issues with germs....

Hey Chrissy...
It is understandably why you do these urges since your kids have had a bad stomach virus. If this makes you feel any better I am also a anti germ freak! I believe it is important to use wipes on outside chairs and carts since many people touch them and you don't know what viruses they're carrying but at home it is safe to not use as many. I know how you feel because I also use hand sanitizer and lysol but you know using too much antibacterials is in fact bad because you kill other bacteria's that are important to prevent viruses and infection.
I hope this helps. It always helps me know that other people feel the same way :) Good luck Chrissy

-Shia

Chrissy,

My daughter has this same issue as she was on a cruise ship where people got a virus and her daughter was very ill.  She even check the dishes and glasses in a restaurant.

The girls and 15 and 17 and she makes sure all go into the restroom to wash their hands before eating.

The best way to prevent spread of germs is hand washing.

Check out the CDC's Ounce of Prevention Campaign:

http://www.cdc.gov/ounceofprevention/

I am not OCD about germs but working in an ER certainly got my hands red and chapped from all the hand washing and use of alcohol.  Used hundreds of bottles of lotion in my carreer.

Take care
Kitt

Exposure to a certain level of germs is good for you- can be beneficial in maintaining your immune system. I personally have NO issue with germs.

back when i was still nursing, many of my patients were having Radio or Chemo and my biggest concern was MY germs infecting them, but like all good nurses, used universal precautions- gowns, gloves, masks etc.

Now ive switched careers and am a high school teacher in a fairly run down, unpleasant area, and i keep tissues, hand sanitiser and vicks cough lollies on my desk cos the kids get no education about germ etiquette at home, and as my immune system is virtually non existant i cant afford to get ill every time a kid coughs, or wipes his nose on his sleeve.

eeeeew.

otherwise, germs dont phase me one bit- a little bit is fine

Maz XX

Well, I had a thing about cleaning, I used Lysol wipes alot. I do carry hand sanitizer. Im a senior in high school so there are lots of germs there! I think it can be a good thing. When I started wiping down the tables and stuff in one of my classrooms(because we all got the flu the year before) none of us got sick! When I have kids, I will probably be very strict about it! Especially shopping carts! It just grosses me out when I think about people not washing there hands. I hate to imagine what kind of stuff is on a surface...its just gross!

I have a button that says something like "I wouldnt have OCD if everyone else would just do things the right way"! I think thats so true! Just because I like my room to be neat and straight... ha ....okay so making everything even and such is probably a step over the line but still...at least my room looks good!

I think using germ-x or lysol is a good thing. I would do what I could to keep myself and my children healthy. I'll probably be the mom that sprays the toys with lysol and wipe the door handles and such! But, if it works, why not!

I think the worst one is the door knobs in public bathrooms......not that I wipe them down.........but all those people that don't wash their hands.

It is the nurse in me that can come up with the germ thingy.  I have been exposed to so many bugs and germs that I may be immune to all...............LOL.

Kitt

thank y'all so much! I do use hand santizer excessively but with my compromised immune system i haven't been sick (but have had MRSA staph) But i'm glad i'm not the only one concerned ....Of course i do justify it by saying that if others washed their hands more i wouldn't have to sanitized so much :)

Tony you can also purchase probiotics. I use them alot for my Crohns because we tend to have bacterial imbalances in our intestinal tracts. I take a Lactobacillus formula that is even better than what you get in yogurt.