About Gastrointestinal Cold (Infectious Gastroenteritis)

感染症の対処方法を知ろう

2018/06/12 Tuesday Health

A lot of people may have seen news such as “Gastrointestinal cold is prevalent.” Do you understand the gastrointestinal cold correctly?

Gastrointestinal cold is an infectious disease called “Infectious Gastroenteritis”. The number of people infected will increase from the beginning of November and will peak in December. After that, it will decrease temporarily, it will increase again in January to March, and then it gradually decreases.

The Norovirus and Adenovirus in winter, infection by Rotavirus in spring and early summer are more frequent. Also, bacterial ones such as Vibrio Parahaemolyticus and so-called food poisoning are the causes of gastroenteritis in the summer.

Thus, gastroenteritis occurs throughout the year. Let’s know more about the symptoms of gastroenteritis and the route of infection and try to prevent it.

Main symptoms

The symptoms have the characteristic of abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, mild fever etc. It usually recovers in a few days to a week. However, in severe symptoms, it may cause dehydration or recovery of more than a week.

If symptoms persist, go to a medical institution and take a medical examination.

Infection route

In most cases infectious gastroenteritis is infected by contact with the patient (feces, vomit, etc.), contaminated water, food and oral virus and bacteria entering the body.

Prevention method

Please pay attention to the following points and try to prevent it.

  1. Hand washing
  • Wash hands thoroughly with soap in running water before and after cooking, before meals, after using the toilet, after changing diapers, and so on.
  • If there are infected people in the household, please do not share towels etc after hand washing, please use another one.

  1. Points to remember when treating waste (vomit and feces) of infected person
  • Wear masks and disposable gloves and do not touch the waste directly.
  • Keep the room well ventilated such as opening the windows.
  • When wiping a dirty floor with, wipe it with a chlorine disinfectant of sodium hypochlorite or a household chlorine bleach (diluted with a chlorine concentration of 0.02%) and disinfect it.
  • Put the used cloth and paper towels in a plastic bag, seal, disinfect, and throw it away.

  1. Heating food and cooking utensils
  • Make sure the foods are well cooked and heat the food sufficiently.
  • Immediately wash the cutting board and kitchen knife used for cooking with hot water.

  1. Vaccination
  • Rotavirus can be vaccinated voluntarily for infants.

If infected with a gastroenteritis, painful symptoms can last long. Treatment is often a symptomatic treatment (relieving symptoms or losing symptoms by promoting the release of bacteria and viruses rather than directly removing the cause of the disease), and it takes time to recover. Therefore, prevention is very important. Please use this information by all means to protect your family including yourself.

*Reference*(in Japanese only)

http://www.kenkou.pref.mie.jp/topic/ityou/ityou.htm

http://www.pref.mie.lg.jp/TOPICS/m0014900034.htm

http://www.city.yokkaichi.lg.jp/www/contents/1509495290979/index.html

Inter High School Athletic Meeting 2018

2018/06/12 Tuesday Health

2018年 全国高等学校総合体育大会(インターハイ)が開催されます

From the 26th of July to the 20th of August 2018, the Inter High School Athletic Meeting (inter-high) will be held in Mie Prefecture, Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi and Wakayama Prefectures.

The Inter High School Athletic Meeting (Inter-high) is the biggest sports festival of high school students which lasted for more than 50 years, a summer and winter conventions are held.

A summer tournament will be held this year at Tokai Block and Wakayama Prefecture. In Mie prefecture for the first time in 45 years, the competition’s general opening ceremony (date and time: August 1 Place: Mie Ken-ei San Arena) and the 14 competitions/15 events will be held in 8 Prefecture’s cities and towns.

 Events and venues held in Mie prefecture (14 competitions/15 events)

Tsu-shi Volleyball (Girls), Handball, Judo, Wrestling, Naginata (Japanese Halberd)
Yokkaichi-shi Soccer (Boys), Tennis
Ise-shi Athletics, Volleyball (Boys), Soccer (Boys), Kendo

General Opening Ceremony

Suzuka-shi Swimming (Water ball), Handball, Soft tennis, Soccer (Boys)
Kameyama-shi Weight lifting
Kumano-shi Soft ball
Iga-shi Soccer (Boys)
Komono-cho Climbing

Those who wish to watch or support the nationwide top-level competition by high school athletes, please check the schedule and venue below URL (Japanese only). All events are free to watch.

 

Official Website

https://www.koukousoutai.com/2018soutai/

Competition schedule · Venue

https://www.koukousoutai.com/2018soutai/pdf/event/schedule_201806.pdf