Food poisoning is a foodborne disease. Ingestion of food that contains a toxin, chemical, or infectious agent (like a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion) may cause adverse symptoms in the body. Those symptoms
Extensive examinations revealed chronic mercury poisoning (acrodynia or Feer's disease) as the underlying cause. During treatment with the chelating agent dimercaptopropanesulfonic acid (DMPS), mercury concentrations in blood and urine as well as the boy's clinical condition normali...
Food Poisoning Risk Factors Anyone who eats contaminated food can get ill from food poisoning. But just how sick you get depends on what the infection is, how much of it you’re exposed to, your age, and your health. Certain groups of people have a greater chance of getting seriously sic...
disordered thoughts and speech, and disorganized movement) may be related to a change in the balance of at least some of your brain chemicals called neurotransmitters. For instance, you may have too much dopamine and glutamate in a particular area of your brain called the mesolimbic tract. The ...
In many cases, double vision may subside with the treatment of the underlying disease. Double vision produced by a poor blood supply to the nerves in diabetes will often resolve over time as the blood sugar is brought under better control. If eye muscle movements are restricted due to scarrin...
The more severe form of the illness occurs when the bacteria infects parts of the body that are typically sterile, such as the blood, brain, liver, and cerebral spinal fluid. The presence of the bacteria in these areas triggers the aforementioned immune response and can lead to those more ...
S.Typhi andS.Paratyphi are capable of causing systemic illness if they invade the bloodstream (termed “bacteremia”). “Septicemia” or “sepsis” (bloodstream infection or “blood poisoning”) occurs if the bacteria multiply in the blood and cause the immune system to respond by activating infl...
Children <30 kg started with twice-daily 0.015 mg/kg bumetanide or an equivalent volume of the placebo formulation. Children ≥30 kg received twice-daily 0.5-mg bumetanide or placebo (ie, 1 mL). When blood analysis showed no abnormalities at D7, the dosage was doubled (ie, twice-daily ...
Loss of skin elasticity (washerwoman hands sign; see figure 2) Dry mucous membranes (dry mouth) Low blood pressure Thirst Muscle cramps(leg cramps, for example) Restlessness or irritability (especially in children) Unusual sleepiness ortiredness ...
Short of breath Chest pain Unexplained bleeding or discharge 6 Types of Cancer Cancer can occur anywhere in the body. Broadly, cancers are classified as either solid (for example breast, lung, or prostate cancers) or liquid (blood cancers). Cancer is further classified according to the tissue ...