Friday, October 12, 2007

What is Botulism

Botulism is a serious illness caused of poisonous by a nerve toxin made by the bacterium, Clostridium botulinum. A toxin is a poison that is released by some bacteria. There are three types of botulism: Food, Wound and Infant botulism

Eating food that has the botulism toxin causes food-borne botulism. It often involves improperly processed home canned foods. Wound botulism occurs when Clostridium botulinum spores contaminate a wound and produce toxin. Botulism in infants under one year of age has been associated with ingestion of Clostridium botulinum spores from the environment or specific foods such as honey.

All types of botulism produce symptoms that affect the nervous system. The classic symptoms of botulism include double vision, blurred vision, drooping eyelids, slurred speech, difficulty swallowing, dry mouth and muscle weakness that goes down the body, first the shoulders, then upper arms, lower arms, thighs, calves, feet. If untreated these symptoms may progress to paralysis. Infants with botulism appear lethargic, feed poorly, are constipated, and have a weak cry and poor muscle tone.

Caused of poisonous like that could be got from meal and fish. Just call the doctor for giving antitoxin.

For alternative medicine, was drunk 250cc Carrot juice mixture and 100cc Petroselli at noon. And drinking a glass of carrot juice in the morning and night, before go to the bed.

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