One of the leading health concerns is the rise of food poisoning.
It should be noted that food intoxication and food poisoning are not the same thing. Food poisoning occurs when a bacterial agent has been consumed, usually as a result of improperly cooked food, and leads to sickness.
Food intoxication occurs when a toxin produced by a bacterium is consumed with or without the bacteria present. It is the actual toxin in a food intoxication that produces sickness and not the bacterium itself, whereas in food poisoning sickness is a direct result from ingestion of a bacterium.
Being a health concern, it is important to know the symptoms of food poisoning, although they can be hard to identify because they are so similar to the common flu or cold. Symptoms include abdominal cramping, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, chills, fever and even possibly irreversible nervous system damage, depending on the contaminant. Usually symptoms take 48 hours to develop, but can take as few as four or as long as a few weeks.
Some of the more common bacteria that can cause food poisoning are salmonella, staph aureus (the number one cause of food poisoning), E. coli, C. botulinium (caused from improper canning techniques) and many others. Parasites and viruses can also cause food poisoning but are not as common as bacterial causes.
If symptoms such as diarrhea and vomiting last longer than two days, the person infected is less than three years of age, the infected person is already immune compromised or if the person exhibits symptoms of neurological cause such as involuntary muscle contractions or paralysis it is vitally important medical attention is sought immediately.
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