Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 13 (Reporter Gu Tiancheng) The National Bureau for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued a health warning on norovirus infection, which showed that the norovirus infection was high in October every year to March the following year, and the gathering places such as schools and kindergartens were high in norovirus infection. In particular, remind the public to do personal protection, beware of norovirus infection, and seek medical advice in time if there are symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea.
According to the health tips, norovirus belongs to the calicivirus family, which has the characteristics of low infection dose, long detoxification time and strong external environmental resistance, and is one of the common pathogens causing acute gastroenteritis. The common symptoms of norovirus infection are mainly nausea, vomiting, fever, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Children mainly vomit, while adults mostly have diarrhea, and the feces are watery or watery.
Mei Tianlu, attending physician of the Department of Gastroenterology, National Children’s Medical Center and Beijing Children’s Hospital, said that if children at home have symptoms such as diarrhea after being infected with Norovirus, parents can prepare some oral rehydration salts, or master the method of how to prepare salted rice soup. Adding 1.75 grams of salt to 500 ml of rice soup can make children drink more meals, which can achieve the effect of rehydration. If the child has strong symptoms, can’t accept oral rehydration, or has vomitus with blood and high fever, it is recommended to see a doctor. For children with gastrointestinal discomfort, foods and drinks high in oil and sugar should be avoided, but there is no need to restrict diet.
Experts remind that plastic gloves should be worn when dealing with vomiting and excrement of Norovirus infected people, and related articles can be disinfected by soaking in chlorine-containing disinfectant for 30 minutes. Parents and schools should also pay attention to the infectivity of children’s symptoms after improvement, and norovirus will still be discharged 2 to 3 days after the symptoms disappear.
How to prevent it? In this regard, health tips clearly need to do the following five points, including maintaining hand hygiene, washing hands correctly before meals, after defecation and before processing food; Pay attention to the hygiene of eating and drinking water, do not drink raw water, and cook food well; Cases should be isolated at home as far as possible to avoid infecting others; Do a good job in environmental cleaning and disinfection; Maintain a healthy lifestyle such as regular work and rest, reasonable diet and moderate exercise, and enhance the body’s resistance to viruses.
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