Eating watermelon in the refrigerator, he had to cut 70cm intestines: Warning wrong million Vietnamese people are caught

After eating a piece of watermelon that was kept overnight in the refrigerator, 2 hours later he suddenly had a terrible stomach pain. Upon treatment at the Changsha Hospital, the doctors diagnosed him with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) - a condition in which a part of the intestine roted. After the examination, the doctor decided to undergo surgery to remove 70cm of the small intestine that began to necrotic Mr. Zhang, then they would reconstruct it.

Investigating the cause, the piece of watermelon that Mr. Zhang ate before he was hospitalized was a suspected "killer".

They ask a lot of questions:

- Do Mr. Zhang put watermelons close to raw meat?

- Did you wash your hands before eating melon?

- Do you use food wrap to wrap the melon before putting it in the refrigerator?

- Did you eat half and left the refrigerator to make the watermelon piece infected with your saliva?

- Or did you cut melon on a dirty surface? Maybe that piece of watermelon was contaminated even before Mr. Zhang bought it .

After Mr. Zhang's case, the doctors also reminded people not to think that keeping food in the refrigerator is safe. The most important thing is to store food properly in the refrigerator to protect the health of the whole family.

Why can a piece of watermelon cool in the refrigerator cause intestinal necrosis?

The problem is not the watermelon itself, but the watermelon preservation method. Many people think that it is OK to leave food in the refrigerator, which is a safe way to store food. However, other refrigerators with safety! It cannot be a means to inhibit all bacterial growth.

The common cooling temperature for storing food in the refrigerator is 4-8 degrees Celsius. In this environment, the growth rate of most bacteria will slow down.

However, some bacteria are able to grow well in low temperature environments, such as Yersinia and Listeria, which are bacteria that can grow fast at this temperature. If you eat such contaminated food, it will cause intestinal diseases.

Like eggs and meat, it is possible to breed Salmonella strains very quickly. Vegetables and fruits can multiply Shigella bacteria. If watermelons are not carefully packed carefully and carefully, these bacteria will easily penetrate and proliferate.

Mr. Zhang said he often has a habit of eating chilled watermelons. This time, as usual, watermelons are cut into pieces and placed directly in the refrigerator compartment with raw meat and vegetables without packaging, resulting in a large area of ​​contact between watermelons and other bacteria. together.

After such a long time in the refrigerator, serious infection occurred.

The mistake of preserving watermelons everyone has

Being a delicious fruit, watermelon will become extremely toxic if we store it using food wrap.

According to a study, the watermelon portion is preserved with a closed lid containing about 290 bacteria in 1g of watermelon. When storing with food wrap, it is even more dangerous: The amount of bacteria increases rapidly to 82,000 in 1g melon, nearly 300 times higher.