
Listeria is a type of bacteria found in soil, water, and some animals, including livestock and poultry. When eaten, Listeria causes foodborne illness called listeriosis. Listeriosis is one of the most serious type of food poisoning.
listeriosis can cause mild, flu-like symptoms such as fever, chills, muscle aches, and diarrhea or abdominal pain. You may also have a stiff neck, headache, confusion, or loss of balance. Symptoms may appear as late as 2 months after you eat something with Listeria. Many pregnant women do not have any symptoms. Even if you do not feel sick, you can transmit the infection to your unborn child.
Pregnant women are 10 times more likely to get listeriosis than the general population. Vomiting and diarrhea can cause the body to lose too much water. This is called dehydration. Listeriosis can also cause miscarriage, stillbirth, or premature labor.
Babies born with listeriosis may have a serious infection of the blood or brain. Listeriosis can cause lifelong health problems for the baby, including intellectual disabilities, paralysis, seizures, blindness, or problems with the brain, kidney, or heart. Listeriosis can also cause death in newborns.
If you think you have eaten food contaminated with Listeria or if you have any of the symptoms of listeriosis, contact an obstetrician-gynecologist (ob-gyn) or other health care professional right away. Remember that it can take two months for symptoms to appear.
You ob-gyn or other health care professional can give you a blood test to see if you have listeriosis. You may need to take antibiotics to treat the infection and prevent your baby from becoming infected
To help prevent listeriosis, avoid eating the following foods while you're pregnant.
Avoid all raw and cooked seafood, eggs, meat, and poultry while you are pregnant. Do not eat sushi made with raw fish (sushi is cooked safely). , Cooking and pasteurization is the only way to kill Listeria
Follow these steps to food safety:
Clean
separate
Cook
Chill
Antibiotics: Drugs that treat several types of infections.
Fetus :. Stage of human development beyond 8 weeks was completed after fertilization
Listeriosis: A type of disease you can get from bacteria found in unpasteurized milk, hot dogs, lunch meat, and smoked seafood < p> Miscarriage: .. Losing a pregnancy is in the womb
Obstetrics-Gynecology (Ob-Gyn): a doctor with specialized training and health education of women.
Pasteurization :. process of heating food to a specific temperature for a specific period of time to kill harmful bacteria
premature. Less than 37 weeks of gestation
The birth of a stillborn fetus dies ..
If you have further questions, contact your obstetrician-gynecologist
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