The elder brought a virus from the garden, everyone in my husband's office was sick, a courier came with a runny nose - he infected … There are many reasons, but the result is one - everyone fell. Sound familiar? You can avoid common colds of a family scale!
Expert: Bogdanova Irina Sergeevna, pediatrician of the Department of Healthcare of Moscow 10, Moscow Department of Health
Try to isolate a sick family member in a separate room and have as little contact as possible. This will reduce the chances of the virus spreading.
Provide each household with their own utensils for eating and drinking, and necessarily cutlery. This will also minimize contact with the sick person.
Wash your hands often, even during the day when you are at home. There are a million bacteria on our hands, some of which are harmful and dangerous.
Perform wet cleaning of the apartment at least once a day - this reduces the spread of the virus. They do not like cleanliness!
Observe the temperature and humidity conditions - this helps to fight the spread of the virus. In a warm, stuffy environment, viruses are very comfortable, and they actively multiply.
To all household members - both sick and healthy, give plenty of warm drink with vitamin C (weak tea with lemon, cranberry juice). Such drinks both increase immunity and maintain water balance in the body.
Flush your nose and throat with saline solutions - it flushes the virus from the mucous membrane, which makes it difficult for it to enter the body. For babies, you can drip saline (in pharmacies, special drops are sold for children from birth), older children and adults are better off rinsing their nose with a spray.
Chop pieces of onion and garlic and arrange them on plates around the apartment. This herbal medicine has a deadly effect on viruses - they are afraid of the phytoncides contained in these vegetables.
Observe the daily routine, diet, do not give up short walks - this way you will maintain immunity and the body will be able to respond to the virus.
If you do everything in a complex, then you will cure the sick one quite quickly (and you will not let the healthy one get sick). You're a super mom!