Page Six - The Pyramid - February 23, 1994 Could hydatid disease be returnm: by Lynda Grover MT. PLEASAN- T- A north Sanpete County man is undergoing treatment for a disease deemed eradicated in this area in 1982. removed Recent surgery and his liver from hydatid cysts bladder, and a small cyst remains on a lung which is being treated for six months with medication estimated to be 70 to 80 percent effective on cysts of four centimeters or smaller. If the medication isnt effective, more surgery is in his future. The patient estimates his y surgery and hospital stay at about $11,000, while his medication costs $700 per week. He also acknowledged that there was a great deal of pain involved. Doctors said the cyst on his liver was about the size of a fist and estimated he had been infected ten years or longer. His surgeon told him that he had operated on 14 or 15 people during the from Sanpete past 12 years-- all nine-da- County. Ephraim Veterinarian Dr. R. K. Hedelius, who has extensive experience in this field, explained the cause as the immature form of a tapeworm called Echinococcus Granulosis which is found in deer, elk, cattle and, predominantly in this area, sheep. Dogs eat a carcass lying in a field or the offal (organs and entrails) of Sometimes sheep. slaughtered these dead animals will have hydatid cysts on their livers and lungs. He said the disease doesnt kill host animals; lambs are usually slaughtered before it does much damage and in sheep he has seen cysts as large as oranges in discarded livers, but the rest of the carcass can be utilized. Once a dog has ingested an infected lung or liver, the parasites mature into adult worms approximately 14 to 13 inch long inside its small intestine. The parasite causes dogs few or no problems; the ultimate threat is to humans and returning infection to sheep herds through grazing on vegetation defecated on by host dogs. Humans contract the disease through eggs in host dogs feces which are inadvertently ingested or inhaled. Transmission can be accomplished through acts as innocent as petting a dog whose coat contains the eggs or mowing Attacking Cancer Reduce Colon Cancer Risk With As aspirin and pirin: Both weekly nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) appear to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, according to research in Georgia. Comparing the number of prescriptions of these two drugs in the medical records of patients hospitalized with colorectal cancer and matched controls without this diagnosis over a period showed that aspirin and NSAIDs both had protective effects, but the effect was not enhanced when both drugs were used together and such a protective effect was not seen with acetamilow-do- nophen. treatment in their dog licensing properly treated and if people would stop feeding dead sheep or requirements. i Most disturbing to him, their offal to dogs, it would break though, is that four or five years the cycle." ago a few county veterinarians Possibly county residents need course of treatment and remains began dispensing CestoBan or to be the Cestex area. though. While throughout the base treatment today. this article, a woman "Its researching ineffective," absolutely The public was educated Dr. Hedelius. "People were said that neighbors up the street through press releases, an article says in the National Woolgrower, buying it with a false sense of had slaughtered a sheep and left security. If their dogs had the it hanging in the garage with its county-wid- e pamphlet distribuworms before taking it; they still entrails dangling. Some city tion, displays, personal counsel,had them afterward. The only dwellers had moved into her area ing during community screening to begin country life and had clinics and talks to civic and effective treatment is Praziquanslaughtered a lamb; then brought church groups. A filmstrip and a tel." This was .confirmed during the lungs to her for her dog. Sanpete County coloring book conversations with Mr. Nichols were developed to educate chiland Dr. Andersen. They agreed A local hunter found a cyst on dren. he is an expert in the field the liver of a deer he killed durLocal were governments through his involvement in the ing last years hunt. advised on proper control mearesearch and papers he had writDr. Andersen said, "I would sures which included covering or and that be too happy to be invited to hes ten, absolutely only fencing dead animal disposal sites right. They also agreed that any meeting or event where and eliminating stray or roving improperly treated dogs would people wanted to learn about dogs. Individuals were cautioned remain infected. the price is hydatid disease-a- nd not to feed sheep offal to their is that even if right-fre- e!" Another pitfall dogs, not to allow their dogs to a dog is properly treated but is roam and to burn or bury sheep He said he took all the Sanit will again contract that die on the range, as well as data to China in 1986 and the pete parasite. having their dogs treated annuallIf proper treatment hasnt applied it in an intensive effort in ybeen administered for four or five an area where the disease was Unfortunately, it was their While hydatid disease choice on whether or not to years, it leads to the question of rampant. isnt eradicated, the prowhether other in totally this people implement these safeguards. are in place and he has be grams county may unknowingly infected animal By 1981 just finished his work there. statistics fell to two percent for infected. According to Dr. Aninclude pain Now, he says, he is going to tested dogs and three percent for dersen, symptoms Morocco. and in liver with the pressure sheep. According to Dr. Anderliver in or the malfunction, pain sen, funding was pulled in 1982 The Sanpete program is being lungs with coughing or labored because the disease lost signifiapplied around the world and Dr. cance in terms of the number of breathing; in this county, 95 percent of cases would affect Andersen attributes, much of its cases. success to the late Dr. Ramseys Dr. Hedelius noted that only these two areas of the body. relentless Dr. Hedelius can "It dedication by saying, said, Mt. Pleasant and Spring City "His be eradicated. were If lives on." dogs easily program currently specify annual hydatid Sanpete vet faults some current treatment programs a lawn on which a host dog has excreted. Inside a human, the eggs become immature worms which burrow through the intestinal wall and enter the blood stream where theyre primarily carried to the lungs or liver. (Its believed that the liver and lungs are the primary organs affected because of their filtration functions.) A water-fille- d cyst then forms and, inside, the immature worms multiply into hundreds or thousands. If a cyst were to burst, the immature worms would form multiple cysts all over the peritoneal cavity and Dr. Hedelius said its sure to be fatal in a short time. In 1976, a young woman who wasnt a county resident but had visited frequently was found to have three cysts in one lung and one in the other lung. She had gone to a clinic for treatment of what was thought to be pneumonia based on her labored, rattling breathing. After being she was immediately taken to surgery. A Fairview man had the lower lobe of his left lung removed in 1979, inside which was a hydatid cyst the size of a large grapefruit. He had tested positive for the disease in 1973, but doctors couldnt find anything. He had scans in 1976 and those, also, showed nothing. Then, in 1979 he experienced sharp pain in his chest and the cyst was found. Several other cases proved fatal. Between 1944 and 1980, about 45 Sanpete residents underwent surgery for cystic hydatid disease, according to BYU Zoology Department Professor and Parasitologist Dr. Ferron L. Andersen who has made its study and prevention his lifes work. In a telephone interview with Dr. Andersen, he gave great credit to Dr. John Ramsey of Moroni, who died in 1987, as being instrumental in testing and treating the disease in this area in the early 1970s. An extensive program was initiated in Sanpete County by Dr. Ramsey in 1971, with the help of Drs. Andersen and Hedelius and State Epidemiologist Craig Nichols, for the purpose of identifying the number of infected dogs and sheep harboring cysts. About 25 percent of all tested dogs and about 10 percent of all adult sheep killed in slaughter houses were infected. Dr. Ramsey was determined to treat every dog in the county and obtained a grant to set up free clinical testing and treatment centers. Dogs were treated with bunamidine hydrochloride from 1974 through 1978 and with Praziquantel from 1979 through 1981. Testing was also conducted on humans. Surgery was the only Gastroenterology Diet Detecting Lack of Weight Loss May Be Due to Inaccurate Reporting: A study of 90 ip, essica naan Prostate Cancer Related to UV Radiation: An initial epidemiologic studv of prostate cancer deaths showed that a greater number of deaths was associated with exposure to lower levels o ultraviiolet (UV) radiation. This seems to support a new hypothesis that prostate cancer may be related to low levels of vitamin D (the major source of which is sunlight). In general, the highest incidence of prostate cancer death was in the northeast United States and the lowCancer (Dec. 1 5! est in the southwest. Courtesy of Youth Baseball 1 W. Main, ML Pleasant 462-243- 4 Wasatch Academys Snowboarding team is pictured from left back: Amber Parsons, Brett Everett, Robert Nystrom and Ben Quarles. From left front: Tait Rees, Assistant Coach Rejgina Brown, Tamerin Smith, Randy Merritt, Matt Schwartz, Kristy Kalan, Lori Tompkins, Don Peavy, Max Roach, Andrew Coslor, Jonas Dahlgren, Chris Hausserman, Tomoaki Yoshi-murh and Jaime Bentley. (Not pictured, a, Har-leig- Gordon.) Districts top speller advances to state bee Joseph Cook, an ry: Alex Thayer, first; Eric eighth-gradfirst at Busby, second; Preston placed North Sanpete School District third; and Jennie Seely, Spelling Bee March 17, at the alternate. Fairview Elementary: Shane North Sanpete Middle School. Shane McFarland from McFarland, first; Stephen BradElementary placed second, ley, second; Nicholas Madsen, and Cathy Lummus, a third; and Keith Hansen, alternate. Spring City Elementary: third. placed The top three received plaques Misty Baggerly, first; Samuel and $100, $75 or $50 savings Morris, second; Charlotte Ever-it- t, bonds. third; and Aaron Justesen, alternate. The contestant, youngest Fountain Green Elementary: Brandi Mecham, age 9, from Moroni Elementary School placed Brittany Markworth, first; Amanfourth. The winning words were da Aagard, second; Sarah Christensen, third; and Khirsta Papen-fuspaucispiral and consenescence. alternate. Moroni Elemenstudents Eighteen competed for the honor of representing tary: Landon Bailey, first; Kevin North Sanpete School District at Bailey, second; Carli Clawson, the Deseret News Spelling Bee to third; and Brandi Mecham, alterbe held in Salt Lake City on nate. ' March 25. North Sanpete Middle LuAnn Tuttle, spelling bee School: Joseph Cook, first; Caspokesperson, acknowledged the thy Lummus, second; Shane Call, achievement of each schools third; and Jennifer Stapley, alterwinners: Mt. Pleasant Elementa- - nate. Hol-gree- n, er Fair-vie- w er Coordinator APPLY BY MARCH 2 1 Hales works as a counselor at North Sanpete High School. TO: Mt. Pleasant City 1 5 W. Main Mt. Pleasant Great-grandparen- . tourist-orient- 283-432- 1. Fountain Green ts Raymond and Jessie Hansen Sudweeks, and Iona Hansen Bailey, all of Nephi, visited the Fountain Green Second LDS Ward last Sunday, to hear Clair and Marcella H. Morley report on their Spain Bilboa LDS Mission. Andrea Morley of Orem played a flute solo. PENNZOIL ON SALE PE!ii!5P,L MB. SAEmfd MOTDRDt-- "- 1 Buchanan cautioned Cross country skiers and snowmo-biler- s to use extreme caution when traveling in Sanpetes mountains. Winter recreationists should also prepare themselves for the worst. Sheriff Buchanan attributradio to ed Barclays hand-hel- d Satutime of the quick response had also The rescue. party rdays food and drinks. Avalanche danger is still extremely high. Six avalanches occurred up Fairview Canyon about a week ago. And with about four feet of powder sitting on an ice bed, anything will trigger a slide on a warm day, the sheriff reported. 1 5V40 (( us an. mum 30HD 10VV30 TURBO EXPRESS AUTO PARTS 180 West Main Street Mt. ed "We want to make our people aware of the value of tourism to Sanpete," Blain said. For more information about the Super Host program, contact Blain at 0W30 10W40 in avalanche Sheriff MT. PLEASAN- T- Dennis and Rabyn Sorensen announce the birth of a son, Tylend Kay Sorensen, on Jan. 31, 1994. Grandparents are: Michael and Leona Sorensen, Fairview; and Natalie Beck and Glade Booth, Mt. Pleasant. are: Bill and Marcella Zabriskie, Moroni; Gary and Marie Sorensen, Manti; Eleanor Nicholes, Lompoc, CA;,and Frank Booth, Nephi. are: Mayo and Virginia Sorensen, Manti. One employees tuition will be offered free for a paid tuition from participating businesses. The seminar is being offered to train employees of businesses but any business is welcome to participated Blain said. 1 No injuries Continued from page . Crib corner MORONI s, PHARMACY 1992. ur Familiar with youth baseball Duties: organizing umpires, coaches fit some field maintenance etc. Coordinating youth sign-up- SKYLINE LOGA- N- James W. Hales, Mt. Pleasant, has completed requirements for a master of science degree in psychology with emphasis in school counseling from Utah State University. He is the son of Don A. Hales and Luceil Prince and is married to Nancy Byrne, formerly of Ogden. He attended Weber High School and earned a bachelor of science degree in family studies from Weber State University in EPHRAIM Sanpete businesses interested in participating in an upcoming Super Host training seminar are being asked to contact Joe Blain Sanpete Director of Economic Development. The eight-hoseminar, sponsored by the Sanpete Tourism Task Force, is tentatively scheduled for March 28. help wanted pit. Pleasant Radiation Danger James Hales earns degree training s, 777&.v James W. Hales Businesses needed for Super Host sixth-grad- Endoscopy News (December) obese individuals, 10 of whom did not lose weight when following a less than 1,200 kcal diet, showed that all were inaccurate in their estimations of food intake and exercise. Those who could not lose weight underreported their energy intake an average of 47 compared with an average of 19 in the other group. Exercise was overestimated by 51 and 30 respectively. Thus, resis tance to weight loss may not always be due to lower metabolic rates, but rather of eating anc to incorrect The New England Journal exercise. ofMedicine (December 31) f Pleasant