What diseases can be spread through chopsticks?

Helicobacter pylori is the chief culprit of many stomach diseases, and its infection route is mainly oral and fecal transmission, and it has the characteristics of family aggregation, that is, if one family member is infected, the chances of others being infected will be relatively high. This is because there will be Helicobacter pylori in dental plaque and saliva of infected people, and chopsticks are likely to become the vector of germs and do not eat together.

2. Hepatitis A and E

Many people avoid hepatitis. In fact, different modes of hepatitis transmission are different. For example, hepatitis B virus is transmitted through blood, and hepatitis B virus in saliva is generally rare and not contagious, so there is no need to be overly nervous when eating at the same table with hepatitis B virus carriers. The transmission route of hepatitis A and hepatitis E is mainly fecal transmission, and the virus is easy to spread in the air. Therefore, if you and these people use cups, bowls and chopsticks for a long time, the virus may be transmitted to healthy people through saliva.

3, hand, foot and mouth disease

Hand, foot and mouth disease is an infectious disease caused by enterovirus, which mostly occurs in children under 5 years old. It is characterized by fever, oral ulcer and herpes, and the transmission route is mostly nasopharyngeal secretions or feces of infected people. Children under 6 years old are in a state of "physiological immune dysfunction", so compared with adults, they are more likely to be cross-infected with viruses because of using chopsticks. Therefore, if there are children with hand, foot and mouth disease at home, parents should pay attention to diet and personal hygiene, wash their hands before and after meals, open more windows for ventilation, and try to use special bowls in kindergartens to prevent children from infecting each other.

4, typhoid fever

Typhoid fever is an acute infectious disease of digestive tract caused by typhoid Bacillus, and it is also spread in the way of "disease from mouth to mouth". Some patients who have recovered from illness are still contagious because the virus in their bodies has not been removed. Poor food hygiene and polluted water sources may spread diseases, so the daily necessities of typhoid patients should be used separately from their families as far as possible.