You may savor the taste of chicken and the delicacies of variety of chicken dishes, chicken sandwich or chicken curry to name the few. But some time you may land up with cramps in abdomen and vomiting, this is the result of food poisoning from eating chicken.
Food Poisoning From Chicken Signs
Food poisoning occurs after consuming food that contains germs and bacteria, which act on the alimentary tract giving rise to various symptoms. The symptoms can occur immediately after few hours of ingestion or it may take a couple of days. See also Chicken Allergy Symptoms
Causes Of Chicken Food Poisoning
Foods from animal source like poultry chicken, meat, fish (shellfish) and shrimps are potential cause of food poisoning.
Food poisoning from eating chicken is mainly due to campylobacter and salmonella bacteria, they harbor in the intestine of chicken. People with health problems and poor immune system are more prone to infections with these bacteria; they invade the blood stream to cause life threatening infection. See also causes of salmonella food poisoning
Symptoms Of Food Poisoning From Chicken
Some of the symptoms of chicken food poisoning are:
- Cramps in abdomen.
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Fever
- Headache
- Blood and mucus in stool.
- Drowsiness
Chicken Food Poisoning Treatment
If you doubt that the symptoms have occurred after ingestion of chicken you should immediately consult a doctor, because in some cases it may turn out to be a life threatening situation.
Preventive measure such as proper cooking as it kills the bacteria present in chicken, maintaining personal hygiene by washing your hands when handling the food, avoiding eating the leftover chicken or preheat it before eating as the bacteria gets destroyed after eating. While purchasing from a cold storage check for expiry date and sell by date for raw chicken.
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