Noro question

[ashley11]

I read something on the internet tonight about Noro and I am a little confused. I a
In the US and I am not sure what state it was but there was an outbreak in a nursing home and a spokesperson for them said that a problem with this virus is that you do not get an immunity to it. My kids both had it exact 5 days apart. I handled it ok but I have this fear that they are just going to keep passing it back and forth. They are 7 and 4 and are very good about hand washing and I keep the house very clean but after reading that it really bothered me because I thought that there was like 3 months of immunity. Am I wrong? I should not read things like that but it is one of those things that I don't want to read but almost like I feel like I have to know. Any thoughts on this?

[DeadxxInside92]

I can't really answer that question, but it was to my understanding that you were immune for several months. I could be wrong and there seems to be many different opinions in terms of that.

[ashley11]

I know. I know that my kids in the past have seemed to pass a cold back and forth and I just have this horrible vision of passing the dreaded sv back and forth. My hands can't take it they are so dry and cracked from this past week I have done 12 loads of laundry gone through 2 big cans of Lysol and gone through 2 bottles of the Clorox bleach bathroom cleaner. I guess my anxiety is just a little high right now!

[DeadxxInside92]

Oh boy!!! I would say it seems that way. I think the only thing you need to do is just maintain BASIC hygiene. When your hands become cracked and dry, it's easier for germs to....stick? I don't know what the word I'm looking for is! That being said, I really just think you need to wash your hands only when necessary and keep your hands away from your face and you will be just fine

[emmalinda]

they are immune to it. there are just so many different strains and normally to get an immunity to it the only way is to catch it. but cause theres so many different ones, you can only build up an immunity to it one at a time.

[ashley11]

Is just one strain going around at a time or is it different ones all the time?

[DeadxxInside92]

I'm not quite sure about that. I think multiple strains can go around at a time. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[LouiseR]

As far as I understand it immunity is short lived as there are different strains of it. It's like the common cold or the flu, you can get them again. However I've never known anyone to get the bug more often than once a year...maybe because it's not as easily spread as a cold which is airborne i think?

I wouldn't worry, as long as you clean up after they area ill and everyone is keeping basic hand hygiene you should be fine. Surely they won't catch it from themselves or each other again because it's the strain they've just had and so should be the strain they've built up some immunity too..