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Applying hand sanitizers is an advantage to many people. In a way, hands are the most exposed part of the body to germs. So, it is just right and beneficial to use hand sanitizers. Seeing that almost everyone is bringing their own hand sanitizers anywhere they went, one can assume that they are now safe from germs. But how would you react if you are told that by applying hand sanitizers, you just exposed yourself to more illness?
A study showed that using this product is beneficial to one’s health. Yet, there is a downside to it. Does hand sanitizer kills good bacteria? That is where this downside is related to. Constant usage of the product can kill germs. But, it does not mean that only disease-infecting germs are killed. Instead, it kills both, which is a disadvantage to users and their health.
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The Reason Behind it
It became a practice for most to bring hand sanitizers everywhere and squirt some when you think that your hands already feel dirty and filled with germs. And once done, you will feel clean again. The assurance that these products are stated to kill 99.9% is enough reason for you to believe that you will be cleaned of those germs after applying. It is the truth as well. However, these products are not created for constant use, only when you have no access to soap and clean water. So, it is beneficial to apply some when in this circumstance.
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But, thinking of eliminating germs off your hand, usage of the product became a constant one. It is a wrong practice that people adapted. In this 99.9% killing capability of the product, even the good ones are eliminated. A good example of good germs that get killed in using hand sanitizers is bacteria. Yes, there may be some that make people sick, but there are good germs with a role of protecting the immune system.
What This Can Lead To
The absence of good bacteria on the skin can lead to excessive inflammation if the skin sustained an injury. Eliminating all bacteria from your hands means stripping yourself with the body’s natural defenses as well. Yes, germs still need to be killed. However, it should not be done through applying hand sanitizer all the time as even the good ones will be killed.
So, if you want to kill the bad germs and save the good ones, you will need to lessen the usage of hand sanitizers. You can still use it, but only when you are left with no other option. Instead of using such products, make it a habit to wash your hands with soap and water. You can even make a solution of this, so you have something to use anywhere and anytime you feel you need to. Just keep a spray bottle containing water and soap solution in your bag or car along with wash cloths. With this, you are able to clean your hands with just a simple spray of the solution and dry them with the wash cloths.
We have had yet another outbreak of hand, foot and mouth among our local day cares. My little girl had it with temperatures of 40 degrees and a mouth full of blisters. I spend a lot of time educating parents about hand, foot and mouth. Here are the commonest myths I hear and the correct answers.
- My child has already had hand, foot and mouth, they can’t have it again. The majority of hand, foot and mouth is from Coxsackie virus A 16 or enterovirus 71 there about nine other stains of coxsackie that can also cause it. So as much as it sucks, said the mum whose children have both have it at least three times, they can get it again.
- It only affects the hands, feet and mouth. Whilst these are the most common places to get blisters they can also appear in the groin, on the buttocks, behind knees and elbows.
- Once all of the blisters have gone my child is no longer infectious. Nope they actually continue to shed the virus for another six weeks in their stools so you need to be very fastidious about hand washing for another month and a half.
- Adults can’t get it. Unless you have been exposed to all of the different viruses that cause it in your life, yes you can get it, it is more common to get symptoms from it in children less than five years of age though.
- It is caught through direct contact with another child with hand, foot and mouth. The virus is excreted in stools, fluid from blisters and also fluid from mucous membranes. Therefore if an infected child sneezes on another child they can become infected. The virus when it lands on an inanimate surface can live for several days and go onto infect another child when they touch the object and then put their fingers in their mouth.
- They become infectious once the blisters appear. They are actually infectious for 24-36 hours prior to the blisters appearing and may have a high fever and cold like symptoms.
- It only affects children at day care. Although we see it more commonly in day care children because it is so contagious you child can catch it from sitting in a shopping trolley that an infected child sat in or playing at the park.
- That they need to see a GP to get treatment to make their child better. Unfortunately there is no treatment for hand, foot and mouth other than simple analgesia and maintaining a good fluid intake.
We had a miserable week here with a very unhappy two year old with a mouth full of blisters refusing to eat and drink but she is all better now. I am scrubbing my hands after every nappy change and crossing my fingers that it is the last time she will get it, only time will tell.