometimes, mga moderate symptoms.
02:27But influenza C, yun yung medyo milder form.
02:30Sometimes, wala na rin silang fever kapag na-infectan.
02:33And usually, self-resolving.
02:34So, kaya may variation all throughout the year
02:38is because of the type of influenza that is infecting the population
02:42o sino nag-i-infect sa kanila.
02:44Pangalawa, yung host factor na tinatawag.
02:46Syempre, of course, yung tao kapag medyo manghina ang immune system,
02:50they are prone to be infected by the flu virus.
02:54Okay.
02:56Bakit maano?
02:57Bakit uso pag-tasko?
02:58Ah, yeah.
02:59Totoo yan, Mars.
03:00Yun yung sabi-sabi nila pagka malamig yung panahon.
03:02Kasi sa ibang bansa, winter season, flu sa atin ang counterpart ng rainy season.
03:07That's right.
03:08From June to September.
03:09Usually, umaabot na November, December, December.
03:12Depends sa panahon.
03:13But the question is,
03:14bakit tuwing rainy season or tuwing malamig ng panahon,
03:17nagkakaroon ng flu?
03:18Sabi nila, it is related sa environment or the climate or the weather.
03:22But the study says, hindi siya related sa panahon.
03:25But the activity of humans.
03:27Usually, kapag rainy season and winter season sa ibang bansa,
03:31we tend to go indoors.
03:34And once we are indoors, sasalob tayo ng bahay,
03:37mas madali tayo ma-infect.
03:39Kaya tumataas yung kanyang rate or dami.
03:43Gano'n lamang katotoo yung emergency health alerts
03:46na kumakalat ngayon about a stronger strain of virus.
03:50How strong is that?
03:51Yes.
03:52Usually, kumahalat siya ngayon, mga panahon ngayon sa text messages.
03:55Na-receive ko din yan.
03:57Sabi nila, it's a type of H1N1 virus.
04:00Kasi pag sinabi H1N1 virus, medyo delikado yung pakinggan.
04:03Mahirap ang recovery period.
04:07The text says, nag-originate daw somewhere in California
04:10and meron daw mga cases here.
04:13But there are no documented cases yet,
04:16as stated by the RITM or the CDC,
04:20na meron siyang cases here in the Philippines,
04:24or is it a H1N1 virus.
04:27So, since wala tayong official statement,
04:29there is no reason for the public to panic.
04:31Ito ang pinakamaganda tanong.
04:33Eh, ayun.
04:34Dapat ba yearly nagpapa-flu vaccine?
04:36Okay.
04:37Yung pinatawag na flu vaccine,
04:39dalawang klase kasi yan eh.
04:41The North and the Southern type.
04:43Tayo nang sama tayo sa Southern Hemisphere vaccine.
04:46So, bakit yearly tinitake yung flu vaccine?
04:51Kasi, number one, yung flu pala itself is a great deceiver.
04:55It means, it is constantly changing.
04:58Mabilis siya mag-mutate.
05:00Yung kanyang forma, kapag nasanay ang katawan,
05:03na-infect ka, bandang huli,
05:05mag-change siya ka agad siya mas,
05:07ang kanyang reaksyon.
05:09During flu season,
05:11nagkakaroon tayo ng formulation ng virus,
05:13flu vaccine.
05:15Depende yun sa scientific researches
05:18ng mga gumagawa ng bakuna.
05:20They can predict kung ano yung mga mutation
05:22or changes na mangyayari doon sa virus
05:25and they can produce a
05:28atenuated virus
05:29para mag-create ng immunity sa katawan.
05:32Ngayon, may mga tinatawag tayong flu epidemics.
05:35It's a different thing between the flu
05:38na seasonal.
05:39Pag sinabi nating epidemia,
05:41mas grabe yung mutation
05:43o yung nangyayari sa virus.
05:44Dali rin yung avian flu,
05:46swine flu.
05:48Usually, they are a combination of it.
05:50Kapag isang tao na-infectan
05:52ng isang avian flu virus,
05:55nagkakaroon ng changes,
05:57nagbabago,
05:59at pag yung produkto na yun
06:01na ilabas or nahawa sa ibang tao,
06:03mas matapang at mas grabe yung progression.
06:06Ganun na nangyayari sa kanya.
06:08So, yung tinatawag nating epidemic flu
06:12at yung seasonal flu,
06:13it's a different type of virus.
06:15Yearly, we do seasonal flu vaccine.
06:18But once, if there is an epidemic,
06:20we do emergency or flu vaccine.
06:24Depende kung ano yung magkakaroon ng epidemia.
06:26Cure sa flu?
06:27Yeah.
06:28Dito sa Philippines,
06:30we call it oseltamivir.
06:32The medication can prevent the transmission.
06:37Ibig sabihin,
06:38pwede kang matreventan,
06:40mahawa.
06:41Okay?
06:42Pangalawa,
06:43kapag meron ka ng flu
06:44and you take the medication,
06:45it is taken sa bunga nga.
06:47Tiniinom yan.
06:48Yung complication,
06:49bumabawasan,
06:50nababawasan yung complication.
06:52Another thing,
06:53mas mabagal yung disease progression
06:55sa kanila.
06:56But,
06:57unang-una,
06:58sabi ko nga sa inyo,
06:59mas maganda pa rin yung vaccine itself
07:01compared dun sa
07:03sa mismong intake ng terapia.
07:05Because it will not cure
07:06or it will not cure.
07:07Mabagal.
07:08Mabagal pa rin.
07:09Oo.
07:10Oh, nice.
07:11Ayan, dami natin na tutunan.
07:12Para naman po sa mga kababayan natin,
07:13walang cannot afford naman
07:14ng flu vaccine.
07:15Anong alternative?
07:16A prevention.
07:17Pwede nyo,
07:18pag meron flu epidemics
07:19or flu season,
07:20usually,
07:21ang pinaka best way of prevention
07:22is to avoid contact.
07:23Kasi,
07:24ang flu,
07:25natatransmit yan to droplets.
07:27Ibig sabihin,
07:28pag bumahing ako.
07:29No?
07:30Pag bumahing ako,
07:31at nasingkot niya,
07:32pwede siyang mahawa.
07:33Why?
07:34The problem is,
07:35sa flu,
07:36usually,
07:37after two days,
07:38saka pala,
07:39nagmamanifest yung symptoms.
07:40So, meron siyang leave way
07:41na isang araw
07:42na kahit wala siyang manifestation
07:44or wala siyang sakit,
07:45pwede akong makahawa.
07:46Ibig sabihin,
07:47pag nag-contact ako,
07:48kinabukasan,
07:49pwede na akong makahawa
07:50ng ibang tao.
07:51Tapos, pangalawang araw pa lang,
07:52magmamanifest yung symptoms.
07:54After nun,
07:55seven days,
07:56pag na-cure siya,
07:57kahit wala nang lagnat,
07:59wala nang symptoms,
08:00seven days pa din
08:01na nakakahawa.
08:02Na nakakahawa.
08:03So,
08:04mabilis,
08:05very contagious,
08:06mas madali ang spread ng virus.
08:07So, number one prevention
08:09is to avoid contact
08:10or wear mask.
08:12So, ituturo natin
08:13kung paano mag-wear ng mask.
08:14Usually,
08:15the blue area,
08:16yun yung nasa loob.
08:17Tapos, di ba may matigas na area?
08:19It lalagay for the contour ng ilong.
08:22Anyway,
08:23uso naman ng Japan-Japan,
08:24talag nagpunta kayo doon.
08:25That's why they always wear this
08:26because they're so considerate
08:28na ayaw nilang nakahawa.
08:29Exactly.
08:30Totoo yan.
08:31Okay.
08:32The type of mask na yun,
08:33usually disposable mask,
08:34usually,
08:35kapag ginamit nyo
08:36sa mga nanonood sa atin sa TV,
08:37usually,
08:38two times to three times a day,
08:39pinapalitan.
08:40We have the second type of mask,
08:42which we call N95 mask.
08:43Mas maganda yung protection nun.
08:45Although,
08:46little bit cozy
08:47compared to this one.
08:48Usually,
08:49pinapalitan din siya
08:50once or twice a week,
08:51twice a day.
08:52And Doc,
08:53where can they find you?
08:54They can find me
08:56in my regular clinic schedule
08:57in a longevity center.
08:59It's located in Quezon Avenue.
09:01In front, actually,
09:02mas tapat lang siya
09:03ng Capital Medical Center.
09:05Ayan naman.
09:06Thank you so much, Doc.
09:07Thank you, Doc.
09:08Ang dami namin natutunan na.
09:09Yes, as always.
09:10Ayan,
09:11susunod na ang
09:12masayang chikahan
09:13na may kasamang agawan.
09:15Let's grab a song
09:16when we return
09:17dito lang sa
09:18May!
