Comments on: When it comes to germs, are you a pacifist or warmonger?

By: Daisy

Daisy — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:19:21 +0000

I’m trying to convince my sinus-infection prone daughter to use a neti pot. It might ward off enough troubles to keep her off antibiotics for a while. My doc recommended it; can you believe it? It’s working well for me.

By: Bec

Bec — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:12:10 +0000

Erin was born prematurely and suffers (or suffered it can be hard to tell which) from chronic lung disease. She no longer needs oxygen but is still very susceptible to respiratory illnesses and is less able to fight them off. Simple things like flus can be deadly in her case.

We’re not clean freaks in our home, I believe like you that she needs to be exposed to germs if we’re ever going to build her immune system (another thing early gestation prems often lack). We don’t buy antibacterial anything (except toilet cleaner which doesn’t seem to come in a non-antibac option). The only concession I make is hand sanitizers.

They don’t work in the same way as other antibac products. They don’t kill germs, rather the alcohol in the gels dries and with it so does the germs. And we only use it in winter when people actually are sick.

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By: Candace

Candace — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:59:41 +0000

Unless I KNOW it is something that has a certain cure, I’m of the rest, fluids school. I wrote a product review post on cold & flu season and most of it involves staying hydrated and having honey.

I believe in regular hand washing throughout the day, but, like most things, I’m kinda lax about it unless someone is sick or it is a known risk (handling meat, etc.). That’s just my personality.

By: cathy

cathy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:47:21 +0000

I struggle with this. I’d like to be a pacifist, but I have a daughter who seems particularly vulnerable to illness – and gets a worse case than everyone else when she gets it. She has turned me into a germaphobe. I do keep myself in check, but I am also unapologetic about whipping out the Lysol and Purell when there’s illness around. Hand washing and using Purell properly (which shouldn’t contribute to superbugs – it works differently than antibacterial products) is probably the most important thing and works wonders around here.

By: Bee

Bee — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:50:49 +0000

Wash hands regularly with regular soap. Frequently wash bedsheets, towels, pyjamas with hot water when ill. Do the usual: drink a lot, hot chicken soup, vinegar socks to bring the fever down. I had that flu in January, part of it bad cold/terrible cough, part stomach bug. When it turned into pneumonia I went on antibiotics… But other than that, I don’t fuss a lot about germs or increased cleanliness. My doctor told me, to make sure and keep 1 metre’s distance from people while coughing, so I did.