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Infection with salmonellosis occursmainly through products of animal origin - meat, milk, eggs (usually goose or duck). Since infection occurs only when large amounts of live Salmonella enter the body, it can be quite rare to get infected from a sick person.

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Salmonella have the property for a long timeremain in the products (for example, in cheeses up to 1 year, in oil up to 4 months), and in the soil they persist up to 1.5 years. In milk and meat products, microbes are not only preserved, but also multiply, and during freezing even the terms of their survival increase. To date, the most common way of infection is the infection through the eggs of sick birds.

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Incubation (latent) period with salmonellosislasts from 2 hours to 3 days. After the salmonella enters the intestine, they begin to release toxins. Patients are concerned about severe headaches, weakness, abdominal pain, vomiting and frequent watery stools of greenish color. Body temperature can rise to 40-41 degrees, there are pains in the muscles and joints, in severe cases - convulsions. The disease lasts an average of 7 days and usually ends in recovery.

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The rarer form of salmonella is typhoid-like,with her liver and spleen increased, the possibility of developing renal failure is not ruled out. Fever lasts up to 2 weeks, symptoms of intoxication (headache, general weakness) are markedly expressed, a rash may appear. There are cases when the symptoms of the disease are absent, but the person is a bacterial carrier. It is dangerous if he is an employee of a decreed group (for example, a cook).

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The diagnosis of salmonellosis is based onclinical picture and laboratory test results. Complications of salmonellosis in case of untimely treatment can be peritonitis, inflammation of the joints (arthritis), toxic shock. Drug treatment is appointed infectious disease specialist, diet is also recommended with the exception of rough, spicy, too hot food, milk, canned food and smoked products.

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For prevention of salmonellosis, it is recommendedUse for cutting raw meat and finished products different boards and knives, and then rinse them well under hot running water. You can not eat unboiled milk and raw eggs, since they can be infected with salmonella. Also it is not recommended to swim in a pond where waterfowl live: in case of accidental ingestion of water it is very easy to catch salmonellosis.

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It is necessary to properly handle children's toys and care items, especially the nipples. And we must remember that the most effective and simple method of prevention is observing the rules of personal hygiene.