First aid for food poisoning
In the summer, as never before, the number of different food poisoning. Blame for this and dirty hands, and unwashed fruits, which are generously poured with all sorts of chemicals, and hot weather, in which even the best quality products quickly deteriorate.
All food poisoning can be divided into two groups:
- actual food poisoning
- foodborne diseases
Actually food poisoning comes as a result of eating poisonousor toxic substances. This includes the use of poisonous mushrooms and berries, as well as the use of products treated with chemicals. In addition, food poisoning causes foods that begin to decompose. The toxins released during this process are extremely dangerous for health or even human life.
Foodborne diseases cause products contaminated with specificmicroorganisms, which in the course of their life emit toxic substances for humans. So, most often provokes food-borne infections of Salmonella and conditionally pathogenic flora. Conditionally pathogenic bacteria, fungi under normal conditions are not dangerous, but under the influence of external conditions, for example, with a decrease in immunity, they become pathogenic and harm human health.
The methods of preventing food poisoning have been known for a long time. Be sure to wash your hands before eating. Vegetables, fruits and berries, even from your site, must also be carefully washed! Choosing products on the market, you should carefully study the quality of the product. Is it overdue? Are there signs of decay or fermentation? Does the product have a characteristic smell or is it "with smell"?
In summer, when the mushroom season begins, food poisoning with mushrooms is a very common phenomenon. In order not to poison the mushrooms, first,Collect only 100% edible mushrooms, and secondly, do it only in environmentally friendly places. The mushroom meadow under the chemical plant is not the best option.
Mushrooms should be consumed in minimum quantities, and children generally do not have to give them, because mushrooms are very hard to digest and can cause digestive upset.
How to recognize food poisoning?
The first signs of food poisoning can appear as in 20-30 minutes afterconsumption of food for food, and after 5 or even 10 hours - it depends on the type of toxin that caused the poisoning. Usually food poisoning is accompanied by nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, pain in the stomach and intestines. The patient may also have a fever.
Strong and dangerous poisons, such as poison botulinum, caused by the botulinum bacillus, are capable ofto affect the nervous system. Vision may be impaired, a fog appears before the patient's eyes, the patient is difficult to breathe because of the paralysis of the muscles of the respiratory system. In the future, there may be paralysis of other muscles. If the botulinum is not removed from the body in time, death may occur.
Botulin is found most often in overdue canned foods, where in an oxygen-free environment the botulinum stick develops this poison. therefore It is strictly forbidden to eat canned food with expired shelf life or with a swollen lid!
How to provide first aid for food poisoning?
The first thing to do when food poisoning is as quickly as possible to release the stomach and intestines of the victim from poison. To do this, it is necessary to make the victim wash the stomach, cause him to vomit, make an enema.
The patient should be given Activated carbon at the rate of 1 tablet for every 10 kg of weight of the victim. Take activated charcoal every 2-3 hours until coal appears in the patient's stool.
The patient must be given warm, plentiful drink and laxative, wrap and warm it. It is recommended to refrain from eating until the toxins are completely eliminated from the body.
Do I need to call an ambulance? Often at home food poisoning unwashedfruit, for example, or soured soup, the doctor does not cause, considering that with the disease you can cure self-medication. However, in this case, important symptoms of severe poisoning can be missed, which can lead to serious consequences.
At any suspicion of poisoning with mushrooms, chemicals or botulinum, you should immediately call an "ambulance" - every minute of delay can cost a sick person! It is also necessary to call an "ambulance" or even a doctor if the victim is a child or an elderly person.
