Either you’re a person who brings wipes and hand sanitizer when you travel, or you just leave it to the gods and go about your business. Whether you hope for the best or clean every surface as far as possible, we are going to add another thing that scares you when you travel. In accordance with CDC travel guidelines, there are a new disgusting reason that will make you rethink your vacation plans (or, at least, be more attentive to washing your hands).
What to keep in mind
There’s a CDC travel advisory for a drug-resistant bacterium called XDR Shigella, and no, it’s not as much fun to have as it is to say. Shigellosis cases have been tracked at an increasing rate that is alarming to the CDC.
In 2022, the total cases reported the drug-resistant type was 5%, and while that may seem low, the scary part is that you only have to go back to 2015 to see those cases at 0%.
What it is
This acute enteric infection usually follows little kids (under four years of age), but a worrying part is that it is now jumping into certain adult groups and spreading rapidly.
Symptoms
- Diarrhea
- Possible inflammatory and bloody diarrhea
- stomach cramps
- Fever
Why is this bacteria so bad?
spreads quickly
Another drawback of this bacteria and why it is so concerning is the ease with which it spreads. We’ve all seen this episode before.
- Touching contaminated surfaces and then your face
- drinking contaminated water
- Eating contaminated food
- Through sexual contact with someone infected
- Through fecal media, such as an infected child’s diaper
- caring for someone infected
is drug resistant
Of the 450,000 reported cases of this bacteria, a whopping 77,000 cases of the infection were of the drug-resistant type. You have to play the waiting game with this one to get better, and we all know how miserable it is to do so.
how to stay healthy
If you haven’t loaded your car, home, and office with hand sanitizer yet, catch up with the rest of us. This is what the cdc says what to do:
Wash your hands
The main way to keep you and others healthy is to wash your hands. Washing properly before and after activities and not touching your face while doing activities is the name of the game. Soap and water, people, soap and water.
If you travel, do these extra things
- Stay away from tap water
- Don’t drink unpasteurized milk
- Say no to ice in your drinks
- Avoid raw vegetables and fruits
- Sorry, but keep walking past those street food vendors.
As with any illness, if you feel you are getting worse, not getting better, or your symptoms, especially bloody diarrhea, last for more than three days, see a doctor.
Although vacations at home are the best, we don’t want to scare everyone into staying home. There is always something to worry about when you travel, no matter where you go, right? If you plan to travel in the near future, be sure to bring all precautions and measures to stay healthy, so you don’t spend all your time in the bathroom.
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