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Home quarantine - Rev 1.0. Lest say while SIP, someone gets sick with the Flu and no one has built up immunity or been vaccinated. So far the flu is transmitted via water droplets. I assume these are heavy enough not to be circulated by house hold air system. So keeping them inside is safe. Keeping the sick inside their own room with lots of disposable paper towels, baby wipes, gloves and mask for both, etc.
If not using disposable towels, then keep a hamper to put all items in. Do not touch but change pillow case, bed sheets and bed liners every couple of days. Wash in hot water. Why? Out of habit. Wash thermometer between uses. Additional fluids like water, orange juice, etc will help. Additional calories help - this is not the time to diet. If possible designate a bathroom for them to use. Be careful of too many vitamin. The body can only absorb 800 to 1000 mg of Vitamin C per hour. Some vitamin like A,D, K and E are fat soluble and build up in the system. Yes you can get to toxic levels since the vitamin are in food as well as vitamin pill. Other vitamins are water soluble and flushed from the system by the kidneys. Too much of these vitamins is literally pi$$ing money and resources away. There is also an interplay between vitamin and vitamin and minerals. One needs vitamin D for the uptake and use of calcium to make strong bones. Please see: http://orthoinfo.aao... and
http://www.ext.colos... and
http://www.faqs.org/...
(cited only as reference, not as an endorsement). Note the quote "Water is a nutrient more valuable to life than food." If the flue hits you like pneumonia then the person will be down for a week or more. Breathing may be labored.
Heating pad with additional blankets is helpful to maintain but not exceed normal body temperature. RDA - recommended Daily Allowance is the minimum a healthy person needs to prevent scurvy. RDA is not the amount to improve health nor restore health. Toxic levels cited at: http://www.ext.colos... A daily bath or just having ones hair washed helps the mental health of the sick. Faith based interaction may also come into play. Sleep, rest, physical but not emotional isolation seems the best course of action. Keep their spirits up. If the worse should happen. Clean wrap the body. Under the best of times it takes several hours for the coroner to arrive. Tend to the living INCLUDING YOURSELF. Care givers need love and care too. If possible keep people with different illness separate. Pick out a spot and makes plans now. Share with family as both education and planning. Please post any comments or suggestions. This may have been covered before.
Kobie
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