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THE HSE IS warning people to take extra hygiene precautions when travelling overseas amid increased reports of a potentially severe stomach bug.
Increased levels of cryptosporidiosis, a bug that produces gastroenteritis, have been reported over the last month in holidaymakers coming home from Spain, particularly Salou in Catalonia.
There has been a widespread increase in cryptosporidiosis in Europe in August and September that is most likely because of the extreme weather in European, especially in Mediterranean countries, over the summer, the HSE said.
The most common symptom is watery diarrhoea. Some people may also experience dehydration, weight loss, stomach cramps, fever, nausea and vomiting. Others may not have symptoms at all.
Symptoms usually last between one to two weeks.
While it is a mild disease in healthy people, it can be worse in small children and elderly people, and can be very serious for people who are immunocompromised.
If you are travelling to an area where there may be outbreaks of gastrointestinal disease (including cryptosporidiosis), the HSE said there are important measures you can take to protect yourself and your family, whilst overseas and to stop the spread when you return to Ireland, including good hand hygiene and taking precautions with water and food.
People are being urged to wash their hands frequently using soap and clean water and to use alcohol based sanitiser.
People are also urged to do the following regarding water:
The HSE is recommending that people take the following precautions with food:
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Glad we can comment on the diarrhoea story.
@The Green Monkey: The Diarrhoea Times had the scoop
@The Green Monkey: Suits most of the comments to be fair.
@Niall (!): it was more of a daily ladle to be honest!
So the journal now has fully sold itself ! Not only does it close comments on any article it thinks there might be an well supported alternative view on. They know shut any already submitted comments on articles they did allow if they show any sign of going off narrative !
Open debate and dialogue is being squeezed from all angles. Worrying.
That’s before they try push this hate speech bill through again.
@R B: no it’s not.. Go to your x(twitter), Facebook or any of the other social media platforms to vent your “well supported alternative view” aka populism and fake information or information based on poor judgement or ill informed opinions. The journal don’t want your stuff on their gig.
@R B: Get stuffed. The Journal doesn’t need to feed our sense of entitlement and self-importance with our inconsequential comments. I’ve seen next to no debate here, just divisive, non-nuanced thinking. Most of the comments on here are, for me, more ‘worrying’ than anything else.
@Jon Doesn’t: this comment literally backs up my point ! You don’t know any of my views I’m actually quite centralist but I believe in all opinions being heard.
Your reaction to trying to shut down my opinion before you even know it but fear it could differ from yours backs up what I said. Appreciated.
@R B: some sport also
@R B: has the journal been sold? Is that why comments are so bad now
@James Carroll: Agree, if people are so desperate to publish their remarks, let them start a blog or podcast instead of expecting an app to feature their rants.
This advice also applies to people visiting Gaza.
But as Israel is starving these two million people to death, a stomach bug is not their main concern!
@Nestor: They have chosen their own fate, and since 2006 have been tied to it even more so. A line has to be drawn somewhere. Choice comes with consequences. It might be tight but at least they have some time move, from the north of Gaza, which really only means moving about 20km south. They should bow their heads in shame that they have condemned their children to this misery.
@Chris Thaunton:
No.
Depriving 2 million people of water and food is wrong!
I wonder why the comments are turned off on the fire in the Jervis car park? Seems to be a common issue lately
Bad form when comments are closed on a football match… jeez!
That’s the Stephen Kenny era over now.
Comments – it’s like winning da lotto
What do you expect when you go on a cheap package holidays nowdays? Things are expensive everywhere and you should expect to be given third rate service.
Can the ” journalists” here please do an article calling the zionists barbaric occupation what it is and stop the pandering to a psychotic regime bent on genocide.
I’ve only ever drank bottled water when abroad, 2 or 5 litre bottles from the shop and top up a smaller bottle I carry with me. Gastroenteritis is no fun, a co-worker’s kids had a dose of it, he was fine but I picked it up from him, we worked in close proximity. I scared a teenager quiet when he saw my uncontrolled evacuation of my inner contents face down into a bin
Isn’t it great that lady in the department of justice has had to climb down on they/thems pronouns?
Shi**y story but someone’s got to do it.
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