CDC: Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigella Is on the Rise
Eating food prepared by someone with a Shigella infectionSwallowing contaminated drinking water, like water from a well that’s been contaminated with sewage or flood water
The CDC notes that you can pick Shigella up from touching surfaces like toys, bathroom fixtures, diapers, and cleaning up after someone with Shigella uses the toilet.Shigella isn’t a fun illness to have. According to the CDC, most people will have the following symptoms:Feeling the need to poop even when you don’t have to
To lower the risk of getting infected, it’s important to follow good hand hygiene. “Particularly for parents of younger children, let’s emphasize the hand washing,” says William Schaffner, M.D., an infectious disease specialist and professor of medicine at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. That means washing your hands before preparing food and eating and after changing diapers.
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