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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast

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Speaker 1: from News Talks.

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Speaker 2: That'd be our resident doctor Brian Betty is here.

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Speaker 3: Good morning, Oh Jack.

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Speaker 2: Nice to be here here, Nice to be chanting you

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Speaker 2: to see you for the final time in twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 3: Well, it's hard to believe, isn't it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know we say this every year,

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Speaker 2: but some things I always think are cliches for good reason,

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Speaker 2: you know, and this is one of them. I reckon, Hey,

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Speaker 2: it has already been a stinking hot start to summer.

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Speaker 2: I think we have. I think November was the hottest

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Speaker 2: November we've had on record, and you've got some tips

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Speaker 2: this morning about staying safe over summer. And the heat

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Speaker 2: is front of.

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Speaker 3: Mind, absolutely absolutely, and the sun in particular, and just say,

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Speaker 3: the hottest November we've had and that's probably going to

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Speaker 3: continue through December. So look, I think with the sun,

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Speaker 3: the sun is fantastic, makes us feel better, Vitamin D

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Speaker 3: to the skin, which which actually helps all our bones,

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Speaker 3: and lots of benefits that we do need to be

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Speaker 3: careful and we do need to think about the basics

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Speaker 3: when it comes to the sun now, in particular sunburn,

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Speaker 3: and we need to be especially careful during the day

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Speaker 3: between those hours of ten am and four pm when

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Speaker 3: those UV rays are very very sort of intense, especially

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Speaker 3: over summer now in particular children. Children have very very

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Speaker 3: sensitive skin and they get burnt easily. And it's one

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Speaker 3: of the commonest things I see in the clinic and

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Speaker 3: at the after hours when I do after hours, as

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Speaker 3: parents bringing their children in. They've just been outside for

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Speaker 3: a bit too long and they come in with this

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Speaker 3: quite severe at times sunburn. So look, think about using sunscreen,

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Speaker 3: you know, every two to three hours, and after swimming,

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Speaker 3: we're hats, sunglasses and protective clothing. Think about those basics,

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Speaker 3: especially with your kids. Really really important, really important.

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Speaker 2: That advice. It is the season of course for mosquitos

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Speaker 2: and other various biting insects.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, absolutely so, yeah, we get bitten. So look,

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Speaker 3: you know we've got sandflies and mosquitoes are probably the

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Speaker 3: two biggest thing to note is mosquitos tend to come

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Speaker 3: out in the dawn or early hours or in the

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Speaker 3: early evening, where sand flies tend to be all day

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Speaker 3: and we tend to get sandplies around running water or rivers,

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Speaker 3: whereas mosquitos tend to be around sort of still water

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Speaker 3: and that's where they tend to breed. However, you know,

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Speaker 3: if they bite you, they're little bits of saliva that

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Speaker 3: goes into the skin can cause an allergic reaction and

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Speaker 3: a really really itchy bite. You know. Sandfly bites and

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Speaker 3: notorious mosquitos are the same and they can just drive

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Speaker 3: your nuts. So look, avoid getting bitten is really really

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Speaker 3: important if we go into those sand flow or moscato

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Speaker 3: type areas. So again, wearing insect repellent really important. If

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Speaker 3: you like natural products in lavender or tea tree oil

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Speaker 3: are the ones you want to use. And again, wearing

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Speaker 3: long clothes at those times where we might be exposed

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Speaker 3: to sand flies or mosquitoes is really really important. Sometimes

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Speaker 3: you can get quite an allergic reaction, get these very

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Speaker 3: rad itchy welts that come up. Look, itch cream from

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Speaker 3: the pharmacy is really good. Calamine lotion works well. If

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Speaker 3: it is really quite an intense reaction, then you may

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Speaker 3: need to see your doctor and have a chat about it.

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Speaker 3: We use steroid creams and other things and anti estamines

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Speaker 3: to try and control that. But avoid getting bitten is

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Speaker 3: probably the big one.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that is a big one. So too is the

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Speaker 2: message on alcohol and moderation at this time of year,

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Speaker 2: one that many of us I think it can benefit

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Speaker 2: from being reminded of.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, look, look alcohol is that one I think all

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Speaker 3: things moderation and alcohol in particular. So what we do

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Speaker 3: know is alcohol can exacerbate worse in dehydration, especially in

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Speaker 3: the heat. So look, one of the little tips is

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Speaker 3: if you are drinking, alternate between an alcoholic beverage and

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Speaker 3: a glass of water. It just keeps your fluids up

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Speaker 3: and can actually help keep your hydra Obviously, the big

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Speaker 3: thing with alcohol it reduces our inhibition. It reduces our

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Speaker 3: checks or our inhibitions, and so we need to avoid

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Speaker 3: things like swimming in particular with alcohol is dangerous. So

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Speaker 3: people are into trouble all the time, jumping into the

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Speaker 3: water after they've been drinking. Boating or driving under the

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Speaker 3: influence obviously are things that we need to watch out

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Speaker 3: for because of that impaired judgment that can actually occur.

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Speaker 3: The other thing that's always good with alcohol, eat before

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Speaker 3: you drink, Okay, so it just slows that absorption of

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Speaker 3: olcohol can be really really use useful, And watch out

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Speaker 3: for heat and our coohol. Again, it can really exacerbate

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Speaker 3: heat exhaustion or all the symptoms of heat stroke. So

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Speaker 3: so yeah, alcohol is just one of those things you

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Speaker 3: do have to watch out for. Stay hydrated, eat if

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Speaker 3: you're drinking, and all things moderation.

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Speaker 2: Love you work, Ryan, Thank you so much for everything

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Speaker 2: this year. We really appreciate it. I have a wonderful summer,

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Speaker 2: won't you.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, same with you, Jack, and look, thanks very much.

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Speaker 3: I've really enjoyed this year.

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Speaker 2: So good. That's doctor Brian Beattie with us for the

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Speaker 2: final time in twenty twenty five.

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