Salmonella poisoning symptoms
Salmonella quickly reach the small bowel mucosa, which produce toxins, causing diarrhea, pain attacks and body intoxication.
Salmonella poisoning exists in several forms, and primary among them is – gastro-form (acute gastritis, acute gastroenteritis or gastroenterocolitis), which is typical of food contamination by bacteria.
As all other infectious processes, the illness begins very acute. The main salmonella poisoning symptoms are:
- general weakness;
- headache;
- fever (under 39);
- nausea and vomiting;
- abdominal pain;
- diarrhea (feces up to 10 times a day).
Intestinal upset can take up to seven days or more, causing weight loss, dehydration, the appearance of convulsions.
There are also other forms of salmonella poisoning:
- Quiet salmonellosis starts with diarrhea and fever, but on the second day, only the high temperature and increase poisoning symptoms. The main symptom is the appearance of skin rashes.
- Septic form – most severe, is characterized by jumps in temperature, the formation of septic foci (heart affect, arthritis), is difficult to treat;
- Bacteria carrying can be acute, chronic, transitory, however, diagnosed only on the analysis, since there are no symptoms;
- Subclinical form is determined by faeces analysis and the identification of antibodies in the blood