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Salmonella Research Paper

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An infectious disease that I would to address is salmonella, which is a waterborne pathogen disease or food poisoning. And the agent of the disease is a bacteria. It is commonly caused by eating contaminated food or drinking contaminated water and touching infected animals and not washing your hands afterwards (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015a). Salmonella infection especially affects the intestinal tract of a human body and live in animal and human intestines. The people primarily affected by the disease are zoologist, veterinarian or zoo keeper, old adults, infants, pregnant women and their unborn babies, older adults and a person with weakened immune systems. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Salmonella may be found in the feces of some animals, and people can become infected if they do not wash their hands after contact with animals or animal feces. …show more content…

The symptoms related to salmonella are: Gastrointestinal: diarrhea or blood in stool, fever, abdominal cramps or abdominal pain, vomiting, headache, and nausea. Moreover, a person may experience pain in their whole body such as dehydration, fatigue or loss of appetite. A specialist you can see if you are being affected by the illness is infectious disease doctor, which treats infections, including those that are tropical in nature. Gastroenterologist, focuses on the digestive system and its disorders. And primary care provider (PCP), prevents, diagnoses, and treats diseases. Salmonella gastrointestinal infections usually resolve, or get better, in 5-7 days; most do not require treatment other than drink plenty of fluids and get rest; even people with severe diarrhea may require rehydration with intravenous

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