What is Norovirus?
Norovirus, sometimes also called the Norwalk virus, causes intestinal flu. People infected with norovirus, usually experience stomach cramps, diarrhea, vomiting and mild fever. Norovirus often occurs in outbreaks. This is a common cause that a high number of people will be sick on cruise ships. It can also easily sweep a convalescent house or school.
Inability to properly wash hands after using the bathroom usually transmits Norovirus to others. To come into contact with your hands or meals that are prepared with hands that are contaminated by molecules of infected stools can cause outbreaks. Sometimes the exposure to raw waste waters can also cause the outbreak of Norovirus. Most often, however, the focus begins with a person who is infected with food preparation for others without thoroughly washing her hands. Incubation FPEBO disease is usually about one to two days. This means that people exposed to Norovirus get sick after exposure quite quickly.
In healthy populations, norovirus is unpleasant, uncomfortableand miserable. Usually, however, no interventions are needed, because healthy people usually recover in about 24-48 hours. The course of norovirus in elderly, very young or in people with serious illnesses can be more complicated.
In small children, constant vomiting and diarrhea can quite easily lead to dehydration. If you believe that a child has been exposed to Norovirus, it may be best to see a doctor, especially if the symptoms do not solve during the first 24 hours. In older and medically fragile, dehydration may also be a factor. Norovirus can also complicate other diseases.
Some people may require hospitalization and intravenous fluids to recover from Norovirus without risking serious dehydration. Dehydration can also prolong vomiting symptoms and severe dehydration can lead to organs. If the symptoms of a person fail to solve in about a day, you should see a doctor.
to make fromIt abrained transmission, people should always thoroughly wash their hands with warm soapy water after using the bathroom and before meals. If a person is sick with stomach flu, he should try to stay away from the others. Children should be held home from school until the symptoms are resolved. Workers in the food industry should not participate in work when they have stomach flu.