Be careful of contaminated food in the refrigerator

A refrigerator is an extremely important appliance for every family, it is also a place where many dangerous diseases arise. Especially when you leave the refrigerator with insufficient heat or a sudden outage of the refrigerator causing bacteria to enter the food.

The 6-year-old Xiaoling, the Guangzhou, China last week had a high fever without falling, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain that lasted for many days, the family rushed to the hospital. Here the doctors did emergency blood tests and computerized tomography. Doctors found white blood cells and acute inflammation index relatively high, urine is green, doctors suspected of being infected with Salmonella. When conducting inquiries about the baby's eating process at home, doctors knew that Tieu Lam was eating contaminated food from the refrigerator causing the disease.

Doctor Tran Chan Nam who treated Tieu Lam said: In the refrigerator in the house, there is no electricity. In order to settle the food in the refrigerator, adults who have fed their children comfortably make salmonella bacteria enter the body. Meanwhile, the resistance of children is relatively poor, when eating these foods are very susceptible to infection and cause air in the intestinal tract. In the case of Little Lin, she suffered only minor intestinal inflammation and no appendicitis. Currently, the doctor injected antibiotics through a vein, after 3 to 4 days of treatment the child was discharged.

Dr. Tran Chan Nam also added: Human urine when healthy normally urine is yellow and very clear. Just with urine that exceeds that color and form, can be a warning from the body. Green urine may mean food containing dyes, especially brightly colored food dyes, or the use of drugs, such as some stomach medicines, anti-drugs Bacterial urinary tract infection or anxiety. It takes 3 to 5 days to grow bacteria to know the results. Therefore, if urine is green, first suspect whether salmonella is infected or not.

Method of preventing salmonella disease

Cooking food: With the food in the refrigerator before you eat it, you need to cook the food, make sure you heat it to the temperature to kill the bacteria.

Hand hygiene: Before eating any food, wash your hands thoroughly in warm water and soap for 20 seconds before and after handling food. Besides, you should wash fruits and vegetables under running water.