FOOD POISONING (Part 1)
Written by U.S Immigration News Monday, 06 July 2015 21:27
Food poisoning refers to illnesses that occur as a result of eating food that is contaminated. The illnesses usually present with symptoms related to food digesting tract (gastrointestinal tract), but infrequently, when complicated can affect other systems in the body. Food poisoning also referred to as food-borne diseases, are mainly caused by bacteria, viruses and parasites. Others are caused by harmful chemicals or toxins that contaminate food such as in mushroom poisoning.
According to Centers for Disease control (CDC), about 76 million food borne diseases occur in the U. S. yearly, most of which have mild symptoms. Up to 325,000 cases require hospitalizations and about 5,000 deaths are attributable to food borne diseases. Severe cases occur in the extremes of age, the very...