Preview

Botulism Research Paper

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
1111 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Botulism Research Paper
Foodborne Illness - Botulism

Foodborne Illness - Botulism

Botulism Description Botulism is a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and sometimes by strains of Clostridium butyricum and Clostridium baratii. There are five main kinds of botulism. Foodborne botulism is caused by eating foods that contain the botulinum toxin. Wound botulism is caused by toxin produced from a wound infected with Clostridium botulinum. Infant botulism is caused by consuming the spores of the botulinum bacteria, which then grow in the intestines and release toxin. Adult intestinal toxemia botulism is a rare kind of botulism that occurs among adults by the same route as infant botulism. Lastly, iatrogenic botulism can occur from accidental overdose of botulinum toxin. All forms of botulism can be fatal and are considered medical emergencies. Foodborne botulism is a public health emergency because many people can be poisoned by eating a contaminated food.

How is Botulism Spread? Foodborne botulism transmission happens when a person eats food contaminated with botulinum spores. The spores grow into bacteria and produce toxins in the food. Unlike infectious diseases, however, botulism transmission does not occur from one person to another. Other less common sources of spread have been reported, including minced garlic in oil, improperly handled baked potatoes wrapped in aluminum foil, and home canned or fermented fish.
Symptoms of Botulism Signs and symptoms of food-borne botulism typically begin between 12 and 36 hours after the toxin gets into your body. Signs and symptoms of food-borne and wound botulism include: difficulty swallowing or speaking, facial weakness on both sides of the face, blurred vision, drooping eyelids, trouble breathing, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and paralysis. Certain signs and symptoms usually aren 't present with botulism, including no elevation



References: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5032a2.htm www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9652437 http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/12/03/us-botulism-fda-idUSTRE4B25WV20081203 www.mayoclinic.com/health/botulism/DS00657 http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/divisions/dfbmd/diseases/botulism/ Cached - Similar

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Satisfactory Essays

    Solomon Tuigamala was a resident of Morton’s Crossing Nursing Home. He had grown increasingly unsteady on his feet and in January of 2011 fell as he walked to the dining room for dinner. Kaye Black, a registered nurse on duty at the facility, observed his fall. She took a photo of him with her phone as he lay sprawled on the ground. She then moved to help him up and noticed he was dazed. She was in a rush to get the residents into dinner on time and so did not document the fall. Later that evening, she posted the picture on her facebook page. It was clear from her facebook page that she worked at Morton’s Crossing Nursing Home.…

    • 348 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    The pathogen that would be reviewed during this essay is going to be Clostridium Botulinum. Clostridium Botulinum are rod-shaped bacteria. They live and grow in low oxygen conditions. Clostridium Botulinum causes botulism in the human body. Botulism neurotoxin causes paralysis to the nerves so that the muscles cannot contract. This happens when the neurotoxin enter the nerve cells and eventually interferes with the release of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter, so the nerve cannot stimulate the muscle to contract. Unless the nerve can regenerate a new axon, organelle of a nerve cell, that has no exposure to the neurotoxin, the interference at the neuromuscular junction is permanent. This is why it takes so long to recover from botulism and also…

    • 134 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Better Essays

    PBHL 3100 Group #4 Foodborne Illness Salmonellosis Foodborne illness, more commonly called food poisoning, is the cause of nearly 48 million illnesses, and an estimated 3,000 deaths in the United States annually. Food poisoning is caused by a bacterial, viral, or parasitic contamination of food. It can happen at any point during the food production realm; growing, harvesting, processing, storing, shipping, or preparing. There are several bacterial, viral, or parasitic agents that can cause food poisoning. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 90% of these illnesses are due to the seven most common pathogens: Salmonella, Norovirus, Campylobacter, Toxoplasma, E. coli O157:H7, Listeria and Clostridium perfringens.…

    • 1098 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Common sources of infection include bad hygiene and the lack of use of PPE. If you carry out personal care and don’t take proper measure to ensure you are protected from germs then it will cause spread of infection. The use of incorrect chopping boards when preparing food will also spread infection as you could be passing bacteria from raw meats onto cooked vegetable or other food.…

    • 543 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Indiana Jones Views on God

    • 1034 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Gastrointestinal Anthrax is the rarest form of Anthrax, however it the most deadly form of Anthrax. When infected by Gastrointestinal Anthrax your intestines and other parts of your digestive track are under attack. People are infected with Gastrointestinal Anthrax by eating infected meat that has been undercooked. The symptoms of Gastrointestinal Anthrax are repulsive. Severe diarrhea, nausea, fever, pain in abdomen, and vomiting blood are all very common symptoms of this type of anthrax infection. In one to seven days the symptoms of Gastrointestinal Anthrax will begin appearing. About sixty percent of Gastrointestinal Anthrax cases end in death around the world.…

    • 1034 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Ding Dong Worksheet

    • 773 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Hepatitis A normally, it is spread when a person eats food or drinks water that has come in contact with infected stool. For example, when an employee who works at a restaurant with hepatitis A, doesn't wash his or her hands well after using the bathroom and then prepares food. The disease can also spread in day care centers. Children, especially those in diapers, may get stool on their hands and then touch objects that other children put into their mouths. And workers can spread the virus if they don't wash their hands well after changing a diaper. Some things can raise your risk of getting hepatitis A, such as eating raw oysters or undercooked clams. If you're traveling in a country where hepatitis A is common, you can lower your chances of getting the disease by avoiding uncooked foods and untreated tap water.…

    • 773 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Short Answers/ Sci/162

    • 538 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Salmonella can definitely be transmitted through food products, mostly raw foods. It can definitely be transmitted on food that has been prepared on surfaces that has already cam in contact with the illness. I have also read that you can get salmonella from handling pets such as reptiles like snakes and turtles. It can be found in water and soil as well.…

    • 538 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Botulism Research Paper

    • 643 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Botulism is a rare neuromuscular disorder caused by toxins produced from Clostridium botulinum. Food borne botulism most commonly occurs when food has been improperly processed or stored. Witoonpanich (2008) stated that while mass contamination of commercial food products occasionally occurs, most cases of botulism can be directly linked to home canned products or in small batch "artisanal" foods.…

    • 643 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Some symptoms, or short-term effects, can include a fever over 101 degrees Fahrenheit, the chills, bad headaches, a red, sore throat with white and yellow patches, swollen tonsils, a flushed face, nausea and vomiting, swollen glands in the back of the neck, a pale area of skin around the lips, and a strawberry tongue, or a white tongue with red dots on the surface. The most common symptom is a rash. This rash looks similar to a sunburn. It feels like sandpaper rubbing on the skin. The rash lasts around two to seven days. When the rash is gone and subsided, skin on the tips of the fingers and toes start to peel away…

    • 613 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Tara Dactyl was a 6-year-old girl from Jurassic Park, Maryland. She was admitted into the hospital two days ago from experiencing paralysis in her face, muscle weakness and slurred speech. Doctors have been working nonstop to find out what is wrong, hoping she does not become completely paralyzed. They are waiting for lab results to come back from Tara’s feces sample. The doctors think that Tara is experiencing botulism or Guillan-Barre Syndrome, both have similar symptoms. The thing doctors should be expecting and looking for is me, Clostridium botulinum.…

    • 749 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Paper on Ucmj

    • 959 Words
    • 4 Pages

    The military establishment is a unique structure existing solely for the purpose of defending the United States.…

    • 959 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Food Safty

    • 577 Words
    • 3 Pages

    There are many forms of foodborne illness cases because of the large variety of microbes that can cause illnesses. The three main forms are bacteria, viruses, and parasites. These can come in contact with food in many ways. The main sources for bacteria contaminations are raw or undercooked food, human bacteria transmission, and fecal contamination. Water contaminated with fecal matter can also spread viruses to vegetables and shellfish. Parasites can be spread through raw fish, raw or undercooked meat and fecal contaminated foods. Most of these microbe contamination illnesses start with flu-like symptoms and progress from there. Some of these symptoms can start in as little as two hours after eating contaminated food and could last for months or even cause death if untreated. So be sure to buy produce from a reputable business along with washing,…

    • 577 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    “Outbreaks of botulism arising from consumption of vegetables in oil " including garlic, olives, mushrooms, beans and hot peppers " have mostly been attributed to products not being properly prepared.”…

    • 573 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Secondary Infection Nvq

    • 309 Words
    • 2 Pages

    There are transmitted from unwashed hands to then touching food by being infected by someone that did not wash their hands after going to the bathroom.…

    • 309 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    The sickness can get on your hands and spread it everywhere you touch. something like a person, animals, all different kinds of objects that your hands touch. Also make sure the meat is cooked all the way through so that nobody would get sick from the meat from that animal. Back then people were carrying the disease with them from the rats, mice onto their ship when cars weren’t even invented back then so they used ships to transport things. Then the rats, mice scurry off the ship and die at that city or a state and die when people go around the dead rodent the fleas jump onto the person and the person do not feel the bite and that is how they get infected. When that person dies other people have to get rid of that dead person and the fleas on the dead body jump onto the person that is getting rid of and so for it. Like what i said before people are at risk, but only one part of the United States are at risk which is in the…

    • 649 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays

Related Topics