For more than 20 years, October has been recognized as Health Literacy Month. It is time to learn more about disease prevention and how to find the resources you need to stay healthy.
Health Literacy is associated with the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to make informed health-related decisions.
According to UnitedHealth Group estimates, improving health literacy could prevent nearly 1 million hospital visits and save over $25 billion a year.
Health literacy is important for everyone because at some point in our lives we all need to be able to find, understand, and use health information and services. It’s crucial to take care of our health as part of our everyday life, not just when we visit a doctor, clinic, or hospital. Health literacy can help us prevent health problems and better manage them when they arise.
One of the resources you can start your Health Literacy journey with is MyHealthfinder, a website full of evidence-based information written in plain language that’s actionable and easy to use.
There are some common health topics, that hardly any of us can ignore, especially during this time of year. We would say that the flu and similar is something all of us can face really often. Maybe because we have become so familiar with that, we are prone to use the same treatment that once worked for us, even if it was a granny’s raspberry jam 30 years ago. With advancements in new technologies, we no longer have to rely on remedies alone.
According to CDC, flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and sometimes the lungs. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death.
Flu symptoms usually come on suddenly. People who have flu often feel some or all of these symptoms:
— fever or feeling feverish/chills (yet not everyone with flu will have a fever)
— cough
— sore throat
— runny or stuffy nose
— muscle or body aches
— headaches
— fatigue (tiredness)
— some people may have vomiting and diarrhea, though this is more common in children than adults.
Did you know symptoms like coughing, fever, wheezing, and a sore throat are tied to several ailments?
These days you can easily find out if you have the cold, influenza, COVID-19, or another upper respiratory infection with an at-home test. Identify your illness to put yourself on the path to treatment and recovery.
The Respiratory ONE at-home testing kit identifies 20 respiratory viral and bacterial pathogens, allowing us to send your results within 24-48 hours.
Respiratory ONE identifies the most common pathogens that cause respiratory tract infections that present with nearly indistinguishable symptoms.
Try non-invasive testing of all 20 pathogens with just one saliva sample. Find out if you have the cold, influenza, COVID-19, or another upper respiratory infection with our simple at-home test.
Protect yourself and others by getting the answers from the comfort of your home.
Learn more: https://p23labs.com/p23-respiratory-one
The rapid and accurate identification of the causative agent helps determine how to treat a respiratory tract infection. The Respiratory ONE profile has been shown to significantly reduce ICU days and the duration of antibiotic use. It also optimizes patient management with clinically actionable results.
Respiratory ONE also dramatically reduces time to results compared to traditional testing methods. It enables clinicians to diagnose patients faster and get them on the road to recovery more quickly, while freeing up valuable healthcare resources faster.
Respiratory ONE has been shown to reduce overall healthcare costs. Significant savings were demonstrated in an adult ICU population in both patients that tested positive for a respiratory pathogen and those who tested negative.
At P23 Labs, we complete analysis in-house, eliminating the use of 3rd party labs and avoiding missing tests and results.
Microorganisms detectable via Respiratory ONE
· Bacteria:
· Bordetella parapertussis
· Bordetella pertussis
· Chlamydia pneumoniae
· Mycoplasma pneumoniae
· Viruses:
· Adenovirus
· Coronavirus HKU1
· Coronavirus NL63
· Coronavirus 229E
· Coronavirus OC43
· Human Metapneumovirus
· Human Rhinovirus/Enterovirus
· Influenza A
· Influenza A/H1
· Influenza A/H3
· Influenza A/H1-2009
· Influenza B
· Parainfluenza Virus 1
· Parainfluenza Virus 2
· Parainfluenza Virus 3
· Parainfluenza Virus 4
· Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Respiratory ONE is available for order here or contact us at info@p23labs.com for more information.
Flu section is based on CDC information.
UnitedHealth Group report mentioned is available at https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/content/dam/UHG/PDF/About/Health-Literacy-Brief.pdf
