V. Strep is back

[Suzan]

Do you wash off the stool after each one is finished?

 

No, just the usual toilet/bathroom cleaning. If they are not touching their privates to the seat, would it really transmit? Maybe I'm being naive about how much contact there is.

 

Susan

[ShaesMom]

Do you wash off the stool after each one is finished?

 

No, just the usual toilet/bathroom cleaning. If they are not touching their privates to the seat, would it really transmit? Maybe I'm being naive about how much contact there is.

 

Susan

 

 

I think my daughter pulls her underwear down, sits and then kidda scoots back to actually go. Maybe it wouldn't hurt to use a clorex wipe after they go on the seat itself.

[Suzan]

Do you wash off the stool after each one is finished?

 

No, just the usual toilet/bathroom cleaning. If they are not touching their privates to the seat, would it really transmit? Maybe I'm being naive about how much contact there is.

 

Susan

 

 

I think my daughter pulls her underwear down, sits and then kidda scoots back to actually go. Maybe it wouldn't hurt to use a clorex wipe after they go on the seat itself.

 

Easy enough to do anyway and worth it if it helps....and I'll pay more attention to how they do it. DD8 is very tall and I'm pretty sure she can just sit down but dd6 is very small so she may be doing that.

[thereishope]

If your kids are like mine and when they're bored and doing #2, they probably move around on the seat more than you realize. Also, some urine might actually spray on the seat and you don't even realize it. I think you can do the "cleaning the seat every time" thing only when you find out one has v strep. You don't want to cross that fine line of making them self conscious or like something is wrong with them. If you can, just sneak in there when they're done.

[Kayanne]

This past spring was nuts for strep in my house: I had it 3 times, PANDAS daughter had it 4 times, two other children 3 times, DH and infant one time.

 

Dr, Latimer stressed to me that I should clean with bleach...I diluted some with water in a spray bottle and sprayed all the bathroom fixtures. I also began using bleach with all of my kitchen towels, bath towels, and whites.

 

Another thing that Dr. Latimer said was that strep needs tissue to survive, but I really don't know how long outside the body it can live.

 

Prior to that I always cleaned with clorox wipes, and they do not have bleach on them.

 

As far as strep A and strep B being similar, I really can't speak to that. But there was a thread about strep being in probiotics, my DH googled it, and from what he told me is that the term streptococcus really just refers to the shape of the bacteria.

[thereishope]

I believe strep can live for 3 weeks.That's also why if you have strep thraot, you must change your toothbrush after being on antibiotics for 24 hours.

[ShaesMom]

As far as strep A and strep B being similar, I really can't speak to that. But there was a thread about strep being in probiotics, my DH googled it, and from what he told me is that the term streptococcus really just refers to the shape of the bacteria.

 

I believe the different strains not only have the same shape but also a similar bacteria. I'm sure Buster can give us a better understanding of how they all get the streptococcus name.

 

http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Streptococcus

 

http://www.babylon.com/definition/Streptococcus/English