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How To Get Rid Of Botulism (Rare Type Of Food Poisoning)?
Botulism is a rare type of food poisoning, which, if not treated timely, can prove to be fatal. Read on to know about the causes, symptoms and treatment of botulism.
Botulism is a rare, but dangerous type of food poisoning caused by the bacteria Clostridium botulinum. When these bacteria grow, they emit a strong neurotoxin, or nerve toxin. This neurotoxin attacks the victim's nervous system, starting in the muscles of the eyes and the face.
The first symptoms can be blurred vision, dry mouth and difficulties in swallowing. The victim might complain of double vision and vertigo and the eyelids might droop. The victim can also experience muscle weakness and speech can be slurred.
Infants
and
young
children
may
appear
lethargic
and
flaccid
and
become
constipated.
Every
one
of
these
signals
reflect
the
onset
of
muscle
paralysis.
If
treatment
is
not
started,
the
paralysis
advances
to
the
throat
and
chest,
and
after
that
to
the
arms
and
legs,
the
abdomen
muscles
and
the
muscles
that
regulate
respiration.
When
the
neurotoxin
affects
the
diaphragm
along
with
other
muscles
of
the
chest,
respiration
is
obstructed,
and
if
the
patient
is
not
treated
immediately,
she
or
he
might
die
from
asphyxiation.
Botulism might be identified by symptoms, but to exclude other possible disorders or sources of neurotoxins, a laboratory test must be done which requires treating a sample of the patient's blood or faeces, which can take forty eight hours to ascertain whether the bacteria is the cause.
If it is found that a person is suffering from botulism, he must be immediately made to vomit or his stomach must be cleaned. Treatment will also involve an antitoxin, a material that interferes with the action of the botulin toxin in the bloodstream.
Antitoxin
treatment
may
prevent
the
illness
from
advancing,
but
the
patient
might
still
experience
the
debilitating
symptoms
for
months.
In
case
the
disorder
has
advanced
and
affected
the
respiratory
muscles,
the
patient
might
require
a
ventilator
to
breathe.
Spores
of
Clostridium
bacteria
are
broadly
dispersed
in
dirt,
on
the
land,
in
lakes,
in
the
intestine
tracts
of
mammals
and
fish
and
in
the
gills
of
crabs
and
shellfish.
Failure
to
bring
food
to
the
temperature
to
kill
spores,
contaminated
canned
food
and
uneviscerated
fish
have
all
been
responsible
for
botulism
outbreaks.
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