Viral infection on the Black Sea. At Black Sea resorts, children are infected with E. coli. We've been waiting for you all year

The Black Sea is poisoned by a poisonous bacterium. The environmental situation is so catastrophic that hundreds turn to doctors every day local residents and tourists 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 anomalous 29 degrees, and, given the location of the sea, the circulation of water 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.

Pleasant impressions from summer holidays She doesn’t have much: they all fit into a few photographs. 14-year-old Sonya was relaxing on the Black Sea, but this year it was not too gentle with her. After just 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 floating in it.

Similar situations happen everywhere. Hospitals in resort towns are packed to capacity: there is only one diagnosis - acute intestinal infection. Many of those who decided to spend their long-awaited vacation on the beaches of Adler, Anapa or Gelendzhik literally find themselves in hospital beds on the second day.

“The situation is simply catastrophic: after swimming in the sea, instead of relaxing, we got an intestinal infection and a trip to an 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 dumped and is infested with E. coli,” the petition says.

The situation in resort towns really raises concerns: even health officials do not hide: hospital beds are filled 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. Even these frightening numbers don’t stop holidaymakers: the water temperature is 27 degrees, and two weeks ago it almost reached 30. For the Black Sea, this is an exorbitant indicator. However, doctors report: you can swim in such water. And vacationers are happy to follow these recommendations. It’s just that after swimming like this, tourists often have to exchange beach beds 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 residential buildings are simply not connected to the central sewer system. The authorities, of course, are fighting this, but, nevertheless, not everyone follows their instructions. In many resort areas, tourists literally swim in their own excrement.

“Very often with my own eyes I see those sewage drains that either flow into the sea with rivers or with 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 them simply have their own sewerage system. 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 landfill. 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, temperatures here are breaking records.

The sea water temperature on the Varna coast is 24 degrees and this does not have a very good effect on the marine ecosystem. Bacteria multiply very easily in water. Besides large companies very often break the law by dumping waste into the seas around the world. In particular, in the Black Sea, near industrial cities.

Now reports of an epidemic of intestinal infection in the Black Sea resorts are coming 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 ecological disaster regional scale.

And the topic today will be about E. coli, which is literally teeming with the entire coast of our famous resorts, from Anapa, Novorossiysk, Gelendzhik to Sochi and its environs.

And those who at least once about rested on the black sea I think, for the most part, they have encountered this problem, which can not only cause a lot of trouble for vacationers, but even, if left to chance, lead to death due to dehydration.

Diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, headaches! Well, far from it full list symptoms of infection of your body with E. coli through sea water.

That year I was in Abkhazia on the Black Sea coast and my children had the same problem, although in Abkhazia the sea is much cleaner than on our Black Sea coast.

And all because the sea is really dirty. Clean areas are only found in remote areas where there are few vacationers. Most enterprises dump their waste and wastewater into the Black Sea.

Even in South-East Asia, I, nor my children, have ever been sick with anything like this while swimming in the sea, but here are 2 trips and situations that are banally similar. And this problem is faced not only by my family, but also by most of the vacationers with whom I have had the opportunity to communicate. And, especially during the peak season, local infectious diseases hospitals are literally overflowing with vacationers.

Of course, the media are silent about this so as not to spread panic and fear among people, but the problem is E. coli in the sea, still reaps its rich harvest over and over again.

And here, our bioresonance therapy device Radiant Ultimate, which I always take with me on trips, helps me a lot.

If it weren’t for him, then we could definitely safely say that the vacation was ruined, because when you are vomiting and have diarrhea, it is difficult to call the vacation meaningful.

Especially when this happens for several days. Neither eat nor drink, as everything comes back.

Everything comes out.

Of course, there are recommendations on how to avoid catching E. coli at sea. Do not swallow water, wash your hands, and so on, but do children perceive this and often the opposite happens, although we, parents, instill in them the truisms.

As a result, we are again sitting with the children on vacation and trying to help them get rid of this scourge, and the last time, my wife and I were exposed to an E. coli attack with our children, fortunately we also had a second BRT device, an earlier model, and they we were literally saved.

The first symptoms after infection with E. coli appear quite quickly, usually after 4-6 hours, and sometimes earlier. And here I always have activated charcoal in stock and my friend, a bioresonance therapy device, on which I put on the following programs from Rife frequencies.

Bacterial infections basic Number of frequencies: 13
Frequencies: 1550; 880; 866; 832; 800; 787; 784; 727; 690; 664; 465; 200; 20;
Total duration: 00:26:00

— Escherichia coli Number of frequencies: 29
Frequencies: 7848.5; 7846.5; 1730; 1722; 1552; 1550; 1320; 1244; 1000; 957; 934; 856; 840; 832; 804; 802; 800; 799; 776; 642; 634; 556; 548; 413; 333; 330; 327; 289; 282;
Total duration: 00:58:00

E. coli basic program Number of frequencies: 35
Frequencies: 7848.5; 7846.5; 1730; 1722; 1712; 1703; 1552; 1550; 1320; 1244; 1242; 1000; 957; 934; 856; 840; 832; 804; 802; 800; 799; 776; 642; 634; 632; 556; 548; 539; 413; 358; 333; 330; 327; 289; 282;
Total duration: 01:10:00

— E. coli mutated form Number of frequencies: 8
Frequencies: 556; 934; 1242; 1244; 1703; 632; 634; 776;
Total duration: 00:16:00

Staphylococcal-streptococcal infection Number of frequencies: 26
Frequencies: 9645.5; 7159.5; 2431; 1902; 1108.9; 1059.9; 1049.9; 1009.9; 985; 958; 934; 786; 727; 718; 686; 643; 576; 563; 542; 453; 436; 423; 411; 333; 134; 128;
Total duration: 00:52:00

Drainage Number of frequencies: 25
Frequencies: 9999.5; 3177; 3176; 3175; 880; 787; 751; 727; 676; 635; 625; 522; 465; 444; 440; 304; 148; 146; 15.2; 15.05; 10.36; 10; 7.83; 6.3; 2.5;
Total duration: 00:50:00

It turns out 4 hours 32 minutes. If you give 4-5 activated carbon and run this set of programs 2-3 times, then vomiting and diarrhea will stop, and you will return to have a good rest, rather than visiting local overcrowded hospitals or trying to solve the problem on their own.

I hope everything will be fine with you and my experience will help you maintain the health of yourself and your children.

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The author of the appeal is Norilsk resident Larisa Yangol. According to her, “being with a small child in Adler for only two days and having swam in the sea, instead of resting, I got an intestinal infection and a trip to the infectious diseases hospital, which turned out to be overcrowded with vacationers.”
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“I ask you to influence the local authorities and the general sanitary situation on the coast, which is out of control and threatens the health of the nation!” - writes Yangol. She addressed her appeal to the country's President Vladimir Putin and the country's chief sanitary doctor
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Russian tourists decided to draw the attention of the authorities to the sanitary situation in Black Sea coast. They call it "catastrophic" and call on officials to stop the spread of Black Sea resorts intestinal infection, follows from the petition posted on the website.

The author of the appeal is Norilsk resident Larisa Yangol. According to her, “being with a small child in Adler for only two days and having swam in the sea, instead of resting, we got an intestinal infection and a trip to the infectious diseases hospital, which turned out to be overcrowded with vacationers.” “Sick children are even lying in the corridors, there are not enough places! Everyone has the same story - they swam in the Adler Black Sea, where sewage is dumped and infested with E. coli!... And this is during Lent. Olympic Sochi, where they did everything for the guests of the Olympics, but they cannot create conditions for a safe holiday for their children!” writes the tourist.

Within a month, more than 800 people signed the petition. “I am signing because my vacation on the Black Sea coast was hopelessly ruined, because all of the 6 people in our company had an intestinal infection, spent a lot of money on medicine and stayed in the room for most of the vacation! Urgent checks are needed from Moscow, because local authorities are keeping silent about the whole truth about the epidemiological situation,” writes Moscow resident Tatyana Chugunova in the comments.

Since mid-August, numerous vacationers have been publishing on social networks reports of cases of intestinal infection and rotavirus in Sochi and Anapa, as well as their reports of visits to overcrowded hospitals. The resource "BlogSochi" published a message from Angela Alekseenko, who complained that her child in Adler contracted an intestinal infection just by sitting on the beach.

“A night 60 children are admitted to the hospital with one diagnosis - “intestinal infection”, all the children are in the arms of their parents, they are constantly vomiting, they are exhausted and cannot stand on their feet,” the woman writes. “Poor doctors who do nothing they have time, the hospitals are overcrowded."

At the same time, the Ministry of Health Krasnodar region and Rospotrebnadzor deny massive outbreaks of infection. According to the Ministry of Resorts of the Krasnodar Territory, the congestion of Black Sea beaches in the high season of 2016 exceeded 100%. However, the regional department of Rospotrebnadzor reported that no cases of group and outbreak morbidity associated with water-based infection transmission (swimming in the sea, rivers, use of recreational areas) have been registered in the region, writes Kommersant. This information was confirmed to the publication by the Ministry of Health of the Krasnodar Territory.

The Sochi mayor's office suggests that parents and their children spend too long in the sun, including at hours when it becomes unsafe to be there. According to the deputy head of the tourism department of the Sochi administration, Elena Pavlovich, they do not rule out cases of poisoning, but emphasize that this is not widespread at the resort. And parents are advised to monitor their children more closely so that they are not in the sun all the time and do not drink sea water, the website Kuban.info reports.

Resorts on the Black Sea coast have become incredibly popular over the past few years. Most Russian citizens prefer to spend their holidays on the Black Sea. Pleasant climate, picturesque nature, warm gentle sea, wide beaches coastline And nice prices on vacation - what attracts modern tourists.

Recently it became known that E. coli was discovered in the Black Sea. This news literally changed the whole idea of have a nice holiday and became the cause of 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 was it all the machinations of attackers? Let's take a closer look at this issue.

Tourist dissatisfaction

Tourists spending their holidays at resorts on 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, banal swimming in sea water, they have to become another patient in overcrowded medical institutions. And it’s all because of E. coli in the Black Sea. Vomiting, weakness, diarrhea, loss of strength and a fairly high body temperature - all these symptoms are present to varying degrees in patients at the local hospital.

Hospitals are really overcrowded, patients are lying in the corridor, and all this is in 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 primarily affected by E. coli in the Black Sea. Numerous reviews from tourists and vacationers indicate dirt on the beaches, widespread unsanitary conditions, and the presence of waste and sewage water in the sea. If you look at the reviews of tourists, you will probably find information in each of them about disgusting health, vomiting, and terrible pain after the first contact with water. There is no doubt that E. coli was discovered 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 foreign resorts. On the other hand, why go somewhere if our country, due to its profitable geographical location has its own exit to warm sea. Every year, hundreds of thousands of tourists from different parts of the country vacation at the resorts of the Krasnodar Territory; military personnel who, due to their profession, do not have the right to leave the Russian Federation, spend their vacation here. We are all interested in ensuring that our resorts create the necessary conditions for a complete, most comfortable and, most importantly, safe holiday.

Possible reasons

The authorities speak rather restrainedly on this issue, trying to maintain calm in the region. Meanwhile, local hospitals continue to receive complaints from tourists and local residents.

Why is there E. coli in the Black Sea? What caused the mass poisoning of vacationers? Are there methods to stop the spread of infection in the region? Rospotrebnadzor presented a report on the above survey of water on the Black Sea coast of Sochi and Adler. According to him, it was not found in the sea; therefore, the cause of such a massive epidemic could be anything, but not an infection. Of course, the authorities refer to overcrowding of the 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 and garbage into sea water. If you have ever vacationed in the Black Sea resorts of Russia during the season, you probably had the opportunity to appreciate all this “splendor”.

How does infection occur?

Uninterested parties, after their own independent examination, have revealed that E. coli is constantly present in the Black Sea. August is the peak season when infection is widespread. It is at this time of year that local hospitals become overwhelmed with patients.

So, it was possible to reveal that most often infection occurs after direct contact with sea water, namely ingestion of it while swimming. At risk are children aged two years and older, who, due to their age, find it difficult to observe basic protective and hygiene measures. That is why children are frequent patients in the infectious diseases department of local hospitals. As you know, treating an infection in a child has a number of difficulties, can take a long time and lead to serious consequences.

So, 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 under such conditions that the infection begins to appear and subsequently actively spread. The picture is complicated by breakwaters that contribute to water stagnation, as well as the lack of a sewerage system in Sochi, as a result of which all wastewater 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 our school geography course that the Black Sea belongs not only Russian Federation, at least Türkiye and Bulgaria offer their guests to visit the Black Sea. E. coli (where it is not present, epidemics do not occur), however, is found only in our country. Why does information about the infection come specifically from Russian resorts? These are the questions that modern tourists ask.

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 concentration of vacationers 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 our state. Here is the answer to the question why E. coli was discovered in the Black Sea.

Moreover, local authorities are trying to squeeze the maximum out of resorts during the season. This is evidenced by the overcrowding of beaches, hotels, inns and holiday homes. Of course, high air temperature promotes the spread of infection, which leads to such a reaction.

A little about the infection

For some tourists, the information that E. coli was found in the Black Sea means nothing. They understand nothing about medicine, have no idea what an infection is, what area of the 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 and, accordingly, 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 include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, and fever. Among the main causes of infection, experts point out non-compliance with basic hygiene standards. At the same time, infection often occurs at resorts during mass gatherings of people.

Treatment

After E. coli was found in the Black Sea, local hospitals and clinics do not stop receiving complaints from vacationers. The infectious diseases departments are literally overcrowded, people are even lying in the corridor on the floor. E. coli has become a big problem in the Black Sea. You should not self-medicate. It is difficult to cope with an infection without the help of doctors; it is better to consult a specialist immediately after detecting the first signs of the disease. Most often, antibiotics, absorbent drugs based on activated carbon, for example, and probiotics are used for therapy.

Fighting the epidemic

Of course, without the intervention of local authorities it is unlikely that the problem will be solved and eradicated. The main problem of the resort is the lack of a unified sewer system. Sochi was put in order, landscaped, some of its areas were literally rebuilt, but the issue with the sewerage system remains open. And all this happens in the main resort and tourist center a country visited by hundreds of thousands of tourists every year. Of course, under such conditions, sewage and sewage water flow into the sea in unlimited quantities. If you remember your school geography course, you will probably note that the Black Sea, from a sanitation point of view, is not located in the most favorable way, but all because the water in it is renewed 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 accustom them to comply with basic standards and hygiene requirements. First of all, it should be prohibited to sell on local beaches drinks, food: numerous studies have found that it is while eating on the beach with dirty hands that infection can occur. It is necessary to eat only in trusted establishments, avoiding all contact with locally produced 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 pressing today, because not everyone is ready to give up their summer vacation.

So, first of all, at resorts you should take care of hygiene, after each sea swim, take a shower, cleansing your skin. A shower not only helps to wash off sea salt from the body, but also removes all contaminants that are definitely present in the water to one degree or another. It is here, at sea, that you should be more attentive 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 in the fresh air, trying to find a secluded place. Agree, tourists who vacation on the same Black Sea, but choose for their leisure time distant from the center, more secluded, sometimes wild places, almost never receive complaints. Tourists who go to the sea at the height of the season, when the beaches are simply crowded, complain.

What to do for those who have already bought tickets

If you have already purchased vouchers, but are concerned about information about the discovery of infection on the Black Sea coast, do not panic. E. coli in the Black Sea (whether it’s 2016 or another year, it doesn’t matter) is not uncommon. It should be understood that for resort towns in sweltering heat this is the norm. Another thing is how you will feel about it. Do not be afraid and refuse your 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 temperatures and prolonged heating of water in the sea near the shore that bacteria begin to accumulate in a huge number. It’s better to wait a little and go into 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;
observe hygiene standards;
After each contact with sea water, be sure to wash your hands with soap;
understand that coastal areas are not intended for urination; there are specially designated places for this - toilets.

Summing up

Of course, it is stupid to deny the presence of infection in the Black Sea when the region’s hospitals are simply overcrowded with infected tourists. However, if each of us takes control of our health and follows simple rules for staying at resorts, we will be able to reduce the likelihood of infection significantly. Of course, government agencies must intervene in the problem, carry out all the necessary measures to eliminate the source of infection, develop a sewerage project, monitor the condition of the beaches, food in resort area. Only joint efforts aimed at eliminating the problem will lead to maximum results.

31.08.2016 11:03

The closure of Turkey and Egypt has led to an increase in flow Russian tourists on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus. Treatment facilities cannot cope with the load. The result is an outbreak of intestinal infection in Krasnodar region. Tourists complain that the sea is polluted by sewage and algae, and report overcrowded hospitals. Local authorities do not acknowledge the problem: official comments say that there are no mass cases of disease.

Meanwhile, the collection of signatures has begun on the Internet for a petition in which Russians ask President Vladimir Putin to save 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 hours for an ambulance and spent most of their vacation in the hospital. Mostly parents of preschool children complained about their ruined vacation.

Perhaps the post of Angela Alekseenko from Petrozavodsk is most widely circulated on social networks. She is indignant that, for the sake of profit, the authorities, doctors and the media are suppressing information about the epidemic on the Black Sea coast. She was vacationing in Sochi with her two-year-old son. After going to the sea, his temperature rose, diarrhea and vomiting began. The baby and his mother were 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 children in their arms, they are constantly vomiting, they are exhausted and cannot stand on their feet. Poor doctors who don’t have time to do anything try to be kind and understanding. But tired as hell. And today is the fourth day in the hospital, periodically I cry, in complete shock, why everyone is 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 you can’t go to the sea, it’s dirty, children get poisoned, their small, fragile body breaks down! And everyone is silent! Hospitals are overcrowded, people are lying in the corridors, I myself see this nightmare. It’s dirty, stuffy, there’s no refrigerator or microwave in the entire 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 it’s been such nonsense, poor children are poisoned, some are vomiting blood, and everyone is sneezing because of money!” - Alekseenko is indignant. Her post was republished by the media and bloggers, but later for unknown reasons it was deleted from Facebook. Znak.com tried to contact Angela Alekseenko through a social network, but at the time of preparing the material, she did not respond to a personal message.

Tourists faced similar problems throughout the summer in other resort towns in the Krasnodar Territory. As Sverdlovsk resident Denis Stepanchenko, who was vacationing with his family in the village of Vityazevo near Anapa, told Znak.com, the family spent 10 of the 14 days of their vacation in their room due to an intestinal infection that struck the children.

Local residents consider the main cause of illness to be dirty sea water, in which at the end of summer, due to the heat, algae bloom and bacteria multiply. In addition, old-timers point out the lack of centralized sewerage.

More than 3.3 million tourists vacationed in Sochi from January to July 2016, according to an official statement on the municipality’s website. The beaches are 100% occupied. At the same time, the administration’s health department refused to tell Znak.com over the phone how many people were hospitalized this season with intestinal infections. Znak.com sent an official request to the press service of the city administration, but there is no response yet.

Official reports from the Sochi administration say that the water in the sea meets all necessary standards. According to the press service of the mayor's office, 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. “I have been on business trips to Sochi and its suburbs many times and have seen with my own eyes the sewage flowing into the sea. This situation is typical for Russia and for the villages of Sochi. Sewage and fecal waters flow into the sea. The runoff ends up in local rivers, which flow into the sea. People often swim on the beaches where the runoff comes out,” says Vitaly Bezrukov, head of the My Planet charitable environmental foundation.

According to him, the sanitary situation at the resort is also deteriorating due to the construction of mini-hotels on the site where previously there were only small private houses. “For example, there used to be a one-story house in which, say, four people lived; there was relatively little waste. Then a five-story mini-hotel was built on this site. Accordingly, the volume of sewage drains increases significantly, and they continue to be discharged into the sea,” explains the ecologist. In addition, according to him, household chemicals (phosphorus-containing washing powders, detergents, etc.) enter the sea with these wastewater, which gives rise to the bloom of blue-green algae, which in turn contributes to the proliferation of pathogenic bacteria.

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