Winter vomiting disease
Winter vomiting disease is a stomach infection caused by a group of highly contagious virus called noroviruses (are small round structured RNA virus(SRSV) or Norwalk-like-viruses.)
Symptoms:
- Sudden nausea and projectile vomiting.
- Fever
- Water diarrhea
- Stomach cramps
- Headache
- Limbs pain
Incubation period 12-48 hours and still contagious 48 hours after symptoms have cleared .
Person at risk?
Risk for any age and at any time to the year but more common in winter ,semi-closed environments such as hospital ,nursing homes, schools and cruise ships.
Spread of norovirus ?
It is spreads form person to person ,fecal oral route and get the virus form contaminated food and water ,particularly bivalve mollusks (oysters, mussels, clams, cockles and scallops).
Treatment
No specific treatment for the winter vomiting disease. Most people make full recovery within a few days. During disease course water loss from the body .This means you need to take plenty of liquids to replace body fluid loss.
If diarrhea is sever and persist antidiarrhoeal drugs like loperamide can be used to ease the symptoms, while paracetamol can help aches and pains.
If dehydration is sever ,admit to hospital for intravenous resuscitation.
Prevention of norovirus:
Personal good hygiene is the best method to protect yourself form this disease.
- Wash your hand after doing any work
- Disinfect surface that’s been contaminated with diarrhea or vomit
- Isolation of patients
- Cleaners should wear gloves when disinfection washrooms and toilets
Passive immunity only for 14 weeks after acute infection .
Source:
1.www.netdoctor.co.uk
2. www.bbc.co.uk
3. en.wikipedia.org
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