传染病 预防
生病的? 呆在家里.
How to self-monitor for illness:
- 寻找 症状 including fever, cough, and fatigue.
- If you develop 症状, 与医疗保健提供者讨论流感和新型冠状病毒肺炎的检测.
- If you are 不 feeling well, stay home.
的 GVSU attendance policy supports students staying home. 如果您对考勤政策的执行有疑问或担忧, please 联系 Edward Jones II, Director of Student Health Services at 616-331-2809. You can also 联系 学生Ombuds 或者按照 Academic Grievances Procedures.
传染病s
A communicable disease is one that is caused by viruses, 细菌, parasites or fungi and are easily spread from one person to a不her through a variety of ways that include: 联系 with 血 and bodily fluids; breathing in an airborne virus; or by being bitten by an insect.
下面列出了大学生中最常见的一些传染病. 单击手风琴查看更多信息和本地资源.
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流感
流感 (or the "flu") is caused by influenza viruses, most commonly by Type A and Type B influenza virus. 最好的方法 prevent flu is by getting vaccinated 每年.
建议每个人都接种流感疫苗 每年秋季. For more information visit: 疾病控制中心的 流感的网页 或者疾控中心的 流感 疫苗接种 Webpage
有很多 reasons why you should get your flu vaccine 每年!
- 它可以防止你得重病，可以挽救生命
- 这是人们疾病预防计划的重要组成部分 with chronic health conditions
- 不是每个人都能接种疫苗（由于年龄、慢性健康） 问题等.), so those that can should get a flu vaccine to protect the people around them.
水痘
水痘 is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). It can cause an itchy, blister-like rash.
预防水痘的最好方法是接种水痘疫苗. 每个人——包括儿童、青少年和成年人——都应该买两张 如果他们从未患过水痘或曾经患过水痘 从来没有接种疫苗. For more information visit: 的 CDC 水痘 (Varicella) page.
- 水痘 used to be very common in the United States. 在 20世纪90年代初，平均有400万人患水痘，10,500人 to 13,000 were hospitalized, and 100 to 150 died 每年.
- 水痘疫苗于1995年在美国上市.
- Each year, more than 3.5 million cases of chickenpox, 9,000 水痘预防了住院和100例死亡 vaccination in the United States.
- 水痘疫苗可以预防水痘，是安全的 effective代表 those 12 months of age and older.
对于VZV疫苗，请联系您的初级保健提供者 校园健康中心 (艾伦代尔)
脑膜炎
脑膜炎是一种保护膜的炎症 大脑和脊髓，通常由细菌和病毒引起. 脑膜炎通常通过咳嗽、接吻和打喷嚏传播. If 如果不及时治疗，脑膜炎会导致严重的健康并发症 甚至死亡. For more information visit 疾病控制中心的 Webpage on Meningococcal Illnesses
脑膜炎通过细菌或病毒直接或间接传播 联系. Commonly spread in contaminated food. For more information about transmission visit: 疾病控制中心的 Webpage on Transmission 或者疾控中心的 脑膜炎的网页
预防脑膜炎疾病的最好方法是接种疫苗. If 你曾与患有脑膜炎或脑膜炎的人有密切接触 脑膜炎球菌病，他们可以开抗生素来预防 疾病传播. For more information about vaccination visit: 的 CDC's Webpage on 脑膜炎 Vaccines
新型冠状病毒肺炎
新型冠状病毒肺炎通过咳嗽从鼻子或嘴里传播飞沫 和打喷嚏. 疫苗接种, hand-sanitization, and mask-wearing are some of the ways to protect yourself from 新型冠状病毒肺炎.
预防新型冠状病毒肺炎感染的最有效方法是接种疫苗. 美国疾病控制与预防中心建议所有人都要及时更新他们的 新型冠状病毒肺炎 vaccinations. For more information visit: 疾病控制中心的 新型冠状病毒肺炎 Webpage
For more information specific to GVSU visit the 湖人队 在网页
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Sexually Transmitted Infections (性传播感染)，根据 World Health Organization, can be caused by more 超过30种已知的细菌，病毒和寄生虫 transmitted through sexual 联系. 查看我们的 Get Yourself Tested webpage代表 information about testing locations on campus. 避孕套及其他 屏障方法可以预防性传播感染. 找出 how to get condoms free on campus on 我们的网站.
痘病毒（MPV）
Mpox is caused by the poxvirus. This is a rare infection, but there 2022年美国和密歇根州的病例激增，以及 the virus still currently circulates. For more information on Mpox访问 CDC的Mpox网页
麻疹通过以下途径传播：
- 直接接触(接触皮疹，体液或物品，如 clothing that has previously touched the rash or fluids)
- Respiratory secretions (such as s不 or phlegm)
- Across the placenta during pregnancy
麻疹不被认为是一种性传播感染，因为它可以通过多种途径传播 模式. 对于那些感染了痘的人，有一些治疗方法. For more information on transmission visit the CDC's Mpox Transmission Webpage
的re are 2 vaccines that can prevent mpox. If you have been exposed 要想患麻疹，请给你的初级保健医生或当地卫生部门打电话. 欲了解更多博天堂官方网页m痘疫苗接种的信息，请咨询您的初级保健医生 医生或到 CDC's Mpox 疫苗接种 Webpage
只是感冒吗?
This National Institutes of Health article 解释了感冒、流感、过敏和新型冠状病毒肺炎之间的区别.
如果你有流感或新型冠状病毒肺炎的症状, see a healthcare provider to get tested.
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预防
洗手是预防由多种病毒引起的疾病的最好方法之一——它对流感有效, 一个寒冷的, 大肠杆菌, 诺瓦克病毒, 轮状病毒，甚至 冠状病毒.
Want other ways to help prevent communicable disease?
- Avoid going to public places when you are sick.
- 生病时清洁经常接触的物体（键盘、桌子、门把手）.
- Cover your cough and sneeze with a tissue. 如果你没有纸巾，咳嗽或打喷嚏时用袖子或手肘捂住，而不是用手捂住.
- Avoid sharing personal items that can’t be disinfected, like toothbrushes and razors, or sharing towels between washes.
- Handle and prepare food safely. 在准备任何食物，尤其是生肉时，要经常洗手、清洗餐具和表面. Always wash fruits and vegetables.
- Get yourself vaccinated. 疫苗接种 能预防某些传染病(流感, 脑膜炎, 新型冠状病毒肺炎).
- Avoid touching wild animals as they can spread 传染病 敬你和你的宠物. Coming into 联系 with the saliva, 血, 尿液, or feces of an infected animal could put you at risk.
- 沉溺 安全性行为 (使用避孕套, 牙科大坝) to reduce the risk of getting Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI).
洗手
肥皂和水
用肥皂和水洗手是防止细菌传播的第一种方法.
- 湿 用干净的自来水（温水或冷水）清洗双手，关掉水龙头，涂上肥皂.
- 泡沫 your hands by rubbing them together with the soap. 在手背、指缝和指甲下面涂上泡沫.
- 擦洗 your hands for at least 20 seconds. 需要计时器吗？? Hum the “Happy Birthday” song from beginning to end twice.
- 冲洗 your hands well under clean, running water.
- 干 your hands using a clean towel or air dry them.
洗手液
如果没有现成的肥皂和水，可以使用含酒精的清洁剂 洗手液 that contains at least 60% alcohol.
在许多情况下，洗手液可以迅速减少手上的细菌数量. 然而,
- 消毒液做 不 get rid of all types of germs.
- 当手明显肮脏或油腻时，洗手液可能不那么有效.
- 洗手液可能无法去除手上的有害化学物质，比如杀虫剂和重金属.
Why Should You Wash Your Hands?
洗手 with soap removes germs from hands. This helps prevent infections because:
- 人们经常触摸自己的眼睛、鼻子和嘴巴，甚至没有意识到这一点. 细菌可以通过眼睛、鼻子和嘴巴进入人体，使我们生病.
- 在人们准备或食用食物和饮料时，未洗手的细菌可能会进入这些食物和饮料. 细菌可以在某些食物或饮料中繁殖，在某些条件下，使人生病.
- 未洗手的细菌可以转移到其他物体上, 像扶手, 桌面, 或者玩具, and then transferred to a不her person’s hands.
- 因此，通过洗手去除细菌有助于预防腹泻和呼吸道感染，甚至可能有助于预防皮肤和眼睛感染.
When Should You Wash Your Hands?
- After using the bathroom
- After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing
- Before, during, and after preparing food
- 进食前
- 在家照顾呕吐或腹泻病人之前和之后
- 在孩子换完尿布或清理完厕所后
- After touching an animal, animal feed, or animal waste
- After handling pet food or pet treats
- After touching garbage
