{"id":184923,"date":"2025-01-20T20:13:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T20:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/?p=184923"},"modified":"2025-01-20T20:13:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T20:13:22","slug":"scientists-warn-that-clothes-are-making-people-extremely-sick-with-mysterious-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/scientists-warn-that-clothes-are-making-people-extremely-sick-with-mysterious-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Warn That Clothes Are Making People Extremely Sick With \u201cMysterious Illness\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scientists are now warning that our clothes could be making us extremely sick with a \u201cmysterious illness<\/em>\u201d amid a surge of hospitalisations following the flu and covid vaccine combo rollout.<\/p>\n

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According to researchers, soft fabrics, including chairs, sofas, cushions and even curtains could harbour a deadly winter virus.<\/p>\n

Dailymail.co.uk<\/em><\/a> reports: Experts fear any further surges could pile extra pressure on an already stretched health service that is already battling a tidal wave of flu.<\/p>\n

Norovirus is usually spread through close contact with someone who is infected, or by touching surfaces or objects, or eating food someone infected has touched.<\/p>\n

Health chiefs already advise against relying on hand sanitisers alone to guard against transmission \u2014 as alcohol doesn\u2019t kill off the bug.<\/p>\n

Instead, handwashing is recommended as a first-line defence as water helps break down the protein shell around the virus, rendering it harmless.<\/p>\n

Now, experts are urged people to wash and dry their clothes on a high heat setting in an effort to stop the spread.<\/p>\n

Jason Tetro, a microbiologist and author told the HuffPost<\/em><\/a>: \u201cYour clothing is porous and therefore is essentially a solid petri dish. <\/em><\/p>\n

Anything that comes into contact with your clothes is going to stick to [them]. Norovirus [can] survive an entire month in pretty much any condition<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Washing detergents, he added \u2014 specifically biological types, those that contain enzymes called lipases \u2014 will help kill norovirus bacteria.<\/p>\n

\u201cHot is your best friend against microbes<\/em>,\u201d Mr. Tetro said. \u201cThe enzymes are going to break down the microbes<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also advised running an empty hot-water cycle with bleach around once a month to clean the tub of the washer.<\/p>\n

University of Minnesota experts advise that cleaning surfaces touched by someone with norovirus is \u201ca critical way to remove and destroy the virus<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

If a person has vomited on carpet or furniture, it warns not to vacuum area before cleaning \u201cas this will cause pathogens to become airborne and spread<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

Instead, it suggests applying baking soda to affected area before steam cleaning or disinfecting with antimicrobial products effective against norovirus.<\/p>\n

A recent UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) also shows the total number of norovirus reports in 2024 (4,523) is more than double that of five years ago (2,057).<\/p>\n

The alert comes as norovirus cases in the UK are almost double that of previous years.<\/p>\n

According to NHS data released on January 3rd, 528 hospital beds in England were filled each day of the previous week by patients with diarrhoea and vomiting or norovirus-like symptoms.<\/p>\n

While this was down from 723 in the week before, the figure still stands 40 per cent higher than the same point last year and (377) and in 2022 (338).<\/p>\n

However, actual case numbers nationwide may be even higher.<\/p>\n

This is because the figures are based on positive laboratory reports and NHS hospitals reporting suspected and confirmed norovirus outbreaks.<\/p>\n

Most of those infected suffer nausea, diarrhoea and vomiting and recover at home.<\/p>\n

But norovirus can pile pressures on hospitals because infected patients need to be isolated in single rooms or wards need to be closed to new patients to contain the spread.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt came out of nowhere<\/em>,\u201d says the former IT consultant from Reading. \u201cI couldn\u2019t move more than few yards from the toilet before having to run back again.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

In response to a Mail<\/em> column by GP Dr. Ellie Cannon in November, readers wrote in detailing how they had been affected by it.<\/p>\n

A 69-year-old women described suffering \u201cthe most aggressive diarrhoea and sickness<\/em>\u201d after babysitting her granddaughter. Another talked about her 29-year-old son \u201cbeing completely flattened<\/em>\u201d by the virus.<\/p>\n

Paul Pardon, 73, says he came down with the \u201cunbearable<\/em>\u201d virus after returning from holiday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis went on for days. During that time I couldn\u2019t eat all. I also had a terrible fever and was constantly shaking<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The majority of people will not need to speak to a doctor about a norovirus infection. In most cases, it will clear up on its own.<\/p>\n

Rest and having lots of fluid are often recommended by health chiefs to help recover.<\/p>\n

Parents are advised to avoid giving fizzy drinks or fruit juice to children with norovirus, as this can make the diarrhoea worse.<\/p>\n

Many patients also ask doctors for antibiotics, but these are ineffective against viruses.<\/p>\n

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\nJanuary 20, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

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