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Common Waterborne Diseases
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Norovirus
Symptoms include stomach pain, nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting. Prevention includes proper handwashing, disinfecting surfaces, cooking shellfish thoroughly, and not preparing food when sick.
Hepatitis A
Symptoms include jaundice, stomach pain, vomiting, fever, and dark urine. Prevention through proper sanitation, handwashing, vaccination, and avoiding untreated water.
Shigellosis
Symptoms include diarrhea (often bloody), fever, and stomach pain. Prevention involves washing hands thoroughly with soap, avoiding swallowing water from pools, and not swimming when you have diarrhea.
Cryptosporidiosis
Symptoms include watery diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, fever, and weight loss. Prevention includes not swallowing pool water, maintaining proper pool chlorination, and hand hygiene.
Legionnaires' Disease
Symptoms are coughing, shortness of breath, fever, muscle aches, and headaches. To prevent, ensure water systems are properly maintained and avoid smoking which can increase risk.
Giardiasis
Symptoms include diarrhea, gas, stomach cramps, nausea, and dehydration. Prevention methods are avoiding swallowing water in pools or lakes, washing hands, and drinking treated water.
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