| Food Poisoning – origins and treatment | | Posted Tuesday, February 07, 2006 4:43:12 PM by Kate Grant | One of my least favorite memories, is of the one summer I spent in summer camp, where we all got such a bad food poisoning, the camp had to be closed and we were sent home. Since that day, I never take egg salad sandwiches to picnics. One Salmonella food poisoning is enough for one lifetime...
In the old days, it was easy to get botulism food poisoning, from dent food cans. Even today, it's better to be safe than sorry, and check the can in the supermarket for dents or rust. Food poisoning symptoms are usually similar at first, no matter what was the specific food poisoning.
If you caught a bacteria of some kind, food poisoning will express itself in the forms of fever, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal cramps. Don't waste time if you suspect it's more than a simple food poisoning. Statistics show, that untreated serious food poisoning can cause severe infection, and eventually even a painful death.
The best remedy for treating food poisoning is usually drinking fluids, little by little, and after the body is tolerating the fluids, slowly start eating again. Make sure the cramps and vomiting have finished. It usually takes a few days to recover.
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| | | When Good Teams Go Bad | | Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 2:55:23 PM by Blog57 Team | | You often hear that the oddsmakers are very quick to react to developments in college basketball. If a team gets hot, they know about it. If there's an injury, they know about it. If a kid gets food poisoning from eating in the dorm, they know about it. If that's true, how can you explain what's going on lately with teams like Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois? This past Saturday, those three teams combined to go 1-2 against the Las Vegas spread. Arizona ended a long non-cover streak against Washington. The other two teams won their games, but couldn't cover tall Vegas expectations. That's been happening a lot this year. Big name programs have tall expectations every time they take the floor. If they take a step backward one year, it can literally take weeks for the line to adjust.... | |
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| | | Food poisoning in Bodeli under control, say health officials | | Posted Tuesday, February 06, 2007 12:54:28 PM by Blog57 Team | | Vadodara, January 30: A sudden food poisoning outbreak in Bodeli village of Sankheda taluka in Vadodara district, where 202 people took ill at a religious ceremony, was reportedly brought under control by Sankheda block health authorities on Monday. Medical Officers said the food poisoning could have been a result of consumption of a contaminated sweet (basundi), which had been brought from Vadodara city for the occasion. Health officials have sent samples of the sweet to the food and drug laboratory in Vadodara. .... | |
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| | | Food poisoning scare for Gayle ahead for 1st Test | | Posted Sunday, November 19, 2006 12:55:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | LAHORE, Pakistan (CMC) - In-form West Indies opener Chris Gayle has been hit by food poisoning just days before the start of the opening Test of the three-match series against Pakistan. A media release from Imran Khan, the West Indies team communications officer, said the 27 year-old Gayle had picked up the illness just before the ICC Champions Trophy final in Mumbai. As a result, Gayle missed the two-day match against the Pakistan Cricket Board's Patron's XI. "Chris Gayle was advised by team physiotherapist Stephen Partridge to remain at the team hotel for the first day's play of the West Indies two-day warm-up game against the PCB Patron's XI," the release said. However, the aggressive left-hander has improved steadily and is expected to be in the West Indies line-up when the first Test bowls off Saturday.... | |
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| | | Unhygienic Food Stall Ordered Shut | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 2:57:03 AM by Blog57 Team | | Bandar Seri Begawan - Cooking food next to a manhole and a drain as well as by the side of a washing machine were some of the disturbing scenes found at a food stall that has been ordered to shut down by the Licensing Board, Brunei-Muara District Office, yesterday. Following the closure of a restaurant in Kuala Belait four days ago, the food stall in Brunei-Muara District was ordered to close temporarily for the same reason - unhygienic conditions at the premises. Personnel from the Licensing Board, Brunei-Muara District Office, posted a closure notice on the food stall located at Kampong Bunut, Jln Tutong conducting catering business. The food stall failed an inspection on hygiene (48 per cent) by the Quality Control and Food Safety Division, Ministry of Health, last month on places where foodstuff were kept, preparation of food, handling of food and cleanliness of the premises.... | |
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| | | The E. coli bandwagon | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 11:09:28 PM by Blog57 Team | | Combine E.coli 0157:H7, naturally' produced spinach, food poisoning, an organic foods purveyor and author, cows and the New York Times and you get guess what? That's right, evil factory farming! No surprise.I have compassion for the ill and also for the California spinach growers. Like lots of farmers who are doing the best they know how, the roof still caves in on them. General Motors understands every time they have to recall a vehicle.It's the same for the organic food producers who have found a profitable niche market. Nor can I hold the New York Times responsible. They print opinion pieces by all manner of partisans who pretend to know what they're talking about and do not question their veracity.I could blame the author of the misleading, op-ed piece in the New York Times in which she promotes her organically correct New York City grocery store and new book by blithely stating that the E.coli 0157:H7 food poisoning outbreaks could be prevented if we just stop "feeding grain to cattle." In her article, she selectively quoted a research paper done in 1998 that examined E.coli bacteria shedding in cattle.... | |
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| | | Voters can t trust what they hear near election | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 2:57:54 PM by Blog57 Team | | Forty-three dead in coal mines and food poisoning outbreaks this year raise the question of government interference in the marketplace. Would the death toll be lower or higher if there were no safety regulations? Should children be free to work instead of attending public schools? Republicans have consistently opposed child labor laws, minimum wage laws, public education, and the pure food and drug act. In doing so they have cited the support of Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman. It should be noted that Friedman argues that it is essential to the stability of a society that people "unthinkingly accept" beliefs that are not true. Is his support of the free market believable?In Capitalism and Freedom he argues that if a market exchange is "voluntary and informed" the exchange will be mutually beneficial.... | |
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| | | Food poisoning hits 21 students in Xinjiang | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 11:01:28 AM by Blog57 Team | | Twenty-one young students in a private school in western China fell ill and were hospitalized after eating in the school's cafeteria, Xinhua news agency reported today, in the latest in a series of such food poisoning cases. The students at the private school in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region complained of headaches, abdominal pain and vomiting after lunch on Wednesday, Xinhua quoted a local health official as saying. .... | |
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| | | Causes and Care of Salmonella Poisoning | | Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 11:04:49 AM by Blog57 Team | | Salmonella is the bacterium that causes Salmonellosis or Salmonella poisoning. People usually get sick by eating contaminated food like chicken or eggs.It can also be spread by cross contamination through unsafe food handling practices in the kitchen. The symptoms of Salmonella poisoning or Salmonellosis can include fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and stomach pain. In most cases symptoms go away in only one week with treatment being rest and plenty of liquids.For more severe infections an antibiotic may been needed. The Center for Disease Control recommends the following steps to prevent infection:Always wash your hands with soap after going to the toilet and before preparing food. Dry them on a dry towel.Wash your hands when you switch from preparing one type of food to another, like vegetables to meat.... | |
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| | | Food poisoning in RAK | | Posted Monday, October 30, 2006 3:02:58 AM by Blog57 Team | | Hospitals and medical centres in Ras Al Khaimah had to deal with a spate of food poisoning cases over the Eid holiday, reported Gulf News. 20 patients, complaining of high temperatures and diarrhoea, were given first aid treatment but all were discharged. The patients were aged between 12 and 20 and it is not yet clear how they contracted food poisoning. .... | |
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| | | food poisoning cases reported in Ras Al Khaimah | | Posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 1:01:13 PM by Blog57 Team | | Ras Al Khaimah: Hospitals and medical centres recorded 20 food poisoning cases during the Eid Al Fitr holidays. Doctors said majority of these cases were given first aid treatment and discharged. None of the cases were serious, they added. The patients complained of high temperature and diarrhoea. Municipal officials said they had not received any complaints from the public regarding food served in restaurants. Public health inspectors have been working round the clock during the Eid Al Fitr holidays and none of the restaurants violated the hygiene rules, they said. Residents said most of them ate out during the holidays. Doctors said the age of the patients was between 12 and 20 years. Residents said they had given "Eidia" to their children and they may have used it to buy fast food.... | |
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