This post is sponsored by Nuffnang and Combantrin®
Bugs, germs and parasites are some of those things people tend to want to avoid coming in contact with if possible. Growing up there were a few hot spots that were drummed into me as being dirty and I was told to always be diligent with washing my hands and hygiene. Most of these places involved the toilet. Toilet seats, toilet floors, toilet doors, door handles, public shower floors and public floors in general. They are obviously still on my radar but there’s a few other places that have been researched and tested that in fact contain more viruses, bacteria and parasites than toilet floors.
Here are some places these germs, bugs and parasites are hanging around …
1: Did you know that a handbag can contain more germs than an average toilet seat? TRUE STORY!! How many times a day do you handle your purse or handbag? How many times a week do you wash or disinfect them?
2: Mobile phones are also on the hit list. If you think about it, how many times a day do we handle our phone? Hmmmm
3: Supposedly entire work office spaces can contain nearly 400 times more germs than a toilet seat WOWSERS!
4: Front door mats are bad news. The area near your front door is one of the dirtiest in the house, which kind of makes sense as it is where most people wipe their feet before entering your house.
Another few common germ infested places include:
5: Light switches.
6: The remote.
7: Kitchen sink and sponge (this is one of the baddies as anything with constant moisture and food particles around it is a breeding ground for bacteria).
8: ATM’s and Eftpos machines. It’s logical when you think about it, really. The amount of people who touch them every day and my guess is no one is wiping them over with antibacterial wipes every night.
It is difficult trying to stay on top of all of the different things our kids can pick up from dirty surfaces.
One of the common things our kids tend to contract as a result of playing in various environments is threadworms.
Did you know that their eggs are so small it’s difficult to see them with the human eye? You can check out a simple way of detecting them, which you can check out via the Combantrin® website.
Worm eggs are infectious within a few hours of being deposited and may remain viable for up to 3 weeks before they are unable to hatch if ingested. All it takes is for your child to ingest one egg and BOOM worms.
Because the eggs make your bottom itchy, children often scratch and forget to wash their hands, which results in them spreading the eggs around wherever they are playing. The other thing to note is kids with worms can also have no symptoms at all and could be spreading them around without you even knowing. Luckily they are really easy to get rid of.
When we are battling worms in our household, we have always found Combantrin® to be effective in treating them. We often treat our whole family as a sure way to get rid of them, as they spread so easily there is a good chance one or all of us have already picked them up already.
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Good luck with all of that 🙂
