Food poisoning is commonly related to outside food consumption but the real fact is that food poisoning can occur even with homemade-food if cleanliness and safety measures are not taken while preparing food at home. Have you heard of people opting for vaccination before traveling abroad? The reason for it is that the water in certain countries may be contaminated with germs and viruses that can get a person hepatitis A, food such as uncooked shellfish or contaminated water is responsible for this type of virus.
The common symptom of food poisoning is vomiting, diarrhea or severe dehydration. The condition of a food poisoned patient varies from one to another depending on the number of toxins consumed with the contaminated food and it must be remembered to never take medication unless your doctor has prescribed it.
What is Food poisoning?
Food poisoning is a condition where a person falls ill after consuming germ infected food. The lining of the gut gets inflamed in the stomach and intestine due to infection caused by viruses, parasites,s or bacteria. Though food poisoning is not a life-threatening disease, one of the serious complications of it is dehydration which may affect elderly people or young age children drastically. This condition is known to get cured within a week but extra precautions must be taken to prevent major damage to the internal system.
Precautions of Food poisoning
Food poisoning can be prevented by following some simple yet effective steps-
- Maintain a safe cooking temperature
- Discard food when in doubt
- Separate raw food from preserved food (ready-to-read)
- Wash your hands before cooking a meal and while serving too.
- Always keep raw meat at the bottom shelf of the fridge to avoid contact with other food
- Regulate your fridge temperature, try to keep it below 5C
- Never eat preserved food that has expired even it looks or smells fine, germs might have already started growing in it. Discard a packet that has past its use-by date.
Symptoms of Food poisoning
After dinning on a hefty meal if you are experiencing one of these symptoms then there is a high probability that we might be suffering from food poisoning-
- An upset stomach that leads to bloody stools
- High fever that escalates to a temperature over 102F
- Dry mouth and throat
- Very less urination
- Dizzy feels
- Diarrhoea for three days or more
- Frequent vomiting
- Sudden blur in vision
- Muscles ache and stiff neck
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