Monday, January 24, 2011

Rotavirus - diaper change in the chord

In winter not only colds, but also gastrointestinal infections are in season. Almost every child suffers from diarrhea then again and again. Often solve virus from him, especially rotavirus. Not only skiers, including viruses like the winter. The winter sports enthusiasts enjoy the snow, the pathogens in the dry air.

The cold is their fault that they can hold less moisture than in summer. Although heaters provide for warm temperatures, but the absolute humidity in the room during the heating period, much lower than in warmer seasons. The estimate viruses survive longer in winter conditions and spread easily.


This is one for the common cold or flu viruses, on the other hand, for example, the rotavirus, which infects mainly from December to April many young children with diarrhea and vomiting. At worst, the gastrointestinal disease manifests during the first time it is not, unfortunately, been through this means that the body is at once protected from further attacks.

However, each virus contact is an important lesson for the child's immune system dar. With age, the immune system learns to deal with attackers from the outside and make the body's own immune cells. Rotavirus can also infect adults, for people over 60 years the risk of a severe viral diarrhea by increasing the seed again.

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