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Food Borne Infections

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by flutterby, Aug 25, 2017.

  1. flutterby

    flutterby Active Member

    World Health Organization:

    http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs399/en/


    Some food borne infections cause serious infections like Meningitis (brain lining infection) and Septicemia.

    "
    Major foodborne illnesses and causes
    Foodborne illnesses are usually infectious or toxic in nature and caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical substances entering the body through contaminated food or water.

    Foodborne pathogens can cause severe diarrhoea or debilitating infections including meningitis.

    Chemical contamination can lead to acute poisoning or long-term diseases, such as cancer.
    Foodborne diseases may lead to long-lasting disability and death. Examples of unsafe food include uncooked foods of animal origin, fruits and vegetables contaminated with faeces, and raw shellfish containing marine biotoxins."
     
    Last edited: Aug 25, 2017
  2. flutterby

    flutterby Active Member

    The consequences of even one bad bout of food poisoning can result in life long health problems:

    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/food-poisonings-hidden-legacy/

    "A survey of 101,855 residents of Sweden who were made sick by food between 1997 and 2004 found, for instance, that they had higher-than-normal rates of aortic aneurysms, ulcerative colitis and reactive arthritis. A review of a major provincial health database in Australia revealed that people there who contracted any bacterial gastrointestinal infection were 57 percent more likely to develop either ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease, another chronic bowel condition, than people born in the same place and era who had not had such infections"
     

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