Food Poisoning
Introduction
Anatomy
你的胃产生酸来分解食物以供消化. 你的胃把食物加工成液体. 经过处理的液体从胃进入小肠. 液体在通过大肠时凝固,形成大便. 当你排便时,粪便就会从你体内排出.
Symptoms
Diagnosis
医生可以通过检查你的病史来诊断食物中毒, conducting a physical examination, and viewing the results of tests. 你应该向你的医生提供一份你最近吃过的所有食物和饮料的清单. 血液、粪便或呕吐物都可以通过检测来确定引起食物中毒的细菌类型. Leftover food may be tested as well.
Treatment
有些食物中毒比其他食物更严重,需要紧急医疗救助. For example, 贝类或蘑菇引起的食物中毒需要急诊治疗以清空胃. Additionally, 抗生素药物可用于治疗严重形式和某些类型的食物中毒.
Prevention
你可以通过仔细按照准备说明来防止食物中毒, storing, refrigerating, canning, freezing, defrosting, and cooking foods. 扔掉那些看起来不新鲜的食物或饮料. 清洁台面、食物准备区和餐具. Practice good hand washing.
Am I at Risk
Such factors include:
• the overall health of the person
• age of the person
• how much of the contaminant was consumed
• the type of contaminant
Those at the highest risk include:
• Older adults
• Pregnant women
• Infants and children
• People with compromised immune systems, such as people with diabetes, AIDS, and liver disease, 以及那些因癌症接受放疗或化疗的人
•在美国以外卫生条件差的地区旅行的人.
Complications
如果腹泻持续三天以上,你也应该打电话给医生, blood in your stool, or a temperature greater than 101° F. You should call you doctor if you vomit blood.
如果呼吸或吞咽困难,请拨打911进行紧急医疗治疗, a racing or pounding heart, difficulty speaking, difficulty swallowing, double vision, fainting, dizziness, paralysis, or excessive blood in your stool.
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