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Christine Musser is a junior from Newton, Kansas. She is majoring in advertising and upon graduation she wants to work in the media department of an ad agency. Her hobbies include photography, biking and raquetball.
Watkins to offer new vaccine
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Health officials advise people without spleens to get inoculated
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Hunter Johnson, a junior from Tulsa, Oklahoma is majoring in advertising. She wants to work in ad sales or sales in a tourist-related field. Her interests include snow skiing, tennis and walking.
By Courtney Eblen Kansan staff writer
Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said a new vaccine that prevents pneumococcus, a pneumonia-type infection that can be fatal for people without spleens, would be available at Watkins next week. The vaccinations only will be given next week because the serum becomes ineffective after five days.
Students and faculty who have had their spleens removed are being advised by University health officials to receive an inoculation next week against two potentially fatal diseases.
Watkins will have 10 doses of the vaccine, called Menoneum, available. An injection will cost at least $10 and will not be covered by the student health fees paid during enrollment, Yockey said.
Yockey said that he had found six KU students who had had splenectomies, but that he knew there were more who needed to be vaccinated against pneumococcus and over-whelming Post Splenectomy Syn-
antibiotic any time they have a fever," he said.
He said he hoped KU students who had had splenectomies would take advantage of the vaccine while it was available. The cost for an inoculation will depend on how many students or faculty receive the injection.
drome. The syndrome is an infection similar to pneumococcus that also is fatal if not detected early. The vaccine, which became commercially available in August, is effective against both diseases.
Chien Liu, director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the KU Medical Center, said people without spleens were especially susceptible to viral infections. The spleen, located between the stomach and diaphragm muscle, filters and stores blood. This helps combat viral illnesses.
"A lot of people have lost their spleens in car accidents, or because of some complication during surgery." Yockey said.
He spoke from experience. In 1976, Yockey had his spleen removed after complications following surgery.
"People who have had their spleens removed need to take an
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Without that filtering, a person who catches even a simple virus can develop serious complications within hours, Liu said.
"I'm going to be one of the people getting a vaccination," Yockey said. "I have a personal interest in it."
Starla Rabencke is a junior from Olathe. She is majoring in advertising, and when she graduates she wants to work in the account service department of an ad agency. She is a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority and the KU Ad Club.
Yockey said constant health maintenance was mandatory for people without spleens because an infection could shut down the body rapidly.
Jennifer Claxton, a junior from Hutchinson, Kansas is majoring in advertising. She wants to work in the account service department of an ad agency in the future. She is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, the KU Ad Club and enjoys music.
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An aortic aneurysm is a balloon-like swelling that indicates a weak spot in the aorta, the body's largest blood vessel.
PHILADELPHIA — Researchers have linked a genetic defect to aortic aneurysms, a finding that an outside researcher termed a major break through against the aneurysms. A researcher estimated 15,000 Americans a year.
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