Welcome to the Foodborne Disease website. The sources of pathogens responsible for causing foodborne illnesses are pervasive. Food and its derivatives will invariably harbor a small concentration of pathogenic agents. When existing in minor proportions, these detrimental microorganisms do not give rise to any concerns. However, upon surpassing a particular threshold of contamination, they hold the capability to initiate sickness and potentially lead to fatal outcomes..

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Diarrhea due to food contamination

Diarrhea is a symptom, not a disease. Usually resulted from an infection in the intestines, through in some cases it may arise from a more serious problem.

Diarrhea may be due to a variety of causes. Spoiled food in one of the culprits. Food poisoning is a common flu-like typically characterized by nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, due to something the victim ate or drank.

In food poisoning, bacteria grow on flyblown, producing toxins, or poisons, that may lead to diarrhea and stomach upsets.

Sometimes illness is caused not y the bacteria themselves but by the toxins they produce, either before or after ingestion.

Excessive consumption of alcohol or fatty and spicy food, or ingestion of food that too hot or too cold in temperature also can cause diarrhea.

Diarrhea due to excesses in respect to general dietary norms is classed as food damage diarrhea. Food damage diarrhea includes some forms of stomach, large intestinal and small intestinal diarrhea.

More than 200 diseases can be transmitted though food. Infectious organisms, present in food though poor hygiene, practices, are responsible for most cases of food poisoning.

Symptoms which usually diarrhea and vomiting, tend to occur suddenly and disappeared rapidly.

The onset of watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and pain occurs 6 to 15 hours after consumption of contaminated food.
Diarrhea due to food contamination

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