Botulism
All the imformation you need on botulism
Cause
- Eating improperly prepared can food usily causes botulism
- Clostridium botulinum is a backteria that causes botulism
- Botulism is a backterial disease
Botulism
- eating foods with botulism is fatal
- eating improperly prepared caned foods usily causes botulism
- grows in places with no free-oxygen gas
- common in the soil
- may cling toraw vegetables or other fresh foods
- after can is sealed the Botulism bacteria multiply
- toxins cause salivary glands to crease functioning
- used for Botox
- babies under the age of 12 months old can botulism
- botulism spores in honey
- spores can rarely get it your wounds or/and
Incidence
- so cases go undiagnosed because symptoms are mild
- there typically are fewer than30 reported cases of botulism a year in the United States
- people may become sick at once
treatment
- treatment should begin as soon as possible
- the emergency medical service should be called immediately
- do/use CPR
- Showing symptoms or not, if they have eaten the contaminated food or not, they should be given emergency care
- doctors induce vomiting to clear out food in the stomach
prevention
- good food-preperation and hygiene rules should be followed when preparing, storing, and pre-serving food
- food in cans that is swollen or dented should never be eaten
- many foods are packaged in cans with special pop tops
- if the pop top is up the food is contaminated
- vaccines
effectiveness of treatment
- effective againgst toxins A, B, and E
Trade-offs of treatment
- if surgery is done, there will be risks
why this is effective
- provides protection against botulism for approximately 4 months
Noticeable symptoms
- symptoms usily appear within 36 hours
- Abdominal pains
- vomiting
- headache
- blurred vision
- slurred speech
- weakness
- constipation
- difficulty breathing
dianosis
- based on respatory problems, a physician
bibliogrhapy
Bunch, Bryan H., and Jenny E. Tesar. "Botulism." Diseases. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 2006. Print.
"Botulism." Janie F. Franz. and Teresa G. Odle. The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Ed. Laurie J. Fundukian. 4th Ed. Detroit: Gale, 2011. 6 Vols.
Emmeluth, Donald. Botulism. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2006. Print.