Saturday, 5 November 2011

Food poisoning-how to avoid it how to treat it

America's food supply, safe world food poisoning each year, United States in approximately 76 is responsible for illness care. Actually, it probably today over 60% of the sale of poultry disease-causing bacteria. Food poisoning anyone certain bacteria in contaminated food to eat, you can get a parasite, or virus. To more than any other food poisoning help specific people, such as physical condition and age specific. Infants and people with immune system compromised and pregnant women, older people are most dangerous.


Most people are in good condition, food poisoning is usually long lasting even life-threatening is. But accounting approximately 5,000 death every year in a healthy person, to a serious health threat.


That purchase taking simple preventive steps in good news is that while the processing, and food preparation, in most cases food poisoning in the home is able.


What is the cause of food poisoning Food poisoning is caused by the virus might be the most common bacteria, parasites, or you are the foods you eat. You may have heard the name of many of these organisms. To them, such as Shigella, salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus, trichinellosis, hepatitis a virus in Escherichia coli (E. coli), Campylobacter, Clostridium botulinum, just to name a few. They can exist in a wide range of foods including water and ciders of lean meat, poultry, milk and other dairy products, eggs and pasteurized vegetable juice, spices, chocolate, seafood.


You can get the food you prepare to buy it, and in contact with cooked food, food raw meat juice dirty dishes, chopping, or counter with contaminated food containing these organisms in your food. That is why it is thoroughly your food to Cook as well as your hands, utensils and counter is to wash before and after handling raw foods is important.


What is the symptom Pollutants depends on the symptoms, types and eat. Get sick after that may remain symptom free after eating some people other than the large quantities of ingested small amounts of harmful bacteria and can cause. The most common symptoms of food poisoning includes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain (cramps), fever, headache, fatigue. After eating tainted symptoms are better for some 30 minutes, or do not develop weeks may soon. Symptoms of food poisoning virus or parasitic on some fish toxin causes symptoms may take several minutes to several weeks.


If botulinum, heat probably don't need and vision, fatigue, dry, mouth and throat symptoms.


When some people sick after eating the same diet How to diagnose poisoning is poisoning is often suspected. Diagnose the cause of the disease cause sickness and symptoms with your doctor prior to what right should know was eating. Samples of food, bowel movements, vomit must be a doctor. Identify the organism causing the disease, and then determine whether the samples are contaminated food, but you can test in the laboratory.


Or how to handle Victims, doctors see if symptoms are severe, or get emergency medical treatment. Treatment depends on the severity and cause of food poisoning. Generally, mild food poisoning if doctors follow a specific diet for you rest is the water to prevent vomiting and diarrhea, dehydration recommended. Usually about 1 to 5 will take to recover from food poisoning,.


If botulinum is your doctor will prescribe antivenom. Antidotes and other types of food poisoning. Typically, this antibiotic is to treat food poisoning is not useful. Given a drug to stop vomiting, stomach cramps.


Avoid food poison can prevent food poisoning of most cases of prevention is the best approach. Is to prevent disease in some list of simple Do?s, Don'ts, home food.


is wash your hands, utensils, cutting boards and different food for counter top


(Refrigerator temperature ° F and the freezer 0 ° F you need)  hrefrigerate right away or freeze perishable


• Food is cooked thoroughly. Pork dish in the internal temperature of the beef, lamb, 160 ° F; whole chicken and thighs 180 ° F; chicken breast 170 ° f to ground chicken or Turkey 165 ° F


do hrefrigerate leftover food as soon; leftovers shouldn't more than two hours at unrefrigerated remains.


Food shopping-last do you frozen food, fresh food, including meat, poultry, and fish-before you check out


• Cracks and crevices are free, smooth Maple plastic cutting boards don't use.


• Is located at the bottom of hrefrigerator for leak-proof containers or other foods prevent juices from dripping of raw meat to save.


one of cooking to allow Don't, juice, meat or unwashed vegetables and cooking and washing food contact


Package was opened, broken, or crushed at the end of if-purchase Don't frozen seafood.


purchase jars of food cans Don't bulging, or hurt, or cracked.


purchase ever Don't old food. Check the use by or sell by date.


Don't buy pasteurized milk or dairy products


• Is hrefrigerated or frozen products that will not appear in the appropriate temperature, do not buy.


• Let me put a food unsupervised small children.


For more information about this important health issue is available from the following sources: gateway to government food safety information http://www.foodsafety.gov United States food and food safety and applied nutrition http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/wh-food.html food safety and agricultural inspection services United States Department of http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/pubs/consumerpubs.htmfor medication management center


As an educational service by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation supports. This information is not intended as medical advice. This information is to discuss with your doctor.

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