The seasons for food poisoning are summer and autumn. Especially if ready-made meals are stored in the refrigerator for a long time. Some microbes, by the way, like cold even more than heat. Do not take medicines thoughtlessly!
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Expired products, foodprepared a week ahead... The refrigerator is full, and food often remains on the stove or on the table.
The end result is poisoning. Its symptoms are nausea, vomiting, fever, which, after a few hours, are joined by abdominal pain and diarrhea. They occur at least half an hour to an hour after eating. And the maximum - in two days. It's all about the strength and quantity of enterotoxins - intestinal poisons that have managed to develop bacteria that have bred in food.
TOP 6 foods that are easiest to get poisoned
1. Greens. Rinsing it under the tap is not enough: submerge it in a wide bowl of water up to the brim. Put the washed greens in a colander and rinse thoroughly under running tap water.
2. Tomatoes are easily damaged, and causative agents of toxic infections immediately start up in the rumpled pulp. Eat only strong tomatoes, and throw away those with spoiled barrels!
3. Eggs. Raw eggs are stored in the refrigerator for 30 days, and boiled - 2-3 days, provided that the shell is not broken. If it has cracks, eat the egg within a day.
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4. Salads Olivier and mimosa types spoil in 6-12 hours. But many cut them for a feast in advance. Never do that!
5. Meat, fish, minced meat and cutlets in raw form are stored at a temperature of +2–40 for no longer than 6 hours, and after heat treatment - 12 hours.
6. Milk, yogurt, cream, cottage cheese after opening the package, they can be stored at a temperature of + 5–8 ° for up to 36 hours, and sour cream - up to 72.
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What medicines for poisoning should not be taken
You don't have to prescribe anything for yourself. Be sure to consult your doctor. Chamomile tea will definitely not hurt, just strong tea without sugar and drinking plenty of water.
Do I need to run to the pharmacy for an antibiotic? With food poisoning, this makes no sense. Bacteria have already developed poison, it got into the body. It needs to be removed from there as soon as possible, and antibiotics cannot do this.
Here we need sorbents. For example, activated charcoal (dissolve 5 tablets in water and drink carbon suspension after gastric lavage) and other means of a similar action. Another thing is if the symptoms are not food poisoning (nausea and vomiting), but an intestinal infection (diarrhea 8-10 times a day and more often). Then antibiotics may be needed. But they must be prescribed by a doctor.
What about remedies to stop diarrhea? They are used when diarrhea becomes too frequent and threatens with dehydration. Taking such a “stop pill” just to avoid running to the toilet, you will only prevent the body from being cleansed of bacterial poisons, increase the intoxication of the body and delay your recovery.
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