Coughing and sneezing is a contagious disease, but not many people care to prevent it. A survey conducted in the middle of swine flu pandemic issue presents data on one of four people have not closed nose when coughing or sneezing.
Most people use hands to cover her mouth, even though health experts recommend using a mask or at least cover your mouth with a handkerchief. Hands can become a medium of transmission of the flu virus if we do not immediately wash hands after sneezing or coughing.
"When we hand over her mouth when coughing or clean, the virus promptly moved into their hands. Then we touch doorknobs, furniture and other objects. If someone else is also touching objects that the virus will be carried on," said Nick Wilson, an expert health from Otago University.
Wilson and his team of medical students by observing the habits of his hidden in a public place when coughing or sneezing. They observed 384 people in various public places like railway stations, shopping centers and hospitals in the city of Wellington, New Zealand.
Habits are in fact not only in New Zealand. When the note, still a few people who have a habit of closing the hand when coughing in Indonesia.
"Should we get colds when we shall use the mask. It should we make culture, including the children are taught to prevent disease transmission," said dr.Soedjatmiko, Sp.A (K), in an opportunity.
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Man, really want to know how can you be that smart, lol...great read, thanks.
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