According to China Blue News, a woman in Hangzhou, China, 29 weeks pregnant was taken to emergency due to sudden high fever.The doctor discovered that in addition to high fever, she also had irregular uterine contractions, the fetal heart rate stopped beating.
Unexpectedly, after thoroughly checking, it was discovered that a woman had a blood infection and an infection.The doctor then took amniotic fluid from the uterine cavity to cultivate bacteria to find the cause and detect her body containing Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.Asked about the history, the woman recounted that a few days ago she ate frozen seafood directly from the refrigerator without heating, it was suspected that this was the source of Listeria infection.
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Doctors explain that Listeria can be transmitted through contaminated food, after eating, bacteria will infect the human body through the gastrointestinal tract.This bacterium can grow and reproduce in a cold environment from 0 to 4 degrees Celsius, which can still exist at a low temperature to - 20 degrees C in 1 year.The common cause of the community is often due to not thoroughly warming up food and then eating listeria infections is especially dangerous for the following 4 subjects:
- Elderly.
- Young children.
- Pregnant women may have miscarriage, premature birth, even fetal death in severe cases.
- People with poor immunity.
7 ways to prevent Listeria infection:
- Wash and cook food thoroughly.
- Wash hands, knives, cutting boards thoroughly after handling raw food.
- Cooked food and raw materials should be placed separately.
- Eat easily broken food as soon as possible.
- Foods must warm up before eating.
- When buying food, check carefully whether the packaging is intact or not.
- Pay attention to the expiry date of food, especially refrigerated foods with long -term expiry date.
9 foods at high risk of Listeria infection:
- Pleeting yogurt.
- Cheese (especially soft cheese and semi -hard cheese).
- Frozen dessert.
- Frozen cooked meat.
- Fruit.
- Ready salad or pre -packaged.
- Sashimi.
- Smoked fish.
- Smoked meat.
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