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Winter vomiting disease is here
It only takes a few minutes for the infection to strike.
Then you are lying with his head in the toilet.
Cascade Vomiting Time here again - one million people may suffer.
As if the winter months were tough enough. November is the boot for the season's most unpleasant saga - the winter vomiting disease.
So far, few cases reported to the Infectious Diseases Institute, but in kindergartens and workplaces, the number of sick.
It can take between one and two days after you are infected until the disease breaks out. But then it will go quickly.
- It may take a few minutes. If you have a little stomach ache and feel a surge nausea it is advisable to quickly get to a toilet. For then the vomiting, says Kjell-Olof Hedlund, chief biologist at the Infectious Diseases Institute.
Millions of viruses
Between five and ten percent of Sweden's population are affected each year. The classic symptoms are a cascade vomiting and diarrhea. But some also suffer from abdominal pain, headache, fever, dizziness and fainting.
It only takes a few viruses for you to suffer.
When you vomit, it will print one million viruses - and they are virtually impossible to wash off.
Hand disinfectant which is effective against many other infections, do not bite on the persistent winter vomiting disease.
- It is one of the toughest viruses we have. It can survive for days or even weeks at a surface, and in the frozen food may be a matter of months, says Kjell-Olof Hedlund.
Stay at home
The best weapon is to wash your hands thoroughly with ordinary soap and water.
And use paper towels instead of cloth towels.
For those who have already been hit on Kjell-Olof Hedlund to stay at home a few days - even after they become symptom free.
The risk of infection remains high in two days after symptoms are resolved.
- Many feel healthy quickly and do not want to use the qualifying days. But the most profitable is that those who were sick stay home and not infect others, says Kjell-Olof Hedlund.
Ylva Mossing
How to protect yourself from winter vomiting disease
Wash your hands
Always wash your hands after using the toilet, before eating and after taking in something that you suspect is infected.
Stay at home
You should always stay home from work, school or nursery when you vomit or have diarrhea. Even if you maintain good hygiene in disease symptoms infect you.
Eat carefully
Stay away from public places to eat when you have symptoms. It is common to caliciviruset spread by food, especially through the cold food. Eat therefore never in a restaurant or food service if you have symptoms.
Clean up
Try also to clean and keep clean all around you at home, but it is a normal cleaning. Extra important is the toilet, then vomiting and diarrhea are the main vectors.
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Vaccination against rotavirus
Published: Tuesday 25 October at 17:12 , News P4 Skaraborg Share
The Regional Council decided on Tuesday that children and parents in the V?stra G?taland Region to get vaccinated against rotavirus, a virus that can cause upset stomach or severe diarrhea in young children and lead to dehydration.
This is Rota virus
Rota virus occurs worldwide and can cause a severe diarrheal disease.
Rotavirus is the most commonly diagnosed diarrhea virus in young children in Sweden.
Virus is excreted in feces and vomiting, and the spread of infection occurs mostly from person to person.
The incubation period is one to three days. Course of the disease usually lasts four to six days.
Vaccines are available. No specific treatment exists. The disease is self-healing.
Source: Disease Control
Magnus Berntsson, Christian Democratic regional council member, wrote a motion to introduce vaccination against right Rota virus. On Tuesday, a decision was made to that effect.
He says that because vaccination against rotavirus introduced in several other countries, it is pleasing that the region now will consider how to give children and parents a protection against the virus.