Ways To Prevent Gastroenteritis
One of the most common causes of acute gastroenteritis is eating food or drinking liquids contaminated with bacteria or parasites. For example, eating undercooked hamburger might lead to exposure to E. coli, a potentially lethal bacteria. Drinking improperly treated water, or drinking from streams and lakes, can expose someone to the giardia parasite. Avoiding raw and uncooked meats, handling dairy and cooked foods properly, and filtering or sterilizing water before drinking it can help prevent exposure to harmful organisms.
Even through causes for acute gastroenteritis vary, the methods of transmission from one person to another tend to be the same. Contact with the fecal matter of a person with the condition, followed by improper or lack of hand-washing, spreads the microorganisms that cause it easily. People who are ill, as well as those around them, should wash their hands thoroughly and regularly to help prevent spreading the illness to others.