Diseases spread by food
Diseases spread by food are increasing, along with the increasing number of people eating in restaurants and eating canned food.
All foods naturally contain a small amount of bacteria. But when the food is handled carelessly, not properly cooked or stored carelessly, then the bacteria can proliferate to reach a large enough amount to cause disease. Parasites, viruses, and chemicals can also contaminate food, but it’s due to food sources is more rare.
When you are consume foods that contaminate, whether you will become sick or not depends on the organism, contaminate level, age, and your health. The older your age, the immune cells are not able to give a quick reaction and effective against disease organisms. At the risk of children exposed to the disease is also greater because their immune system has not developed perfectly. Diseases treatment such as diabetes, AIDS, and cancer usually decrease the body’s immune reaction, so that makes you more vulnerable exposed to the disease is transmitted through food.
Food poisoning can cause various diseases. If you get sick 1 – 6 hours after consuming food or water that contaminated, it is possible you have usual food poisoning. Symptoms include feeling nauseous, vomiting, diarrhea, or colic.
Self treatment
- Rest and drink lots of water.
- Do not use drugs anti diarrheal because it can slow the discharge of bacteria and toxic-poison from the body.
- Low to moderate disease often recovers their own within 12 hours.
Medical Help
If you have symptoms that last more than 12 hours, or if you get severe symptoms or symptoms that include high-risk groups mentioned above, goes to the doctor immediately.
Beware!
Botulism is a kind of food poisoning that can be deadly. The disease appears due to consumption of food containing a poison formed by a spore in the food. Toxic botulism most often found in canned foods, especially tomatoes and green beans. Symptoms usually appear 12 – 36 hours after eating contaminated food. Symptoms include headache, dizziness, or diplopic, muscle weakness and even paralysis. There are also certain people who feel sick, nausea, vomiting, and constipation, cannot urinate, and less saliva. If you have these symptoms go to the doctor as soon as possible.
