Hello everyone!

It is "Kumagai Internal Medicine and Neurology Clinic" located in Motomachi Chinatown.

 

It's chilly season.

Be careful not to catch a cold due to the temperature difference or air drying.

 

By the way, this time is about norovirus which is easy to increase in coming season.

 

• Norovirus symptoms

Norovirus spreads around November.

It is a virus mainly attached to food (bivalve). When infected through the diet, symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea are seen. If all the virus is excreted from the body due to vomiting or diarrhea, the symptoms will calm down. However, if the elderly are affected, attention should be paid to symptoms such as dehydration.

 

• Norovirus secondary infection

What is horrible about norovirus is secondary infection.

If the vomit is not cleaned up, the norovirus in the vomit will scatter into the air and cause secondary transmission to families, people living together, and facilities.

To prevent this from happening, wear disposable gloves and a mask when cleaning the vomit, wipe the vomit with a paper towel, and then disinfect with sodium hypochlorite or disinfecting ethanol.

 

Norovirus can kill the virus if heated sufficiently.

When eating bivalves, etc., heat at 85 ° C to 90 ° C for 90 seconds or more.