Contents:
- Medical Video: 7 Swimming Rules That Will Save Your Life
- Swimming in a swimming pool can make a child an infection
- Do not allow children to swim still using diapers
- Isn't there chlorine that has killed bacteria and viruses?
- Then, how to prevent children from being infected by bacteria in the pool?
Medical Video: 7 Swimming Rules That Will Save Your Life
Is playing in the pool a special ritual for you and your family on weekends? If so, you should be more careful in monitoring children who are swimming. Because, there are various infections and diseases that lurk in the pool.Then what can be done to prevent children from being infected by bacteria in the pool?
Swimming in a swimming pool can make a child an infection
You should be aware of the transmission of several infectious diseases because this will be very easy to attack your child in the pool. Here are a variety of ailments in the pool that can attack your child when he plays water.
- Diarrhea. Diarrhea is very easily transmitted through water contamination due to the bacteria Cryptosporidium, Giardia, Salmonella, Shigella, Norovirus, and E. coli. These bacteria and germs can contaminate pond water if someone infected with this disease enters the pool.
- Eye infections, can be caused by viruses that also cause diarrhea, sore throat, and flu.
- Hepatitis A. Infection that attacks the liver can be transmitted through water contamination.
Do not allow children to swim still using diapers
If your child is still a toddler and uses a diaper, then you should first release your baby's diaper before swimming. Using diapers in a swimming pool - especially a dirty diaper - will make the pool contaminated by puppies.
Not to mention if your child is experiencing diarrhea, the diarrhea bacteria will be very easy to be transmitted through water. Therefore, if your child is experiencing an infectious disease such as diarrhea, it is best to forbid to swim first, until his condition recovers.
Isn't there chlorine that has killed bacteria and viruses?
Swimming pool water will usually be mixed with chlorine, a chemical that functions to kill bacteria and germs. Yes, swimming pools that are open to the public usually mix a lot of chlorine in pool water. However, this is not enough to make your child avoid the bacteria that cause infectious diseases. Because the chlorine takes at least one hour to kill and eliminate bacteria.
For example, when someone who experiences diarrhea enters the pool, the bacteria that comes from his body cannot be directly killed by chlorine. So, if your child enters the pool shortly from the person, it is not impossible that he will get attacked by the bacteria. Even some types of bacteria, need more time to be removed by chlorine, for example Cryptosporidium.
Then, how to prevent children from being infected by bacteria in the pool?
There are a number of things you can do to prevent a child from infection due to pool water contamination:
- Don't let your child swim when they have an infectious disease, such as diarrhea or A. hepatititis.
- Don't let your little one swim when he has an open wound, because it will easily become infected.
- Rinse your child's body before and after from the pool.
- Take off the diaper when swimming.
