Lemon Juice : A simple and safe way to prevent or tackle the infection

Using lemon juice against vomiting and diarrhea
Author Fabian Schmidt
Lemon juice could help patients with Norovirus infections fight off the painful and unpleasant disease, researchers from Heidelberg found. It could also be a good disinfectant during a Norovirus epidemic.

The Norovirus is highly infective, and spreads even faster during an epidemic. Although it's rarely fatal, the symptoms are disgusting, painful and unpleasant. In addition to flu-like symptoms, the infections usually include stomach pains, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. Small children suffer more often and more severely than adults.

Dr. Grant Hansman, Virologist at the
German Center for Cancer Research (DKFZ)

So far, there is no treatment for a Norovirus infection. "When you go to any hospital and they detect a Norovirus in your system, there is little you can do. You just have to suffer. That's all you can do," says Dr. Grant Hansman. He is a virologist leading a Norovirus research group at the German Center for Cancer Research DKFZ in Heidelberg.
Even a visit to the doctor is not necessarily wise when your fever still is moderate to high. Going out would only help the virus spread further. But now there may be a simple and safe way to prevent or tackle the infection: lemon juice.


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