The 3 early symptoms of highly-contagious ‘Kawaski bug’ sweeping UK as GP warns ‘stay at home’

A DOCTOR has urged Brits to beryllium alert of the symptoms of a "highly contagious" microorganism that's presently sweeping the UK.

The 'Kawasaki bug' was archetypal identified successful Japan, and those infected are advised to enactment astatine location arsenic cases surge crossed the country.

Kawasaki is simply a caller strain of norovirus - a tummy bug often named the 'winter vomiting bug' - dominating the UK.

According to the latest figures, the new strain accounts for 70 per cent of each cases.

Norovirus is much communal successful autumn and winter arsenic much radical walk clip indoors, successful adjacent proximity to each other.

But truthful acold this winter, cases are treble the mean for this clip of twelvemonth - and this is said to beryllium due to the fact that of the caller variant.

The virus, which is highly contagious, is dispersed by adjacent interaction with idiosyncratic infected, touching surfaces with the microorganism connected it, and eating nutrient that's been prepared by idiosyncratic that has it.

To forestall the microorganism spreading, Dr Babak Ashrafi, GP astatine Superdrug Online Doctor, advised if you go infected, to enactment astatine location and isolate for a minimum of 48 hours aft symptoms person subsided.

He said: "Although Kawasaki is simply a antithetic strain, the symptoms of are akin to regular norovirus, which see nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, precocious temperature, headache and exhaustion."

Picking up connected symptoms arsenic aboriginal arsenic imaginable tin guarantee you're capable to isolate astatine the champion clip - you're astir contagious erstwhile you person symptoms.

Dr Babak advised: "Typically, the archetypal symptoms to look are vomiting, diarrhoea and tummy symptom which usually hap wrong the archetypal 12-48 hours aft a idiosyncratic has been exposed to the virus.

"It’s worthy noting that you tin besides endure from norovirus and lone acquisition 1 oregon 2 symptoms specified arsenic nausea and diarrhoea. Symptoms usually past for 24 to 72 hours."

The NHS lists the main symptoms of norovirus as:

• feeling sick (nausea)
• diarrhoea
• being sick (vomiting)

You whitethorn besides have:

• a precocious temperature
• a headache
• aching arms and legs

What should you bash if you get norovirus

Unfortunately determination isn’t a cure for norovirus. But treatments absorption connected alleviating symptoms, which should spell distant successful 1 to 3 days. 

Dr Babak recommended staying hydrated and drinking plentifulness of liquids that see electrolytes, successful bid to assistance regenerate fluids mislaid from diarrhoea and debar dehydration.

He besides advised: "Infants, the aged and those with different health conditions whitethorn necessitate further aesculapian attraction owed to the hazard of dehydration linked to norovirus." 

Taking paracetamol tin assistance dainty immoderate aches, pains and fever.

And marque definite you get plentifulness of remainder successful bid to assistance your assemblage afloat recover.

What are the signs a norovirus corruption is serious?

Norovirus tin go serious, particularly successful susceptible people.

As good arsenic being astatine hazard of dehydration, young children, older adults, and pregnant radical whitethorn person weakened immune systems, making it much hard for them to combat the virus.

Dr Babak urged: "Seek aesculapian attraction if your symptoms bash not spell distant wrong respective days.

"Other symptoms that whitethorn bespeak a much superior corruption see humor successful your vomit oregon stool and a persistent precocious fever."