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<font color=skyblue> I cannot believe Karen is not more concerned than she is! She just now told me, and she wasn't going to, but I made her...that MaryBeth had gone to the toilet today at a shopping store, and while Karen was preoccupied...the baby licked the flushing handle!!!!!!!!!
That has got to be dangerous!! I mean, the diseases that could be there!!! What the hell do I do? Karen does not seem worried abuot it, nor does she think that the slight fever that the baby got today is in relation. She said she would just monitor her health and call a doctor if she got worse. Well...then it might be too late! What do I do?</font> |
Do they make anti-biotics weak enough for babys? Might as well get some to be on the safe side.
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How old is she ? If she is under a year old. You shouldn't worry to much. At that age, a baby has still all the antibodies of the mother. If she's older, you still don't need to worry that much. Kids get fever or are slightly ill a lot. It could just be that she's having some minor child desease. Mostly kids recover pretty fast from those. Start to worry when she's still having problems tomorrow.
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Don't worry about it. No disease could live there for very long. There is an extremely minor chance she might get sick, but it's unlikely.
Did you know that most keyboards and phones in offices have more bacteria than the toilets at most public bathrooms? |
Sorry to hear that, Larry [img]graemlins/verysad.gif[/img]
It's pretty late at your side for a doctor to be still seeing patients, right? Is the baby really ill or mildly uncomfortable? Personally I wouldn't recommend getting any off-the-shelf medicine for babies; they're stll vulnerable and the wrong dosage could cause serious problems. Maybe you should talk to Karen again and trust her on this one if she feels there's no real danger. |
Larry in all honesty your being a bit hysterical. Listen to your wife! Just keep an eye on her, licking a toilet handle isnt the best thing but its certainly not a dire emergency. And DONT give her any grown-up anti-biotics. I wouldnt give any of any type unless its actually needed.
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I am assuming your child was in the ladies room since she was with your wife. If thats the case , you have nothing to worry about. Women are the CLEANEST things on the face of the earth!!
[ 05-29-2002, 09:18 PM: Message edited by: The Hunter of Jahanna ] |
if you really want to, you should go see a doctor about it, but i wouldn't worry too much about it if i were you.
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<font color=skyblue> It just scares me that she will get some strange disease from licking such an unsanitary object. It freaked me out when I learned about it! She is two years old, by the way.</font> |
Larry, kids are that way. Things will be ok, be calm. Use Zen:)~Paul
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I couldn't agree more with LoA. Kids will do things that freak you out and just to prepare you, it gets much worse. Wait some 12 to 14 more years. Anyway, mostly you shouldn't worry about them. Keep a cool leveled head. You'll know when something serious is afoot, i promise you that.
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If you are that worried about it, get some Grapefruit seed (not grape seed) extract from your local healthfood store. It is a natural, healthy "antibiotic" that kills salmonilla, ecoli, etc. in the body, but is again a healthy thing. Just make sure to go by the directions and mix it with fruit juice or something and use very very very very small amounts as it is really strong and acidic, and Marybeth also is just a youngun.
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<font color="plum">Relax, <font color="cyan">Larry</font>.
MaryBeth will be just fine. I have 3 boys (from 5 1/2 down to 1 week old) and my wife works for the local pediatricians office. Mothers DO have an instinctive feel for their children's well being. Ask Karen if she can tell you MaryBeth's temperature with just her hand. She may not have told you about it, but I'll bet she can come within 1.5 degrees every time. It's a mother-thing. Trust me, dogs are the only creatures that will regularly put disgusting things in their mouth MORE often than toddlers. As <font color="lightsteelblue">Hunter</font> said, women are unnaturally tidy in the restroom. I daresay your kitchen counter has more germs than the toilet handle in a ladies room. Most women don't even touch it with their hands....they tear off a piece of toilet paper instead. I honostly feel you have nothing to worry about. The fever is more likely the result of an ear infection or some mild virus. Motrin and Tylenol will handle that 95% of the time.</font> |
I don't think you should worry too much Larry. Unless you keep MaryBeth in a vacuum (like Michael Jackson lol), she probably gets into germy things all the time. Coming into contact with germs is good anyway, helps keep the immune system humming. I certainly wouldn't be going to the doctor, unless she actually comes down with something [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Larry, Karen is right. Just keep an eye on Mary Beth for a day or two, really the worst that could happen is a little bit of a stomach upset. There are more germs on a washcloth than *in* the average toilet, compared to which the handle would seem surgically clean. It's virtually impossible for germs to survive on shiny ceramic or metal surfaces.
[ 05-30-2002, 08:23 AM: Message edited by: Epona ] |
Well, I'm a little late, but, Larry, CHILL! The diseases that anyone can contact by mouth are very few, and these are all called the fecal-oral route. The only germs of that kind to be found in a public restroom ar Hepatitis A and polio, both of which I am sure that MaryBeth is immunized against. Check with her pediatrician.
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<font color=skyblue>Thanks, everyone. Come on, you all gotta imagine how scary it was since I did not have your knowledge on diseases and the sanitation grade of that handle. By hearing all of your multiple reasons why there is no worry, I fell better now. Thanks!</font>
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That's what friends are for Larry [img]smile.gif[/img]
I can understand why you would be worried! |
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Larry, Karen sounds very sensible to me. I wish some of our patients were as sensible.
'Ohh, I picked up a pidgeon, will I catch anything' Yeah you'll catch a tongue lashing from me for wasting my time. You're 40 years old for God's sake! 'Can you visit my 2 month old child? - he has a cold' Okay - can you bring him down here? 'No - he's asleep' Then pick him up, wrap him in a blanket and walk the 100 yards to the surgery! |
LOL Donut!
The same people that would call for an ambulance and ask the paramedics for aspirin :rolleyes: Pigeons are pretty disgusting, if people must handle them I would always advise washing their hands afterwards! I believe that 90% of feral pigeons carry Psittacosis (Chlamydiosis) but you'd only be likely to catch it if you inhaled its dried shit or feather dust. It's more of a danger to sheep than humans. But the vast majority of cases in humans are amongst bird owners like myself, and people who work in pet stores, not from a random encounter with a pigeon. |
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