The gastro epidemic arrives. It already reaches four regions. A good reason to learn how to avoid it, especially in toddlers.
Prevention begins outside and often at work: we especially avoid handshakes when we arrive at work or at a meeting. Kisses are to spread the flu! Especially since microbes and viruses die hard … We have proof of this with a study on toys … which are real germ collectors … Until now, we thought that microbes could not live very long outside the human body and therefore therefore did not survive on objects. However, scientists at the University of Buffalo, in the United States, have discovered that in nurseries, “four out of five soft toys, books, or dolls with which our children play were infected as well as several objects, including cradles, and this even after being washed ”. The researchers specify that the “tests were carried out just before the centers opened in the morning, so many hours after the last human contact. This means that toys must be disinfected and especially that they must be washed regularly.
A not very popular vaccine
There is also a vaccine that pediatricians recommend, but with what the vaccines cause controversy in our country, it is not very successful. It is therefore not on the list of vaccines recommended by the health authorities. Those who are interested can talk to their doctor.
Set up the winter routine
If it is too late for prevention and you are already feeling the first symptoms, avoid being in contact with fragile people, the elderly, infants, pregnant women or people suffering from respiratory or heart diseases. Patients are also recommended to cover their mouth and nose with each sneeze, to blow their nose in disposable handkerchiefs and to do more hand washing… What is the winter routine!
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