Resorts on the Black Sea coast have been incredibly popular over the past few years. Most Russian citizens prefer to spend their holidays on the Black Sea. A pleasant climate, picturesque nature, warm gentle sea, beaches with a wide coastline and reasonable prices for vacations are what attracts modern tourists.
It has recently become known that coli in the Black Sea. This news literally turned the whole idea of a pleasant vacation upside down and caused mass anxiety, almost panic. Many of those who had already purchased vouchers and tickets began to refuse them, not wanting to spend their entire vacation in a hospital bed. So what do real reviews say on this issue? Was it really discovered in the Black Sea or is it all the machinations of intruders? Let's take a closer look at this issue.
Tourist dissatisfaction
Tourists spending their holidays in the resorts of the Black Sea coast are concerned about the sanitary condition of the region. The petition about E. coli in the Black Sea is the fruit of their collective work. So, they complain that after taking water procedures, that is, a banal bath in sea water, they have to become the next patient of overcrowded medical institutions. And everything is to blame - E. coli in the Black Sea. Vomiting, weakness, diarrhea, loss of strength and rather high body temperature - all these symptoms are present to one degree or another in patients of the local hospital.
Hospitals are really overcrowded, patients are lying in the corridor, and all this is in the Olympic Sochi, which was literally revived from the ashes, in which all the necessary conditions were created for family vacation. Children are at risk, they are the first to be affected by E. coli in the Black Sea. Numerous reviews of tourists and vacationers testify to the dirt on the beaches, widespread unsanitary conditions, the presence of sewage and sewer water in the sea. If you refer to the reviews of tourists, for sure in each of them you will find information about the disgusting state of health, vomiting, terrible pain after the first contact with water. There is no doubt that E. coli was found on the Black Sea coast. Another thing is what are the reasons for such a widespread infection, its massive and active spread, and whether measures will be taken to stabilize the situation.
Of course, not everyone can afford expensive overseas resorts. On the other hand, why go somewhere if our country, at the expense of its profitable geographical location has its own access to the warm sea. Resorts every year Krasnodar Territory hundreds of thousands of tourists from different parts of the country have a rest, military personnel spend their holidays here, who, by virtue of their profession, do not have the right to leave the borders of the Russian Federation. We are all interested in creating the necessary conditions for a full-fledged, most comfortable and, most importantly, safe vacation at our resorts.
Possible reasons
The authorities are rather reserved on this issue, trying to maintain calm in the region. Meanwhile, local hospitals continue to receive complaints from tourists and local residents.
Why is E. coli on the Black Sea? What caused the mass poisoning of vacationers? Are there methods to stop the development of infection in the region? Rospotrebnadzor presented a report on the above survey of the waters of the Black Sea coast of Sochi and Adler. According to him, the sea is not found, respectively, the cause of such a mass epidemic can be anything, but not an infection. Of course, the authorities refer to the overcrowding of beaches, unsanitary conditions, and non-compliance with basic hygiene requirements by vacationers.
E. coli in the Black Sea may appear as a result of the active discharge of waste and sewage water, garbage into sea water. If you have ever rested in the Black Sea resorts of Russia during the season, you probably had the opportunity to appreciate all this "splendor".
How infection occurs
Disinterested persons, after their own independent survey, revealed that E. coli is constantly present in the Black Sea. August is the peak season when the infection is massive. It is at this time of the year that local hospitals are overwhelmed with patients.
So, it was possible to reveal that most often the infection occurs after direct contact with sea water, namely, swallowing it while swimming. At risk are children from two years old, who, due to their age, find it difficult to comply with basic protection and hygiene measures. That is why in the infectious diseases department of local hospitals, babies are frequent patients. As you know, the treatment of an infection in a child has a number of difficulties, it can be delayed and turn into serious consequences.
So, the annual problems with the sea, or rather the state of sea water, begin at the beginning of the season - June, when the temperature begins to gradually rise. It is in such conditions that the infection begins to appear, and in the future, the infection actively spreads. Complicating the picture are breakwaters that contribute to stagnant water, as well as the lack of a sewer system in Sochi, as a result of which all sewage is sent straight to the sea.
Why Russian resorts
Of course, all tourists and vacationers are interested in the geography of the spread of infection. We all know from the school geography course that the Black Sea belongs not only to the Russian Federation, but at least Turkey and Bulgaria offer their guests to visit the Black Sea. E. coli (where it is absent, epidemics do not arise there), however, is found only in us. Why does information about the infection come from Russian resorts? These questions are asked by modern tourists.
According to experts on the subject, E. coli is a bacterium that can be found in any environment. That is why not a single resort with a massive congestion of tourists during the season can completely protect itself from such a nuisance. Another thing is that E. coli in the Black Sea (2016 was the year when the current sanitary situation was declared catastrophic) is a consequence of water contamination with feces, processed products, and wastewater. And all these illegal emissions occur again within the framework of our state. Here is the answer to the question why E. coli was found in the Black Sea.
Moreover, local authorities are trying to "squeeze" the maximum from the resorts during the season. This is evidenced by the overcrowding of beaches, hotels, inns and holiday homes. Of course, high air temperature contributes to the spread of infection, which leads to a similar reaction.
A word about infection
For some tourists, the information that E. coli was found in the Black Sea does not mean anything. They do not understand anything in medicine, they have no idea what an infection is, what area of \u200b\u200bthe human body it affects, how it is transmitted. That is why sometimes they cannot identify its presence in their body.
Non-pathogenic varieties of E. coli are part of the intestinal microflora, respectively, are present in the body of every person. Pathogenic strains cause infectious and inflammatory diseases, most often of the gastrointestinal tract. They produce enterotoxins that cause diarrhea.
About symptoms
Symptoms of infection are nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, fever. Among the main causes of infection, experts identify non-compliance with elementary hygiene standards. At the same time, infection often occurs in resorts during a mass gathering of people.
Treatment
After E. coli was found in the Black Sea, local hospitals and clinics do not stop accepting complaints from vacationers. The infectious diseases departments are literally overcrowded, people are even lying on the floor in the corridor. E. coli in the Black Sea has become a big problem. Treatment should not be done on your own. It is difficult to cope with an infection without the help of doctors; it is better to contact specialists immediately after the first signs of the disease are detected. Most often, antibiotics, absorbent drugs, based on activated charcoal, and probiotics are used for therapy.
Fighting the epidemic
Of course, without the intervention of local authorities, it is unlikely that it will be possible to solve and eradicate the problem. The main problem of the resort is the lack of a unified sewerage system. Sochi was put in order, landscaped, some of its districts were literally rebuilt, and the issue of the sewer system remains open. And all this happens in the main resort and tourist center of the country, which is visited annually by hundreds of thousands of tourists. Undoubtedly, in such conditions, sewage and sewage waters enter the sea in unlimited quantities. If you remember a school geography course, you will surely note for yourself that the Black Sea is not located in the most successful way from the point of view of sanitation, but all because the renewal of water in it occurs at a negligibly low rate - in most cases it stagnates. And under the influence of sweltering heat, it becomes a real hotbed of infections, including intestinal ones.
Great attention should be paid to the tourists themselves, or rather, to teach them to comply with elementary norms and hygiene requirements. First of all, it should be forbidden to sell drinks and food on local beaches: in the course of numerous studies, it has been found that it is during eating on the beach with dirty hands that infection can occur. It is necessary to eat only in trusted establishments, avoiding all contact with local products presented on the beach.
How to protect yourself from infection
How to go to the sea without catching an intestinal infection? This question is one of the most relevant today, because not everyone is ready to give up their summer vacation.
So, first of all, at the resorts, one should monitor hygiene, after each sea bath, take a shower, cleansing the skin. The shower not only helps to wash off the sea salt from the body, but also to remove all the impurities that are definitely present in the water to one degree or another. It is here, at sea, that you should be more careful and demanding about everything that you eat, what your children eat, be sure to wash your hands before every meal, use sunscreen and spend more time outdoors, trying to find a secluded place. Agree, from tourists vacationing on the same Black Sea, but choosing for their leisure time remote from the center, more secluded, sometimes wild places, almost never receive complaints. Tourists who go to the sea at the height of the season complain when the beaches are simply overcrowded.
What about those who have already bought tickets
If you have already purchased tickets, but are concerned about the information about the detection of an infection on the Black Sea coast, do not panic. E. coli in the Black Sea (2016 is the year or another - it doesn’t matter) is not uncommon. It should be understood that for resort towns in conditions of sweltering heat, this is the norm. Another thing is how you will treat it. Do not be afraid and refuse the planned trip. Look: even after numerous warnings, people still continue to come to Sochi and Adler.
You just need to remember a few simple rules:
- avoid swimming during extreme heat - it is under the influence of high air temperature and prolonged heating of water in the sea near the coast that bacteria begin to accumulate in large numbers. It is better to wait a bit and enter the sea when the air temperature returns to normal;
- try, if possible, not to swallow water while bathing, explain this to children who are at risk;
- never use sea water to wash fruits and vegetables;
- comply with hygiene standards;
- after each contact with sea water, be sure to wash your hands with soap and water;
- understand that coastal areas are not intended for urination, there are specially designated places for this - toilets.
Summing up
Of course, it is foolish to deny the presence of infection in the Black Sea, when the region's hospitals are simply overflowing with infected tourists. Nevertheless, if each of us takes control of our health, follows the simple rules of staying at resorts, we will be able to reduce the likelihood of infection at times. Of course, government agencies should intervene in the problem, take all the necessary measures to eliminate the source of infection, develop a sewerage project, monitor the condition of the beaches, food in the resort area. Only joint efforts aimed at eliminating the problem will lead to the maximum result.
The head of Rospotrebnadzor, the chief state sanitary doctor of Russia, Anna Popova, called "information stuffing" reports of a "catastrophic" sanitary situation on the Black Sea coast and outbreaks of intestinal infections. The sanitary and epidemiological situation with intestinal diseases in Sochi remains stable throughout the summer season, Popova told Interfax.
"The incidence rate of all acute intestinal infections this year is 10% lower than in the previous year. This applies to both bacterial and viral acute intestinal infections," she said.
According to Popova, the incidence of dysentery is 8.5% lower, and that of viral infections is 16%. "At the same time, this year Sochi has already received 14 million tourists, a little more than in the whole of last year," the head of Rospotrebnadzor added.
Popova said that a decrease in the incidence is observed in all resort towns of the Azov-Black Sea coast: in Anapa, Gelendzhik, Novorossiysk, Sochi, Tuapse, in the Yeysk, Temryuk regions. "Over the past summer period, 9555 laboratory studies of sea water have been performed, while the proportion of samples that do not meet hygienic standards does not exceed 0.8%," she said.
According to the head of Rospotrebnadzor, over 5,600 sites are examined annually to control wastewater discharges in the city of Sochi. "No cases of group and outbreaks of morbidity have been registered," Popova added.
"A feature of this summer season was the appearance of unfounded information stuffing about the allegedly unstable epidemiological situation in several major cities. In each of these cases, the information was not confirmed, as well as on the situation in Sochi," the head of Rospotrebnadzor said.
On August 31, the Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Veronika Skvortsova commented on the situation in Sochi: “It is impossible to say that the situation would have been significantly different from the situation a year or two ago. unlike the situation with anthrax, when the Ministry of Health headed the operational headquarters" (quote from Interfax).
Meanwhile, in August, the Sochi mayor's office noted that the number of poisonings this year is above average, although the city has not registered an epidemic of E. coli. In this regard, as reported on August 18 on the Sochi.com website, the mayor of the city Anatoly Pakhomov urged all residents and guests of the resort to be more attentive to their health, it was decided to distribute leaflets on hygiene rules to passers-by on the territory of the city and broadcast relevant videos at railway stations and in an Aeroport.
Earlier, the complaints of tourists collecting signatures for a petition to the President of Russia with a request to influence the sanitary situation on the Black Sea coast were denied by the Ministry of Health of the Krasnodar Territory and Rospotrebnadzor. According to these agencies, the congestion of the Black Sea beaches in the high season of 2016 exceeded 100%, and cases of group and outbreaks associated with the water factor of infection transmission (swimming in the sea, rivers, use of recreational areas) have not been registered in the region.
The Black Sea is poisoned by a poisonous bacterium. The ecological situation is so catastrophic that hundreds of local residents and tourists turn to doctors every day with complaints of intestinal infection.
On the one hand, everything can be explained by natural causes - dangerous algae began to multiply due to the fact that the water temperature reached an abnormal 29 degrees, and, given the location of the sea, the water circulation in it is extremely slow, in fact it is a closed reservoir. But experts also name other factors: for example, the excessive activity of officials who, without the necessary base, began to squeeze the maximum out of domestic resorts.
She has few pleasant impressions from the summer holidays: they all fit in a few photographs. 14-year-old Sonya was resting on the Black Sea, but this year it was not too affectionate with her. After only a couple of swims, she came down with an acute infection. According to the girl, the water was warm and dirty, jellyfish and even bottles were swimming in it.
Similar situations happen all over the place. Hospitals in resort towns are packed to capacity: there is only one diagnosis - an acute intestinal infection. Many of those who decide to spend a long-awaited vacation on the beaches of Adler, Anapa or Gelendzhik, literally on the second day find themselves in hospital beds.
"The situation is simply catastrophic: after swimming in the sea, instead of resting, they got an intestinal infection and a tour to the infectious diseases hospital, which turned out to be overcrowded with vacationers. Everyone has the same story: they swam in the Adler Black Sea, where sewage is drained and E. coli is teeming," the petition says.
The situation in resort towns really raises concerns: even health officials do not hide the fact that hospital beds are crammed exclusively with vacationers.
On the Sochi beach, as always, there is nowhere to lay a towel. The velvet season is in full swing, and the flow of tourists does not stop. Holidaymakers are not stopped even by these frightening figures: the water temperature: 27 degrees, and two weeks ago it almost reached 30. For the Black Sea, this is an outrageous figure. However, doctors report: you can swim in such water. And vacationers are happy to follow these recommendations. But after such bathing, tourists often have to change beach chairs for beds in infectious diseases departments.
Another problem typical of coastal towns is the irresponsibility of local residents and businessmen. Numerous hotels, restaurants, shops and residences are simply not connected to the central sewer. The authorities, of course, are struggling with this, but, nevertheless, not everyone follows their instructions. Very many resort areas tourists literally swim in their own excrement.
“Very often I see with my own eyes those sewers that either flow into the sea with rivers or stormwater. That is, this is due to the fact that there are a lot of mini-hotels, a lot of houses that are rented out and many of their sewers are simply they simply dump it," says ecologist Vitaly Bezrukov.
And this is a problem that is faced not only in Russia. For example, for the Bulgarians, the Black Sea has long turned into a dump. The bodies of baby dolphins are regularly found on the beaches of the Gold Coast, and no one even tries to disguise the pipes through which waste flows into the sea. In addition, here the temperature indicators break records.
The sea water temperature on the coast of Varna is 24 degrees and this does not have a very good effect on the marine ecosystem. Bacteria multiply very easily in water. In addition, large companies very often violate the law by dumping waste into seas around the world. In particular, in the Black Sea, near industrial cities.
Now reports of an epidemic of intestinal infection in the resorts of the Black Sea come from almost all countries that have access to it. And if the situation cannot be corrected in the near future, there is a risk of facing an environmental catastrophe on a regional scale.
Rotavirus infection or rotavirus gastroenteritis is an acute infectious disease caused by rotaviruses, which is characterized by symptoms of general intoxication of the body with damage to the gastrointestinal tract with the development of gastroenteritis.
Rotaviruses are well resistant to the environment. In open water, drinking water and sewage, this infection can persist for several months.
That's exactly what we'll talk about today, about rotavirus in the water, or rather at sea. So as not to pick up rotavirus at sea and protect your children.
Based on the fact that viruses are widespread, therefore, it is not difficult for a child to become infected with rotavirus, it can be transmitted by adults and other children. In fact, rotavirus is a disease of dirty hands in its classical sense - it is transmitted through dirty hands, through food and toys, but in addition to this, it can be transmitted by airborne droplets - through talking, kissing and sneezing with coughs and even with water.
Rotovirus at sea is quite easy to catch. This is facilitated by an environment favorable for the development of infection. The disease can be called quite unpleasant, so you need to immediately stop its consequences.
Follow the basic rules:
- Children must keep their mouths covered when diving.
- Never swallow sea water
- Do not buy food from passing merchants. Yes, the children ask, but go to the nearest stall on the beach and buy there.
- Wash your hands as often as possible, but not with sea water
- Try to find places to swim with the least number of people.
- Do not exchange toys at sea with other children
- Take preventive measures in advance
Rotavirus at sea
Summer is the time for vacations and everyone is eagerly rushing to rest. Someone flies away to rest abroad, and someone travels around Russia and eventually rushes several thousand kilometers to the sea.
And here just imagine, or maybe someone will even remember what the beaches of the Black and Sea of Azov. If you came to the beach at 10 am, then you are late. Yes! Exactly! Because you have to look for a place in the sun, in some limited meters, or even less, spread your bedspread and sit down. Sit down, because not always you will find a place to lie down).
And with so many people from all over Russia, how can you not get infected with rotaviros at sea. No wonder doctors say - One person sick with rotavirus can infect the entire planet.
Rotavirus signs in children
Rotavirus infection is manifested by three main syndromes:
- intoxicating
- respiratory
- dyspeptic
The period of clinical manifestations lasts a week, after which the patient recovers. In severe cases, patients develop dehydration. Which should never be allowed.
31.08.2016 11:03
The closure of Turkey and Egypt has led to an increase in the flow of Russian tourists to the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus. Wastewater treatment plants can not cope with the load. As a result, an outbreak of intestinal infection in the Krasnodar Territory. Tourists complain that the sea is polluted with sewage and algae, and talk about overcrowded hospitals. Local authorities do not recognize the problem: official comments say that there are no mass cases of diseases.
In the meantime, a collection of signatures began on the Internet for a petition in which the Russians ask President Vladimir Putin to save the Russian resort from an environmental disaster.
In the public domain, you can find hundreds of similar messages about how tourists, after swimming in the sea, suffered from diarrhea and vomiting, waited for an ambulance for hours, and spent most of their vacation in the hospital. Basically, parents of preschool children complained about the spoiled vacation.
Perhaps the most replicated in social networks is the post of Angela Alekseenko from Petrozavodsk. She is indignant that for the sake of profit, the authorities, doctors and the media are hushing up information about the epidemic on the Black Sea coast. She was vacationing in Sochi with her two-year-old son. After a trip to the sea, he had a fever, diarrhea and vomiting began. The baby, together with his mother, was taken by ambulance to the emergency room of the infectious diseases hospital, where they had to wait three hours to see a doctor in the company of other vacationers with similar problems.
“A bunch of parents, all the kids are in their arms, they are constantly vomiting, they are exhausted and cannot stand on their feet. Poor doctors, who do not have time to do anything, try to be kind, understanding. But tired as hell. And today is the fourth day in the hospital, periodically I roar, in complete shock, why is everyone silent, ”writes Angela Alekseenko.
According to Alekseenko, 60 children are admitted to the hospital every day with one diagnosis - an intestinal infection.
“It turns out that you can’t go out to the sea, it’s dirty, children get poisoned, their small, fragile body fails! And everyone is silent! Hospitals are overcrowded, people are lying in the corridors, I see this nightmare myself. Dirty, stuffy, there is no refrigerator or microwave in the whole hospital, ”the woman is indignant. The ambulance doctors told her that this situation had been happening since the beginning of summer. “Why are you silent? “Then you won’t come to us,” they answer. This is fine? All summer such nonsense, poor children are poisoned, someone vomits blood, and everyone sneezes, because money!” Alekseenko is outraged. Her post was reprinted by the media and bloggers, but later, for unknown reasons, it was removed from Facebook. Znak.com tried to contact Angela Alekseenko through the social network, but at the time of preparation of the material, she did not respond to a personal message.
Tourists faced similar problems throughout the summer in other resort towns of the Krasnodar Territory. Sverdlovsk resident Denis Stepanchenko, who was vacationing with his family in the village of Vityazevo near Anapa, told Znak.com that the family spent 10 out of 14 days of vacation in the room due to an intestinal infection that struck the children.
The locals think main reason diseases, dirty sea water, in which, at the end of summer, due to the heat, algae bloom and bacteria multiply. In addition, the old-timers point to the lack of a centralized sewage system.
More than 3.3 million tourists rested in Sochi from January to July 2016, according to an official statement on the website of the municipality. The beaches are 100% loaded. At the same time, the administration's health department refused to tell Znak.com over the phone how many people were hospitalized with intestinal infections this season. Znak.com sent an official request to the press service of the city administration, but there is no answer yet.
Official reports from the Sochi administration say that the water in the sea meets all the necessary standards. According to the press service of the city hall, citing specialists from Rospotrebnadzor, this summer the water even became cleaner by about 10% compared to 2015.
Environmentalists point to a problem with sewerage in the Krasnodar Territory. “Many times I have been on business trips to Sochi and its suburbs and with my own eyes I have seen sewage flowing into the sea. This situation is typical for Russia and for the settlements of Sochi. Sewerage and faecal water flow into the sea. Effluent ends up in local rivers that empty into the sea. Often people swim on the beaches where the runoff comes out, ”says Vitaly Bezrukov, head of the My Planet charity environmental foundation.