fast food, visiting, etc., where you can not fully control the quality of products. If you are poisoned, then we will tell you how to treat food poisoning.
The article will address the following questions:
- Causes of food poisoning
- Signs of food poisoning
- Treatment of food poisoning
- Prevention of food poisoning
Causes of food poisoning
The main cause of food poisoning is the ingress of various bacteria and microbes into our body, which we brought along with the usedfood. Also, the poisoning can be caused by eating foods that contain harmful chemicals.
Which products most often can be poisoned
Because when you were poisoned, first of all, you need to analyze what could have caused the poisoning, then let's consider the most likely products that led to it.
Most often we are prone to poisoning with fruits and vegetables. The reason for this can be both their depravity and the presence of chemicals in them. In summer, most often poisoning with fruits and vegetables occurs due to violation of their storage conditions, and this in turn contributes to the appearance of bacteria in them. In the non-summer period, there is a high probability of poisoning with fruits and vegetables, which, when grown, have been treated with chemical components.
Another "risk group" is meat products. First of all, they require a special storage procedure. It is highly recommended not to store meat outside the refrigerator, since microbes can actively multiply on it, especially for chicken meat.
In addition to meat, the most common cause of food poisoning is the consumption of fish that has undergone the wrong storage conditions. During the decomposition, the fish can release very toxic substances.
One of the most complex food poisoning is fungal poisoning. The main danger in themselves is mushrooms, which are not edible. Such mushrooms are very often collected in the forest and taken for food, without knowing at the same time whether they are edible or not. The greatest likelihood of poisoning is also the fungi that grow near the road.
Dairy products can also cause poisoning, most often with prolonged exposure outside the refrigerator when staphylococcus appears in them.
Poisoning can also cause canning products, since there is a certain kind of microorganisms that reproduce in anoxic space. Such food products can be: canned food, home preservation, etc.
- Infringement of the technology of production or storage of non-destructive products
Buying products of non-viable origin, there is a possibility that they can be manufactured in violation of production technology, which in one way or another can lead to poisoning. This includes the use of substandard components in the manufacture of the final product, violation of the integrity of the packaging of goods, expired product shelf life and so on.
Food poisoning due to improper storage of prepared dishes
In addition to being directly poisoned from specific foods, there is a high probability of poisoning from cooked dishes when we ourselves violate the rules for their storage. For example, left in the summer time on a plate cooked borscht or a salad left on the table, can become a favorable environment for the reproduction of microbes and bacteria.
The cause of food poisoning can be not only food, but personal hygiene, or rather its absence. Even if the products do not carry any threat to poisoning, this can lead to unwashed hands, from which germs and bacteria get on food, and with it into the body.
Symptoms of food poisoning
In most cases, the first signs of food poisoning can manifest themselves 2 hours after ingestion. The timing of the onset of the onset of the first symptoms, as well as their nature, directly depends on which microbes have entered your body and in what quantity.
Poisoning can have a wide variety of symptoms:
- Abdominal pain;
- Diarrhea;
- Nausea and vomiting;
- Headache;
- Chills;
- Increased body temperature;
- Body aches.
Poisoning may cause pallor on the face and thirst.
Treatment of food poisoning
What to do with food poisoning
It is important to note that before you start treatment for poisoning, you should try to analyze what exactly could cause you this food poisoning. Try to remember your daily diet. If, besides you, someone else has poisoned, then think: what did you eat together, and what did not eat those who did not get poisoned. Take into account that sometimes it happens that poisoning can occur in everyone, as well as in representatives of the same sex. For example, if the whole family ate a spoiled product, then poisoning can occur only in the male or female. This may well happen, and it should be taken into account. When you have established a source of possible poisoning, do not leave it at all, but rather throw it away. If there are several poison products, it is better not to risk and refuse to use all "suspected" products.
First aid for food poisoning
If the poisoning is very serious and complex, it is necessary to urgently call an ambulance, otherwise the consequences can be very serious. Some doctors recommend rinsing the stomach, but, as a rule, many refuse it, and modern medical products do not allow it.
In case of poisoning, it is necessary to clean the stomach, so if you do not have a loose stool, then you need to take a laxative. If the poisoning is accompanied by diarrhea, then take activated charcoal.
Medicine for food poisoning
What to take for food poisoning? The most effective drug for food poisoning is Smecta. Smecta is a drug in powder form in bags. When poisoning adults must take a 1-bag 3 times a day.
In any case, a course of treatment for poisoning should be prescribed exclusively by a doctor.
Diet for food poisoning
An integral part of the treatment of food poisoning is proper nutrition.
As a result of severe dehydration, it is first necessary to drink as much water as possible. The water must be non-carbonated. Limitations in the intake of water should not be any, drink the amount of water that the body requires, but at least 3 liters per day.
From the diet it will be necessary to exclude all the food habitual for you. Enumerate food that can not be consumed - there is no point, because here the rule is: all that is not allowed is forbidden, so we list only what can be taken for food. You can eat only cooked or steamed food.
In the first few hours after poisoning, it is best to drink only water to allow the processes in the stomach to calm down. In general, after the symptomatic picture has declined, it is recommended at first time to refrain from eating. In 6 hours after this( and if you have a strong feeling of hunger earlier, then) start slowly to restore the normal functioning of the digestive system.
It is recommended to start eating with domestic crunches, for this, cut the white bread yesterday with small cubes and send them to the oven for a few minutes. You can also drink a cup of warm, green, weak tea without sugar, or tea made from rose hips, also warm unsweetened and not strong. Next meal: 100g of oatmeal, without any additives. Third meal: chicken broth without salt and spices, with potatoes. Fourth meal: steamed lean fish fillet and mashed potatoes. In a day you can return to your usual diet, but only gradually. If in the intervals between meals you have an appetite wake up, then eat simple unsalted crackers.
Prevention of food poisoning
In order to avoid food poisoning, you must first of all buy products in proven places, where all the rules for their storage are observed. The same rules of storage must be followed at home.
Before consuming fruits and vegetables, they must be thoroughly rinsed under a stream of water. When preparing meat products, they must be completely cooked: cooked, fried or baked.
Another very important rule: before eating any food, you must always wash your hands with soap and water. Soaping your hands should cover your wrists.
Much to our regret, each of us is subject to food poisoning. Even if you buy fresh food in proven places, then at least this reduces the risk of poisoning, but still does not exclude it. Poisoning can not only be home-made food, but also food from the restaurant, points
