Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Reputable Arlington Family Clinic; How To Prevent Your Ailing Kid From Infecting You

By Michelle Edwards


Your child will not shy away from bringing home all sorts of microbes and viruses that cause colds, flus and stomach upsets. Kids love cuddles, shaking hands, chewing anything they can lay their hands on and crawling on dirt. The good news is that containing their germs is possible and you can protect yourself and the rest of your family from falling ill each time your child drags in disease causing germs. Below are proven tips from the finest Arlington family clinic.

Most kids, even those that are often happy drinking the last drops of juice from their friends cups are not generous. They are even so great fans of sharing and spreading viruses and bacteria. A recent study conducted by the University of Arizona shows that mothers face three times the risk of getting sick when nursing their sneezing, sniffing kids than a trained garbage collector. Given these statistics, you may want to put up a super germ-fighting game before nursing your little fellow.

For you to protect yourself, you must spend plenty of time at the sink. Washing your hands regularly with quality antiseptic soap will reduce your odds of getting infected by your kids illness by about 50%. Make a point of taking at least 20 seconds to do a thorough job and also use a quality alcohol-based hand sanitizer right after.

Hand sanitizers are knights in shining armor. You want to stock the product in just about every area of your home and even in your handbag. Children have a thing for sneezing on their mothers faces just when you cannot find a sink with running water nearby. Your hand sanitizers can assist you in squishing the germs way before they make you ill.

The sniffing little champ should know that the kitchen is off-limits. Bacteria can survive on tables and countertops for a long time and could be easily transferred to your food and make your whole family sick. If your child is older, he or she can clean up before accessing the cooking area, but the refrigerator should remain out of bounds.

It is a good idea to do your kids laundry using hot water. This will help kill the disease causing microbes. Using hot water is not environmentally friendly, though even Mother Nature will understand that you are desperately trying to protect yourself and your loved ones. Use chlorine on whites and chlorine-free, colorfast bleaches on garments that are dark colored.

If you are doing the laundry of a sick kid, you must keep in mind that what you are dealing with is germy stuff, capable of infecting you with nasty diseases. That said, do not touch your nose or mouth. Mothers know only too well that their kids use their garments as handkerchiefs when nobody is seeing them. Use some bleach to run a hot cycle on the laundry machine to disinfect it after use.

Some measures sound extreme, obsessive or even unnecessary. However, they are necessary if you are tired of coming down with something each time to try nursing your sickly baby. To further protect yourself, temporarily limit cuddles, prohibit sharing and even invest in plenty of disinfectant that you can use to clean frequently touched areas such as doorknobs, remotes and toilet handles.




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