and can you die from it?
2007-07-13 14:15:28 · 8 answers · asked by porcelain 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Salmonella is a bacteria that causes food poisoning. There are many other organisms that also cause food poisoning. Most healthy adults will survive a case of food posoning, but very young children and the elderly are more likely to die from it.
2007-07-13 14:26:47 · answer #1 · answered by kyle d 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Salmonella are bacteria. The Salmonella consist of a range of very closely related bacteria, many of which cause disease in humans and animals.
After Salmonella is eaten it passes through the stomach to the intestine. Here, it binds to the wall of the intestine, and through some special proteins that it makes in response to the particular conditions in the intestine it actually penetrates the barrier between us and the outside. Once it has gained access to our insides, it is taken to the liver or spleen. For most other bacteria, this journey would kill them, however Salmonella has evolved mechanisms to prevent our immune system from doing its job efficiently. In the liver, the Salmonella can grow again, and be released back into the intestine.
Of course, not all of the Salmonella pass through the intestinal wall, and many of them are expelled from the intestine in the diarrhea. In regions with poor sanitation, these bacteria can than survive in the soil or in rivers and infect the next person, cow, chicken or mouse that comes along.
You could possibly die if medical attention is necessary and you do not seek it.
2007-07-13 14:21:00 · answer #2 · answered by mserlick 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Salmonella bacteria are found in some raw foods and in feces (stool). The bacteria can be found in foods such as raw chicken, turkey, beef, pork, other meat . Yes, it can kill you but if you have a healthy immune system you will most likely be able to fight it off it's more dangerous to the elderly and young children.
2007-07-13 14:20:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a specific type of food poisoning.
You can die from it, but most likely you'll just get very sick.
2007-07-13 14:19:22 · answer #4 · answered by ♥≈Safi≈♥ ☼of the Atheati☼ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-07-13 14:19:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Exactly! I swear every vegetable/fruit is drowned in pesticides. Cows injected with loads of hormones. It seems like everything could be cancerous. o_o I guess we could stay safe, if you eat organic stuff.
2016-05-17 06:55:50 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It refers to the bacteria that grows on spoiled/old chicken/poultry. And yes it is possible to die from it, but it is rare.
2007-07-13 14:18:00 · answer #7 · answered by Jas 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
this should tell u what u need to know
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmonella
2007-07-13 14:20:39 · answer #8 · answered by Southern Princess 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋