Diseases that prevail in summer

Summer means risk, mainly because at this time changing the eating habits of people, places where the population moves from the sun and the danger becomes more evident than during the rest of the year.

In addition to holidays, rest and fun, summer can also be synonymous with disease.

According to Dr. Pedro Barreda, a pediatrician and spokesperson for the "Health at Home, for a healthier Chile" of the Red Cross, summer means risk, mainly because at this time changing the eating habits of people, places population shifts and the danger of the sun becomes more evident than during the rest of the year.

Intestinal infections

Mainly occur from handling food crusade, ie contamination of raw products such as meat or fish food ready for consumption as fresh vegetables.

Dr. Barreda said that "the most classic example is when the same knife used for raw meat logs deals then washed prior to chopping vegetables and to be consumed uncooked, such as tomato or lettuce."

Intestinal infections can also occur through poorly cooked food, ie they do not reach the required cooking to remove bacteria that contain them naturally.

According to the professional, it is important to note that no child can eat meat, chicken or fish with red spots or areas on the inside.

They can be a source of food in stomach infections disrepair, as the product of the high temperatures of summer days, or the poor conditions of food in camping areas, for example, some products tend to break down causing infections.

"So it is important that moms and dads carefully review product labels that their children consume, since many of them explicitly states, inter alia, that after open duration is greater than four or five days, even chilled, "says the pediatrician.

Intestinal infections leading to acute diarrhea simple tables, which has an incubation period of 48 or 72 hours of gastroenteritis when vomiting are present and also to more complex diseases such as hemolytic uremic syndrome (SHU), caused by the bacterium Etchericha enteropathogenic Coli 0157, which particularly affects children under 2 years and that is caused by consumption of poorly cooked meat, which can even cause chronic renal failure.

Moreover, consumption of food, especially shellfish and water contaminated by faeces and urine of infected people is a common cause of hepatitis A, whose incubation period is 6 weeks and can be prevented by ensuring adequate household hygiene and handling of food to be consumed.

Faced with these pictures, especially when they affect children, Dr. Barreda consult a specialist, "especially if the fever does not yield after 48 hours if the child is dropped and when there is risk of dehydration due to the presence of vomiting.

The sun

Dr. Barreda said that it is essential for children to use blocking factor of 30 and hopefully be recommended by a pediatrician, "and that doctors specializing in child health indicator frameworks that have research behind a patent and give assurance of protection .

Another important feature that should have a sunscreen for children is to be water resistant, as the sun's rays can penetrate the skin while bathing the child at the beach or the pool.

Moreover, the pediatrician indicated that children under 6 months should not use sunscreens because their skin is so sensitive and permeable products that can be absorbed dangerously beyond the dermis.

According to Dr. Barreda, "in these cases, the indication is that infants under 6 months for any reason not to go to the beach to prevent the risk of burns and heat stroke."

Regardless of protection through the use of sunscreens, sun exposure should be avoided for children and adults from ten o'clock until after three o'clock in the afternoon.

In the case of infants, the recommendation of the specialists that can only do so after the six p.m., and always using a hat and clothing.

This is because the effects of the sun on the skin, as well as by heat-producing quedamuras are cumulative and can lead, in adulthood, with risk of cancer tumors, spots and premature skin aging.

Hanta Virus

This disease occurs mostly in Chile since the Sixth Region to the South by the so-called long-tailed mouse because the tail is longer than its body, and luckily has made in recent years a better prognosis if their symptoms are detected in time .

The Hanta virus is transmitted by rodents through their ejections, saliva, urine and stool-which are then inhaled by people. It has an incubation period of 45 days and its symptoms are similar to those of flu and Fulminans intense.

Barreda said that the doctor who summer in the south and after a few days or a month and a half to present a table gripal strong, intense body pain, decay and severe respiratory distress and failure, refer urgently.

To prevent infection with the Hanta virus, it is important to ventilate the places that have remained closed for a long time, disinfect by using a deep cleaning mask and gloves and weeding at least 30 meters around the house that will be inhabited.

It is also important to have good waste management, ie, buried far from home and, if possible, walk or paved areas free of weeds.

Allergies and stings

Insect bites and allergies are also more frequent during the summer. Allergies are the most common prurigo, urticaria and the so-called "allergic shock" caused by wasp bites dreaded 'yellow jacket'.

Bites, in general, appear more frequently in summer due to increased exposure of children and adults with natural environments, so it is necessary to take precautionary measures such as using non-toxic insecticides and devices such as' plugs' to prevent daytime and nighttime insect bites, as well as products classified as repellent.