Norovirus

[phil2440]

My wife works in a care home for the elderly. Over the weekend they received a new patient from our local NHS hospital. The staff that handled the discharge declined to mention that the patient was infected with the Norovirus. :shock: :x
My wife & all of her colleagues who came into contact with this patient are now off sick. The projectile vomiting was pretty spectacular! I'm Type 2. Assuming that I'm going to go down with this bug in the next couple of days, are there any particular complications specific to Diabetes that I should be aware of :?:

 

[cugila]

The main problem with a Diabetic is that any infection will usually have an effect on your Bg levels, usually upwards, so monitor during the illness.

As for NoroVirus........this from a local NHS website:

To contain the spread of norovirus please:
•Only attend accident and emergency (A&E) if you have a serious or life-threatening illness or injury.
•Reduce the number of visits to family and friends who are staying in hospital.
•If you or anyone you have been in contact with has been ill in the last 48 hours do not visit hospital.
This is especially important for children under the age of 12, both for their own protection and that of patients.

If you think you have norovirus
Please remember that there is no specific treatment for the illness. Even if you feel very poorly you should stay at home and let the illness run its course.

To help recovery:

•Avoid dehydration – take regular sips of water or fruit juice.
•Stay at home and get plenty of rest.
•To avoid infecting other people wash your hands with soap and water regularly.
You can also buy anti-diarrhoea treatments and dehydration sachets from your local pharmacy.

Remember the majority of people make a full recovery in a couple of days, but you should stay at home for a further 48 hours to avoid infecting others.

If you are looking after very young children or older people please extra care as these groups are more at risk from dehydration.

 

[hanadr]

Excellent advice from cugila
I'd just like to add. Make a Written complaint to the place that discharged the patient. That action put a lot of elderly and possibly fragile people at risk.
Norovirus isn't to bad for healthy adults. It feels nasty and is debilitating, but most recover fully in a matter of days. I even met someone at my sports cenre yesterday who'd had it recently( there's been an outbreak at our district hospital) and she's feeling fine and delighted to have lost half a stone.
Hana
PS I was watching a programmme about the Queen Mary 2 on TV last night. They had a case of Norovirus and were able to contain it without its spreading. SO WHY CAN'T A HOSPITAL?

 

[kegstore]

Phil I like your avatar!

It's scary how easily infections are passed on. After my short stay (less than 24 hours) last month as an in-patient to deal with an abscess, I had the swab results from the wound back a week later: MRSA. I was changing the dressing myself every couple of days, and seeing the practice nurse for weekly review. She took another swab, which came back positive again. I suppose it's just fortunate that I am reasonably healthy, the wound has almost completely healed and I feel absolutely fine.

Our hospitals round here are regularly closing wards and initiating "infection control" procedures for one reason or another. Odd really, I always thought "infection control" was part and parcel of being a hospital...

 

[Philipo]

Just gone down with this dreaded virus 24hrs into it and I feel like [word removed] at the moment I have not eaten anything and all I have had to drink is plain water....

At present my bm is holding at 4.7 I am concerned that this could drop if I don't eat anything, what is the best cause of action to take as every site says do not eat anything whilst having this dam virus from hell....

Philipo