First aid for food poisoning

Most food poisoning occurs during festive feasts, which last for several days. When eating not very fresh delicacies after a while, you may experience vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, general deterioration of well-being. The consequence of poisoning can become dysbacteriosis and chronic intestinal infections.

In case of violation of the sanitary rules for the preparation and storage of products, as well as when using contaminated water, active multiplication of pathogenic bacteria and microbes takes place and the release of hazardous toxins by them. The most dangerous of food poisoning is botulism, the symptoms of which appear only after a few hours or even a day.

The first aid for food poisoning should be to wash the stomach with a solution of potassium permanganate or baking soda. The patient should be given a hot drink, for example unsweetened tea. Milk and tablets of activated charcoal cope well with toxins. In the same way, first aid is provided for poisoning with mushrooms. To call artificial vomiting, you need to give the patient approximately 1.7 liters of water with the subsequent pressure on the root of the tongue.

First aid for food poisoning includes taking laxatives, and also with diarrhea, an abundant alkaline drink in order to compensate for dehydration of the body. When poisoning shows the use of sulfonamides and antibiotics. The first aid for food poisoning is also in taking 1-2
Grams of vitamin C for three hours, every hour.
A good remedy against the effects of poisoning is a dill broth with
Honey. Dill can be taken in any form - dry, fresh, in the form of seeds. Dill
It is necessary to boil for 20-26 minutes, then slightly cool and add
honey. After first aid is provided for food poisoning, the patient
It is possible to give an infusion of the roots of the althaea, which is an excellent folk remedy
With poisoning. A teaspoon of althea root should be poured half a cup
Boiling water and insist for about half an hour. A great tool is tea,
Made from powdered ginger root. The first aid for food poisoning can include taking a decoction of flax seeds or rice. It is also useful to take green tea or a rowan broth.

The removal of toxins from the body is facilitated by tinctures of astragalus, echinacea and eleutherococcus, as well as seaweed in tablets or powders. Patients are advised not to lie, but walk more, since toxins are not only released through the kidneys, but also through the skin with sweat. A shower is useful in order to wash off the products of poisoning from the skin. It is extremely useful to visit the sauna or bath.

Chinese medicine advises for food poisoning to hold several sessions of special massage. The patient can conduct it on his own. To do this, you need to massage the area around the navel with your thumb pad. You also need to make about forty pressure points, which is located between the eyebrows.

Often, food poisoning passes in a few days even without the use of medicines. Medical care should be treated if the pain in the intestines and stomach is accompanied by dizziness, shortness of breath and slow heartbeat.
It is necessary to consult a doctor if a child or an elderly person is ill.
The reason for going to doctors is also a fever.

Prevention of food poisoning is familiar to everyone. Wash hands thoroughly before eating. The dishes, in which fish or meat was prepared, should be thoroughly washed with hot running water, using detergents and disinfectants. Defrost meat is preferable in the refrigerator
Or in a microwave oven. Damaged foods tend to smell unpleasant,
So before eating it is worth to assess its smell. Do not use
Dairy and meat products, if they were outside the refrigerator more than two
Hours.