@drkiranrahim: Given the last 72h of cleaning D+V🤢 from EVERYWHERE & alhamdulillah not catching it – lots of you have asked: how I’ve managed to avoid it?! Children are walking talking germ-fests & bring all sorts home from school & nursery. However, there are lots of ways you can stop yourself or others getting sick . 1️⃣ 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐲𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞 make it a habit of washing your hands for 20s whenever you get home from being outside (the garden counts too), after using the toilet or before handling food. Most people don’t wash their hands long enough. For D&V wash hands OFTEN 2️⃣𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐲𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞 teach children to cough into their elbow or into a tissue & to clean their hands with soap & water or sanitiser afterwards 3️⃣𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐤 & 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 this is a MUST for me with D+V & coughs. When children vomit or cough, tiny virus particles are released into the air which can then cause other to become sick so wearing a mask during tummy bug season & cough season can really save you. Use gloves to handle ANY soiled nappies/clothes/items 4️⃣𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 One of the reasons we get so sick over winter is that people shut windows & doors so the viruses spread quicker. Bringing fresh air into a room & removing older stale air that contains virus particles reduces the chance of spreading germs 5️⃣𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 wipe down easy to reach surfaces & everyday items including toys, handrails, remote controls, door handles, light switches & all the other things children can touch. Throw toys in the dishwasher and washing machine. Extra care needs to be taken with D&V – wipe down bathroom floors, toilet after each EXPLOSION & make sure toothbrushes & other items in the bathroom are put away in a cupboard. 6️⃣𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 Take vitamin D, hydrate, try & get plenty of rest, regular outdoor exercise & eat gut healthy foods like bone broth to help you across the winter. . Another thing that works for our family is that all of our beds have mattress protectors on them – so if children are sick we don’t need to disinfect the entire mattress which at 2am make a HUGE difference . Do you have any top tips? Or any❓️ Pop them👇 . Dr Kiran . #diarrhoea😭 #vomiting #winterbugs #winter23 #winter2023 #norovirus #childadvice #babytips

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