Germs hang around for days on door handles, TV remote
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Someone in your house have the sniffles? Watch out for the refrigerator door handle. The TV remote, too. A new study finds that cold sufferers often leave their germs there, where they can live for two days or longer.
Wearing surgical masks can help avoid the spread of germs, a University of Michigan study found.
Scientists at the University of Virginia, long known for its virology research, tested surfaces in the homes of people with colds and reported the results Tuesday at the nation's premier conference on infectious diseases.
Doctors don't know how often people catch colds from touching germy surfaces as opposed to, say, shaking a sick person's hand, said Dr. Birgit Winther, an ear, nose and throat specialist who helped conduct the study.
Two years ago, she and other doctors showed that germs survived in hotel rooms a day after guests left, waiting to be picked up by the next person checking in.
For the new study, researchers started with 30 adults showing early symptoms of colds. Sixteen tested positive for rhinovirus, which causes about half of all colds. They were asked to name 10 places in their homes they had touched in the preceding 18 hours, and researchers used DNA tests to hunt for rhinovirus.
"We found that commonly touched areas like refrigerator doors and handles were positive about 40 percent of the time" for cold germs, Winther said.
I blame excess of information like one of the main causes of illness, low inmunological system and fragile health society. It's acting like a nocebo. Since when people have to use those masks to protect themselves from germs? I bet that girl is more likely to get sick than the immigrant que alterna manos para comerse el sandwich y agarrar la varilla en el subway.
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If we listened to all the 'experts' or whatever is posted on the net, we'd have to live our lives wrapped in Saran. That's what I hate about the "information super highway". Information overload
you have to get information somewhere, or suffer the consequences. im joking. but a little bit of info, doesn't kill, now germs
If we listened to all the 'experts' or whatever is posted on the net, we'd have to live our lives wrapped in Saran. That's what I hate about the "information super highway". Information overload
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no honestly i always see a retarded post of yours right after i post something.......mostly when it has to do with me making fun of god .....do both of you have something going on the low low between your fruity selves? looks like it haha
Germs hang around for days on door handles, TV remote
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Someone in your house have the sniffles? Watch out for the refrigerator door handle. The TV remote, too. A new study finds that cold sufferers often leave their germs there, where they can live for two days or longer.
Wearing surgical masks can help avoid the spread of germs, a University of Michigan study found.
Scientists at the University of Virginia, long known for its virology research, tested surfaces in the homes of people with colds and reported the results Tuesday at the nation's premier conference on infectious diseases.
Doctors don't know how often people catch colds from touching germy surfaces as opposed to, say, shaking a sick person's hand, said Dr. Birgit Winther, an ear, nose and throat specialist who helped conduct the study.
Two years ago, she and other doctors showed that germs survived in hotel rooms a day after guests left, waiting to be picked up by the next person checking in.
For the new study, researchers started with 30 adults showing early symptoms of colds. Sixteen tested positive for rhinovirus, which causes about half of all colds. They were asked to name 10 places in their homes they had touched in the preceding 18 hours, and researchers used DNA tests to hunt for rhinovirus.
"We found that commonly touched areas like refrigerator doors and handles were positive about 40 percent of the time" for cold germs, Winther said.
looks like it haha
