city of Mexico.-in the wake of the cut of water of at least four days in the city of Mexico is necessary to exercise basic sanitary precautions to avoid bacteria and parasites can an cause infections gastrointestinal or skin, he told Efe the doctor Antonio Luévanos.
The lack of this liquid can make the bacteria and parasites from spreading more easy but have the most basic hygiene measures, causing diseases such as salmonella or hepatitis A infectious disease specialist pediatrician said. The specialist warned not to use drinking water for hand washing or cooking may increase the presence of this type of suffering, although the most common tend to be diarrheal pictures.
Illustrative photo: archive the Debate, the President of the Mexican Association of pediatric infectious diseases pointed out that care should be special in vulnerable groups such as children and the elderly, who sometimes have no safeguards to deal with the bacterial infections. He pointed out that when you can not have access to drinking water, it is better use antibacterial gel to clean hands and purified water used for washing the food that we cook. In terms of personal hygiene, he said that you can also use antibacterial gel, although be careful to clean well to avoid skin infections.
Rain water is good for swimming although it is not recommended in the case of grooming children and babies, since their skin is more sensitive and can have some impact explained. He added that this water would not be recommended when the rain is considered to be acidic, but otherwise it represents no danger to the health of the people.
Luevanos said that, preferably, avoid eating out “since you can not know the process for cooking that can raise the risk of disease”. The city of Mexico suffers from Wednesday until Saturday a gigantic water cut which will affect about five million people in 13 of the 16 municipalities of the metropolis. In this note:
