UV water disinfection Archives - Healthhype https://healthhype.com/tag/uv-water-disinfection Current Health Articles on Symptoms, Diseases and Treatment Sun, 24 Aug 2014 19:21:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://healthhype.com/wp-content/uploads/logoicon.png UV water disinfection Archives - Healthhype https://healthhype.com/tag/uv-water-disinfection 32 32 Prevention and Treatment of Bowel Infections in Tropical Areas https://healthhype.com/prevention-treatment-of-bowel-infections-in-poor-tropical-areas.html https://healthhype.com/prevention-treatment-of-bowel-infections-in-poor-tropical-areas.html#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:15:47 +0000 http://www.healthhype.com/?p=1334 Water and Food Poisoning Due to Bad Sanitation Inappropriate sewage disposal may result in contamination of drinking water with human and animal stools containing viruses, bacteria or parasites. Drinking or swimming in such water is the main source of stomach and bowel infections in tropical areas. If water, contaminated with microbes, is used for watering fields, crops get contaminated. Improper food storing (no cooling) and bad hygiene (no hand washing) are additional causes of food poisoning with bacteria or parasites. Infestation with intestinal worms, a huge health problem in rural tropical areas, can be attracted by walking barefoot, or swimming in contaminated rivers and lakes. Prevention Of Gastrointestinal Infections in Tropical Areas Latrines Using latrines can help to keep the sources of drinking water clean. Vaccination Against Rotavirus All children under 5 years of age should be vaccinated against rotavirus with oral vaccine. In poor countries, vaccination has greatly reduced mortality from viral diarrhea in last years. Point-of-Use (POU) Water Treatment 1. Boiling Boiling of water can kill most live microbes in a minute. 2. Chlorination Sodium hypochlorite solution (household bleach) or calcium hypochlorite tablets are put in a container with water. Released chlorine kills most of harmful microorganisms (except cryptosporidium) in 30 [...]

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