What are the symptoms of salmonella?
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I assume your niece has gastroenteritis (food poisoning) due to ingesting salmonella. The symptoms of gastroenteritis include diarrhea, abdominal cramps, vomiting, and fever. Typically, symptoms of gastroenteritis develop within 6 to 72 hours after ingestion of the bacterium and are usually self-limiting and typically resolve within 2-7 days. In a small percentage of cases, septicemia and invasive infections of organs and tissues can occur.
Most cases of Salmonella gastroenteritis do not require the use of antibiotics as these infections generally resolve themselves. If septicemia or other invasive infections occur, then antibiotic therapy is warranted. The recommended drugs of choice for Salmonella septicemia are fluoroquinolones or ceftriaxone. Fluroquinolones are not approved for use in children under the age of 16 due to concerns about cartilage damage; therefore ceftriaxone is an important line of therapy for this age group.
For home remedies, you will want to treat the symptoms of the disease (fever, diarrhea). The main things you will want to do is keep the fever down and keep the child hydrated. Give lots of fluids (pedialyte, water, etc.)
Infections are associated with the consumption of products such as meat, poultry, eggs, milk, seafood and fresh produce contaminated with Salmonella. Ways to prevent Salmonella infections include:
Do not eat raw or undercooked eggs, poultry, or meat.
Poultry and meat, including hamburgers, should be well-cooked, not pink in the middle.
Do not consume raw or unpasteurized milk or other dairy products.
Thoroughly wash produce before consuming.
Cross-contamination of foods should be avoided. Uncooked meats should be keep separate from produce, cooked foods, and ready-to-eat foods. Hands, cutting boards, counters, knives, and other utensils should be washed thoroughly after handling uncooked foods. Hand should be washed before handling any food, and between handling different food items.
People should wash their hands after contact with animal feces. Since reptiles are particularly likely to have Salmonella, everyone should immediately wash their hands after handling reptiles. Reptiles (including turtles) are not appropriate pets for small children and should not be in the same house as an infant.
This site has some good info: http://www.about-salmonella.com/page3.ht...
dont eat batter if there is raw egg in it, and make sure your meat is cooked.
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