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Prokes is very important to prevent flu during the rainy season

REPUBLIC.CO.ID, JAKARTA — When rainy season as it is now it can lead to different diseases and occur in society. Between them influence and diarrhea.

“Influenza is a common disease, not only during the rainy season but also during the transition, i.e. climate change,” the doctor at Sulianti Saroso Infection Center Hospital (RSPI) said on Wednesday (4/1/2023), Sucahyo Adi Nugroho.

He added, this disease is caused by an influenza virus that attacks the respiratory system, transmitted through droplets, splashes of air or through contact, whether it is food or not, by keeping hands clean.

In fact, after walking around and holding a table or anything contaminated with other people’s flu virus, you also have the potential to catch it. Especially if you have such habits as rubbing your nose, rubbing your mouth.

To avoid this, he admitted that health protocols are very important to implement for self-protection. If implemented, she is optimistic that it will protect because she carries hand sanitizer everywhere, washes her hands and wears a mask.

“Although it doesn’t 100% prevent transmission, it does reduce the risk of exposure to the flu,” he said.

In addition, he also reminded that during the rainy season, such as now, soil or virus contamination can also occur and cause diarrhea. According to him, above all diarrhea what happens to children is caused by infection rotavirus during the rainy season. Linked to roadside snacking it can also cause diarrhea, according to him there is no ban on it.

“Only what needs to be considered is the cleanliness of the food and ourselves,” she said.

He added, sometimes random snacks are brought into an environment and there’s a humid atmosphere for them to grow microorganisms cause of infection. This then exacerbates the occurrence of risk factors for the disease, including diarrhea.