Summer is the time of high incidence of intestinal infectious diseases. Intestinal infectious diseases have the characteristics of acute onset, ferocious onset, and rapid transmission. If left untreated, it can be life-threatening. Intestinal infections are a class of diseases that are transmitted through the digestive tract. There are cholera, dysentery, typhoid, acute gastroenteritis, food poisoning, and so on.
1. Why are intestinal infectious diseases prone to occur in summer?
There are several reasons why intestinal infections are prone to occur in summer:
First, the climate is hot and muggy in summer, and the insects and pathogenic bacteria themselves that transmit pathogenic bacteria reproduce quickly. Illness occurs when a person eats food that is contaminated with pathogenic bacteria.
Second, food is easy to spoil under hot climatic conditions, producing toxic substances, and people are prone to poisoning after eating spoiled food.
Third, people are easy to be cold in summer, on the one hand, it is easy to imbalance the gastrointestinal flora and breed pathogenic bacteria; On the other hand, drinking contaminated cold water and cold dishes is very easy to get sick.
2. How to prevent the disease from entering the mouth?
First, wash your hands frequently. Our hard-working hands are prone to carrying germs, and we are more likely to hide dirt and dirt between our fingernails. Washing your hands frequently, especially before eating and after using the toilet, can effectively prevent illness from entering the mouth.
Second, cutting boards, knives, etc. should be separated from raw and cooked. Disinfect dishes and chopsticks frequently, especially if there are sick people in the home.
Third, eat overnight food to be hot thoroughly. In particular, remember that the refrigerator is not a safe, and the food should be taken out after it is hot.
Fourth, raw vegetables, melons and fruits should be soaked and washed. Do not store washed melons and fruits in the bare light.
Fifth, clean the dead corners of the room so that flies and cockroaches do not have the opportunity to contaminate food.
Sixth, don't overeat and protect your gastrointestinal tract.
Seventh, once food has spoiled, it should be discarded decisively and cannot be eaten again.
Author: Shi Xinwei
Source: Shenyang Health Service Center
Editor: Chen Yameng
Proofreading: Li Han, Chen Zeming
Preliminary review: Tong Xia
Review: Xu Jiang