Washing hands

buffalobilly

Was watching a programme this morning where some one picked up a virus from not washing there hands before eating and they nearly died it got me thinking do people build up immunity from working in a dirtier environment I for would not wash the old hands every time I eat like if I was out in the field or at the mart and got a burger and chip What others opinon on this

KatyMac

hasn't it been said that kids in a too clean environment have low immunity? I grew up eating sandwiches on the bog with mucky hands after working with donkeys (really showing my age), in the hay fields etc and have never caught anything nasty. If I got dung on my hands from any animal I'd wash asap and if working in garden/veg patch I'd wash before eating. So I think my immunity must be fairly good by now.

pakalasa

Well we evolved over millions of years in a dirty environment, long before all these fancy detergents and soaps were developed. So I guess there is a lot of logic in the theory that, a healthy developed immune system is more important than an cleanliness.
I worked with an old guy once who believed that asthma was caused by kids not being exposed to dirt, like they were in the old days.

satstheway

[/QUOTE]I have asthma and so had my father. I was outside on the farm and eating the dairy nuts and playing with animals and dead stuff. So he was wrong.

satstheway

pakalasa wrote: »

Well we evolved over millions of years in a dirty environment, long before all these fancy detergents and soaps were developed. So I guess there is a lot of logic in the theory that, a healthy developed immune system is more important than an cleanliness.
I worked with an old guy once who believed that asthma was caused by kids not being exposed to dirt, like they were in the old days.

I ment to quote this

Sam Kade

When I was 8 or 9 I drove the prong of a pike through my big toe while loading dung onto a spreader. There was no doctor just grin and bear it.

Conmaicne Mara

buffalobilly wrote: »

What others opinon on this

I got e coli poisoning years ago. Cause was determined to have come from the farm, basically some trace of dung! It was supposed had I washed my hands thoroughly before eating I would not have got it.

Evil vomiting and diarrhea at the same time, wasn't better for a full week. Lost a fair bit of weight, dry retching etc.

Trust me, take the time, wash up

whelan1

always wash my hands well... but did you ever notice if you empty a drinker the smell stays on your hands for ages, does this mean the bad things are still there?

brian_t

I'd always wash my hands if there is clean water available.

I also carry a small bottle of Antibacterial Hand Gel in the jeep (just in case !).

Better safe then sorry.

Dampintheattic

brian_t wrote: »

I'd always wash my hands if there is clean water available.

I also carry a small bottle of Antibacterial Hand Gel in the jeep (just in case !).

Better safe then sorry.

I take a shower, at lest twice a year, whether I need it or not. Probably cut back to once a year, once the water meter is in operation. -;)

Alibaba

Always safer to wash de hands esp before eating.
One dangerous thing is Weils disease carried by rats.
Heard of a few people picked this up.
Can be fatal.

Sam Kade

Alibaba wrote: »

Always safer to wash de hands esp before eating.
One dangerous thing is Weils disease carried by rats.
Heard of a few people picked this up.
Can be fatal.

It can also be dangerous if you have a cut in your hand and you get rat urine on it. If you get scratched by a rat equally as bad. An old cure if you were scratched by a rat would be to rub cobwebs to the scratch.

Floody Boorland

Lyme disease is another nasty caused by ticks.

Not going to get too obsessive about all this though. Probably more chance of dieing from heatstroke this spring.:D

whelan1

gp told me when kids where born to make sure your hands where always washed thoroughly when i come in from yard, crypto, rotavirus, etc....i wash them in the yard after milking and also wash them when i get into the house

st1979

satstheway wrote: »

I have asthma and so had my father. I was outside on the farm and eating the dairy nuts and playing with animals and dead stuff. So he was wrong.[/quote]

Actually i think there is a few studies done and there conclusions were that we are living in a too clean environment now. But you would be the exception that proves the rule. Bit like the nun who never smoked that gets lung cancer. My smoking wife loves to tell me that one

satstheway

Its a bit like the man who doc told he needed to giv up the ciggs man agreed. Just mover told doc he had never smoked in his life.
I know they have done studies on this. But they also said cfcs were making a Hugh hole in the ozone and changing our climate. Just like the car driving dinosaurs millions of years ago.