SALMONELLA

About:

• The salmonella bacteria resides in animals.
  
  
• When it enters a human body it causes salmonellosis, an infection that attacks the intestine, and can cause diarrhoea, abdominal pain, fever, vomiting, bleeding in stool and nausea.
  
  
• The symptoms of the infection last anywhere between 2 and 7 days. However, bowel function could sometimes take months before returning to normalcy. In some cases, it spreads the infection from the intestine to the blood stream.
  
  
• The infection hits children, below the age of five, and senior citizens the worst.
  
  
• Salmonella can transmit to humans through contaminated water or food.