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A person who has jaundice may pass on the infection unknowingly. For instance, if you visit your friend and she passed you food, then you can get the infection through the food. If your friend does not observe proper hygiene then this can cause her to spread the virus to the people with whom she comes in contact. It is essential that she wash her hands frequently, especially after a visit to the bathroom. In addition, she should try and avoid touching the food that she is giving other people, who are unaffected by the virus. She can either use tongs or other utensils to server the food or else invite her guests to serve themselves. Again, the food that she serves them should have been prepared with great care. If she has cooked the food, or even handled it, then she should try to avoid severing her guests with this food. Other packaged food from her house can be consumed, as long as it is not handled by her.
Jaundice is an illness which manifests itself only two to six weeks after the virus attacks. The initial symptoms of this illness are a loss of appetite, fever and extreme fatigue. However, all of these symptoms are common to several other illnesses and therefore, it is more than likely that the person who has jaundice may not even be aware that she has jaundice for some time at least. It is during such periods of uncertainty that the patient is most likely to pass on the infection to other people. Food that has been handled by a patient and then passed on to others, is the most likely reason for the spread of jaundice.
If your friend does observe the basic rules of hygiene, then the chances of her passing on the infection to are less remote. However, if she is not able to really adhere to the strict rules of hygiene, then you might want to reconsider visiting her. A way out of this problem would be to visit your friend but try to avoid eating anything at her place.
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Is Jaundice spread?
Jaundice is spread by impure water.
Does jaundice spread if you touch the hand of person having disease?
True jaundice comes from the reddish-yellow bile salt, bilirubin. Unusually high concentrations of this compound in the body cause yellowing, or jaundice. Jaundice is typically diagnostic of liver failure. As such, jaundice itself does not spread by touch. However, if an infectious disease has attacked the liver and thus is the root cause of the jaundice, that infection may be transmissible by touch.
Can you get jaundice by kissing?
Jaundice is a descriptive term for yellow skin. Your skin won't turn yellow from kissing someone. If the cause of their jaundice is an infectious diease, you may contract it from kissing. The viral hepatitis infections are not spread by kissing.
What is the organism which causes Yellow Jaundice called?
u cause jaundice since the microorganisms in ur body spread to another person.
How do the jaundace disease spread?
Opinion only: Jaundice is a symptom of liver and gallbladder disorders and is not contagious.
Does jaundice spread ifinfected person is close to other person?
No, jaundice is not contagious. Jaundice is a result of metabolic interruption, often caused by an obstruction of the bile ducts. Because the bile cannot leave the body naturally (in your faeces), it enters the blood stream and turns you yellow. A common cause of jaundice is gallstones, so jaundice is no more contagious than gallstones!
What abnormal skin colors result from liver disorders?
Jaundice
Is infant jaundice fatal?
Infant jaundice can be fatal if untreated. Most infants recover.
What substance is responsible for jaundice?
what substance is responsible for the jaundice
Who discovered jaundice?
John Dice discovered Jaundice.
Did Ernest Hemingway have jaundice?
Ernest Hemingway did have jaundice at one point of his life. He was hospitalized in Milan because of bad jaundice.
What is a yellow discoloration of the skin caused by greater-than-normal amounts of bilirubon in the blood is known as?
jaundice
