“New research: how can the winter vomiting disease spread”
“the Main council in order to avoid the odious winter vomiting disease has been to wash your hands.”
“New research shows that it might not be enough.”
“We have underestimated the air as virus carriers for a long time,” says Jakob Löndahl, associate professor at Lund university. “
“winter vomiting disease is the most common cause of gastro – enteritis in our part of the world. It affects about half a million swedes each year, and gives rise to nausea, vomiting and diarrhea that lasts one to three days in normally healthy people.”
“for a Long time, researchers thought that the virus that causes the tough winter vomiting disease spreads by contact with infected people and by food. “
“But now shows the preliminary, and as yet unpublished research results from Lund university, a completely different picture of the virus, what Research attention. “
” the– winter vomiting disease have in health care is not regarded as an airborne infection, more than in extreme situations. Our hypothesis is that one can assume luftsmitta and that it also can survive long in the air, ” says Jakob Löndahl, associate professor at the university and one of the researchers behind the study, to Aftonbladet. “
“not Enough to wash your hands.”
“Löndahl explains that the view on the virus causing the outbreak is due to the winter vomiting disease is a virus that infects the intestine – which means that you are not supposed to it can get down there right through the air. “
“– There are things that make this virus comes out of the air, vomits, or flushes toilets. All this gives rise to water droplets that dispersed in the air, ” he explains. “
“Their preliminary results show that the virus found in the water droplets is strong and would be able to survive in the air. The water droplets, infected with the virus, can end up in the oral cavity and thus make their way down to the intestines. “
” We have underestimated the air as virus carriers for a long time. But all the pieces matches to be able to assume that it can spread and survive in the air, ” says Löndahl.”
“These findings would mean that the hospitals and people can relate to the virus in a different way, by thinking more on ventilation, air purifier, face mask and isolation rather than only hygiene procedures as to wash hands frequently. “
