Acute diarrhoeal diseases: What you need to know to prevent them in hot season

By: Lucy Carrillo Piedras Negras, Coahuila.- With the hot season they begin to change the type of attention that is presented in the medical clinics, where patients with gastrointestinal diseases predominate more, which is expected already in the coming dates, when the heat begins to be more intense. Hugo Aguilar, interim director of Municipal Health, commented that many of these infections occur mainly because they do not wash their hands befor…

The arrival of the hot season in Mexico, which usually begins at the end of March and extends until May, brings with it an increase in acute diarrhoeal diseases.High temperatures accelerate the breakdown of food and favor the proliferation of bacteria, increasing the risk of gastrointestinal infections.Main diseases and their risksWithin gastrointestinal infections, the most common ones at this time are:SalmonellosisInfections by Escherichia col…