In some relic areas, there is still the phenomenon of shops surrounding the worshiping area, acting as a bustling “market” area, losing the sanctity of the monument. In many places, there are scenes of tourists littering the streets; Raw/cooked food is displayed “openly” in the middle of the road, both unsanitary and adversely affecting the landscape…
Food and beverage services at festivals are of a temporary nature; temporary, simple “build-up” restaurants, lack of clean water, lack of waste collection facilities, lack of conditions for safe food preservation and processing; many places are arranged right at the way… making food easy to pollute, diners prone to food poisoning.
Don’t be subjective with food poisoning symptoms
Many people still have a subjective mentality with the risk of food poisoning, thinking that if they have food poisoning, only “vomiting mouth” for a few days can be cured. Some arbitrarily buy anti-diarrheal drugs, digestive enzymes …, disregarding the advice and warnings of medical experts.
Dr. BS Nguyen Trung Nguyen – Director of the Anti-Poison Center, Bach Mai Hospital, said that the causes of food poisoning include food contaminated with bacteria and viruses; food contaminated with chemicals, or the food itself has toxins such as cassava, bamboo shoots, puffer fish…
Food poisoning is very dangerous. Extreme caution should be exercised if a patient presents with severe gastrointestinal disease or dehydration, infection, or additional neurological symptoms (especially blurred vision, diplopia, slurred speech, slurred speech). numbness, muscle paralysis, convulsions, headache); hypotension, arrhythmia, shortness of breath; blood or mucus in the stool, little urine, pain in places other than the abdomen (such as chest, neck, jaw), sore throat.
In fact, there are cases of poisoning with the same cause but the health development of each person is different, some people recover soon but some people have a very high risk of death. For example, the recent case of tea poisoning in An Giang. Cho Moi District Health Center recorded 88 people suspected of poisoning after eating white bean soup, in 35 severe cases requiring hospitalization, one had to be transferred to a higher level due to septic shock; Some patients were diagnosed with multi-organ failure, requiring continuous dialysis and intensive resuscitation treatment. It is very sad that a patient did not survive.
Symptoms of poisoning can range from mild to severe and can last for several hours or days. In many cases, the disease worsens due to the subjective psychology of the patient and that seriously affects health, even threatens life. Therefore, when there are signs of abdominal pain due to food poisoning, the patient and family should not be subjective, should pay attention to monitor the patient’s condition and should go to the hospital immediately if the patient has any symptoms. prolonged serious illness.
Some ways to prevent food poisoning when traveling are to prepare dry, packaged and pasteurized foods, avoid eating raw foods, and limit eating street food and peeled fruits. available for sale.
In the busy festive atmosphere at the beginning of the year, along with the efforts of the authorities, consumers need to be careful with the selection and use of food to ensure their health and have a complete and safe festive season. whole.
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