Foodborne Illness
A Foodborne Illness is an illness that is contracted by consuming contaminated food or contaminated beverages.
- AKA: Foodborne Disease.
- Context:
- It can range from being a Mild Foodborne Illness to being a Life-Threatening Food Poisoning (such as botulism or hemolytic uremic syndrome).
- It can have Foodborne Illness Symptoms, such as: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, and abdominal pain.
- It can have Foodborne Illness Treatments, such as: fluid replacement, anti-diarrheal medications (e.g. loperamide), antibiotics.
- It can prevented by Foodborne Illness Prevention Practices, such as: food hygiene and food safety.
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- Example(s):
- Salmonella-due Foodborne Illness, due to Salmonella.
- E. Coli-due Foodborne Illness, due to E. Coli.
- Norovirus-due Foodborne Illness, due to Norovirus.
- Staphylococcus Aureus (Staph)-due Foodborne Illness, due to Staphylococcus aureus (Staph).
- Clostridium Perfringens-due Foodborne Illness, due to Clostridium perfringens.
- Bacillus Cereus-due Foodborne Illness, due to Bacillus Cereus.
- Poisonous Mushroom-due Foodborne Illness, due to poisonous mushrooms.
- Botulism-due Foodborne Illness, due to Clostridium botulinum.
- Listeria-due Foodborne Illness, due to Listeria monocytogenes.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- Food Allergy, an immune response to ingested material.
- Celiac Disease, an autoimmune disorder triggered by ingested gluten.
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- See: Gastroenteritis, Food Contaminant, Food Safety, Food Contamination, Foodborne Illness Outbreak, Zoonosis, Food Inspection, Food Hygiene.
References
2023
- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foodborne_illness Retrieved:2023-4-13.
- Foodborne illness (also foodborne disease and food poisoning) is any illness resulting from the spoilage of contaminated food by pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites that contaminate food,[1] as well as prions (the agents of mad cow disease), and toxins such as aflatoxins in peanuts, poisonous mushrooms, and various species of beans that have not been boiled for at least 10 minutes.
Symptoms vary depending on the cause but often include vomiting, fever, and aches, and may include diarrhea. Bouts of vomiting can be repeated with an extended delay in between, because even if infected food was eliminated from the stomach in the first bout, microbes, like bacteria (if applicable), can pass through the stomach into the intestine and begin to multiply. Some types of microbes stay in the intestine.
For contaminants requiring an incubation period, symptoms may not manifest for hours to days, depending on the cause and on quantity of consumption. Longer incubation periods tend to cause those affected to not associate the symptoms with the item consumed, so they may misattribute the symptoms to gastroenteritis, for example.
- Foodborne illness (also foodborne disease and food poisoning) is any illness resulting from the spoilage of contaminated food by pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites that contaminate food,[1] as well as prions (the agents of mad cow disease), and toxins such as aflatoxins in peanuts, poisonous mushrooms, and various species of beans that have not been boiled for at least 10 minutes.
- ↑ "Foodborne Illness - Frequently Asked Questions". US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Archived from the original on March 3, 2011. Retrieved July 3, 2016.