Food Poisoning Awareness

WHAT I KNOW ABOUT FOOD POISONING

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Hi lovers😍! Hope we are good! I have not had a personal experience with food poisoning because I am careful with what I eat, I hardly eat junk food and I prefer home made meals to eating outside. Let's explain what food poisoning is all about.

Food poisoning is an illness that is caused by eating contaminated food. When you eat food that is spoilt or eat food that is prepared in a dirty environment with dirty utensils and condiments, you will face this consequence of food poisoning. Food poisoning doesn't affect a particular people but can affect anyone regardless of the age.

Food poisoning can be harmful especially if not tackled rightly or if you ignore the signs. When we leave our food condiments open in an open environment, flies will possibly settle on them and you don't know the extent of virus 🦠 or bacteria that the flies have dropped on your food. So we need to be very careful of what we take into our body for the sake of our health.

COMMON CAUSES OF FOOD POISONING

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The causes of food poisoning are simple. And also simple to avoid. The causes may include the following:

1. Careless handling of food can cause food poisoning.
2. Improper storage method can also cause food poisoning.
3. Using contaminated ingredients to cook can cause food poisoning.
4. Cooking in an unclean environment can also cause food poisoning.
5. Eating contaminated food can cause food poisoning. Etc.

SYMPTOMS OF FOOD POISONING

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How do you know that you have food poisoning? There are simple signs that helps us to know that we are experiencing food poisoning and there are:

1. vomiting
2. Nauseous feeling
3. Headache
4. Abnormal pains in the stomach.
5. Fever. Etc.

COMPLICATIONS IN FOOD POISONING

There can be complications in food poisoning if the signs are ignored or not properly handled. These complications may include excessive vomiting, loss of essential nutrients in the body, illness and death in rare cases.

PREVENTION OF FOOD POISONING

There are easy ways to prevent food poisoning and few of them are:

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1. Do not leave your food or drink open for flies to settle on. Always to cover your food.
2. Most people buy packet or canned food without checking the expiry date. Please if u don't usually check, try and make it a habit to be checking expiry date on whatever good you want to purchase.
3. Please stop cooking in a dirty environment with dirty tools. Wash your hands regularly, wash your utensils, maintain good hygiene while cooking.
4. It is important avoid undercooked food. Undercooked food is food that not cooked well.

TREATMENT OF FOOD POISONING

The following are possible treatment measures to take for food poisoning:

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1. Make sure to drink a lot of water.
2. In mild cases of food poisoning you need to rest and eat better.
3. Visit a doctor if the stomach pain becomes severe or persists after drink lots of water.

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