Food poisoning is one of the trickiest but a painful ailment. You suffer from this ailment when you eat contaminated food. The harmful gems like bacteria, viruses or parasites are the main culprit behind this. However, the negligence of humans allows these harmful gems to spoil food. In most cases, food poisoning treatment method is [...]
Food poisoning is one of the most painful ailments though people do not pay much attention to it. It is because food poisoning is not life threatening in most cases. However, certain things like age, physical status and type of contamination can make food poisoning very fatal to an individual. Then that person will have [...]
A toxin is a poisonous substance produced by living cells or organisms. Several foods naturally contain or produce toxins, especially the plants. Since we very rarely eat animals which are naturally poisonous, the chances of being infected by toxins produced by them are very rare. In some cases, the food eaten by an animal creates [...]
Food Poisoning Parasites: Ascaris Lumbricoides and Trichuris Trichiura Ascaris Lumbricoides and Trichuris Trichiura: These two parasites are roundworms. They cause two types of food poisoning ailment “Ascertains” and “Trichuriasis” respectively. While ascariasis is generally known as the “large roundworm” infection, trichuriasis is known as “whip worm” infection. Normally, these food poisoning ailments occur when the [...]
Food Poisoning Parasite: Nanophyetus Spp. Nanophyetus Spp.: This parasite is scientifically known as Nanophyetus Salmincola. Generally these parasites are known as flukes or flatworms. Nanophyetiasis is the food poisoning ailment caused by this parasite. This parasite targets the people who eat raw or undercooked fresh water or anadromous fish like salmonids. Nanophyetiasis is spread through [...]