The term food poisoning actually means disease resulting from ingestion of food contaminated with a toxin produced by a micro organism. The most common types of food according to nhsdirect.com are Campylobacter, E.Coli and salmonella. These are caught from foods such as contaminated water, raw chicken, milk and eggs. According to the Food Standards Agency, it is estimated that up to 5.5 million people in the UK are affected from food poisoning each year. There are many possible ways of preventing this on both the consumers and the manufacturer’s part.
Viruses The virus that most commonly causes gastrointestinal illness is the norovirus. It is easily transmitted from person to person, from contaminated food or water. Raw shellfish, particularly oysters, can also be a source of viral contamination. Infected people can also contaminate food if they do not wash their hands properly after going to the toilet and they then handle food. Parasites In the UK, food poisoning from parasites is rare.
One problem that caught my eye was the Spanish Flu pandemic that killed so many during that time. It was a serious health problem because of the fact that we lost a lot of people and there seemed to be no cure in the beginning. 675,000 Americans
Failure to do so results in their immune system producing antibodies which attacks the lining of their bowel causing them to have abdominal pains, constipation/diarrhoea, bloating, difficulty in gaining weight in childhood or maintaining weight in adulthood and anaemia. Because it affects the way their body can absorb nutrients it can also lead to osteoporosis and increase their risk of bowel cancer. Some foods can be bought that are labelled ‘gluten free’ but tend to be more expensive. • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is the term used to describe a condition when on inspection of the bowel everything seems normal, but the person suffers with symptoms like abdominal pain, flatulence, bloating and constipation/diarrhoea. The person may want to keep a food diary to help discover which foods make their condition worse and avoid them in the future.
Compare the beneficial and detrimental effects of Escherichia coli on humans. many bacteria are essential in our body to help it finction proberly. Some of these bacteria help digest food and fight off sickness, however certain bacteria invade the bpdy and attack causing infections. Escherichia coli is an evolving cause of foodborne illness. An estimated 73,000 cases of infection and 61 deaths occur in the United States each year.
Salmonella infection may spread from the intestines to the bloodstream and then to other body sites and can cause death unless the person is treated promptly with antibiotics. Older adults, infants, and those with impaired immune systems are more likely to have a severe illness from Salmonella infection. We have many steps to reduce the infection. Firstly, the first step is Consumers should check their homes, including their freezers, for recalled ground beef products and not eat them; restaurant and food service operators should not serve it. Consumers with questions about recalled ground beef products may contact Hannaford's Customer Information Center; 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at telephone number (800) 213-9040, and choose option 6.
More than 12,000 bad reactions to vaccines are reported each year, if all doctors reported these reactions the total would be closer to 120,000 per year. Over 1,000 deaths are vaccine related. By 1997 families had received more than $802 million for hundreds of injuries and deaths from vaccinations. There are still thousands of cases pending totaling more than $1.7 billion. Vaccinations are more serious that the diseases they are supposed to protect a person from.
Symptoms can range from mild to severe and include upset stomach, abdominal cramps, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, fever, and dehydration. Food-borne diseases are constantly changing due to microorganisms evolving to adapt to its environment, food production practice changing, and newly microbes are being discovered that were unrecognized before. The most common food-borne diseases that occur in fast food production are Campylobacter, Salmonella, and E. coli 0157:H7, which occur when meat is eaten that is not fully cooked or is contaminated by the viruses. A food-borne disease known as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, also known as Mad Cow Disease is the most common virus caused by ranchers. The human form of the disease is known as new variant Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease.
It usually takes 12-14 days after a person has been infected for symptoms to appear. Even though we don't hear much about this serious and contagious disease these days it was once found throughout the world causing illnesses and death whenever it occured. It mainly affected children and young adults. A massive program by the World Health Organization wiped out
Polio is a crippling and potentially deadly infectious disease caused by a virus that spreads from person to person invading the brain and spinal cord and causing paralysis. Because polio has no cure, vaccination is the best way to protect yourself and the only way to stop the disease from spreading. The spread of polio has never stopped in Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. Polio-virus has been reintroduced and continues to spread in Chad and Horn of Africa after the spread of the virus was previously stopped. In the late 1940s to the early 1950s, in the United States alone, polio crippled around 35,000 people each year making it one of the most feared diseases of the twentieth century.