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- 1. Salmonellosi s By AidaRecinos
- 2. What is Salmonellosis Salmonellais a bacteria which can cause Salmonellosis, a type of food poisoning . It affects the stomach and the intestines. In more serious cases it may even enter the lymph tracts, which carry water and blood. The symptoms are diarrhea, headaches, stomach cramps, nausea and vomiting, and fever. There are about 40,000 cases reported in the U.S each year. It may even cause dehydration.
- 3. Risk factors Children arealso at risk of getting more severe cases. Most People tend to get it during the summer time. Children have a higher risk of getting salmonellosis. Older people and People who have a weak immune system . Even though it may sound silly but people can also be carriers of this virus. They may not show symptoms but they have it and may or may not pass it down. These people need a surgery to remove it.
- 4. Dehydration Dehydration may happenwhy while having this by throwing up and constantly having diarrhea. When a person gets severely dehydrated it is dangerous because the cells needs water for the body to function. It may even cause a person to go into shock.
- 5. Where can itbe found It can be found in poultry, eggs, milk, and meat. It can also be found on turtles, rodents such as hamsters and mice and birds. However when eating any of the above foods it may not taste or smell different It can also be found on cats, hamsters and sometimes dogs..
- 6. What are thecauses? The causes for this may be not washing your hands thoroughly before you eat, eating raw eggs, eating food that has been contaminated with salmonella, and people not washing their hands before handling your food. It then travels to the small intestine
- 7. Cases of Salmonellarecalls in the U.S Some foods that have been recalled for containing sa past include: beef jerky peanut butter ground beef products chef salad containing poultry.
- 8. Is it Deadly? It is deadly when the bacteria leaves the intestines and goes into the blood stream, but it is very rare. For most people it tends to go away in a few days without any antibiotics unless it has gone into the blood stream. People with weak immune systems have the rick of getting a more serious case where the salmonella goes into the blood stream and the antibodies are not produced well or they may have fewer antibodies.. About 400 people people in the U.S die from this every year. But it is not very deadly.
- 9. Why is itimportant? This is important to know because you may never know what you eat may include salmonella, even though it doesn't look or taste any different. Also most cases are reported in the summer so instead of being out with you friends you may end up staying at home throwing up or in the bathroom if you don’t take a few precautions.
- 10. How can itbe prevented? It can be prevented by cooking food thoroughly, before eating or handling food , washing cookin them, do not eat under cooked eggs and keep ra from fruits, vegetables and cooked food.
- 11. Standards 10e. Students knowwhy an individual with a comprised immune system may be unable to fight off and survive infections by micro organisms that are benign. 2g Students know how to predict possible combinations of alleles in a zygote from the genetic makeup of the parents.
- 12. Citations Net doctor,Salmonellaand food poisoning, Dr. Jenni Worden/ 11-13-11 www.netdoctor.co.uk/health_advice/facts/salmonella.htm WebMD, Salmonellosis-Topic overview created on 02-08-11, visted on 11-13-11 http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/food-poisoning/tc/salmonellosis-topic-overvi USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service, FSIS Recalls , Created on February 2 2010, visited on 11-30-11 http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fsis_Recalls/Open_Federal_Cases/index.asp CNN Health, When Salmonella Changes Your Life, Elizabeth Landau, created on August 10, 2010, visited on 11-30-11 http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/08/20/salmonella.victims/index.html
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