If you're not pregnant and do not have a weakened immune system, you can usually look after yourself at home if you have these symptoms. Find out how to treat diarrhoea and vomiting yourself.
They can arrange a phone call from a nurse or doctor if you need one. Go to These could be symptoms of meningitis caused by listeriosis, which needs to be treated in hospital straight away. If you're pregnant, you should avoid eating foods that have the highest risk of causing listeriosis. Find out which foods to avoid during pregnancy. For many people, a Listeria infection will pass unnoticed. However, in some individuals, the infection will spread to the nervous system where symptoms might include:.
In susceptible individuals, listeriosis can lead to a serious blood infection septicemia or inflammation of the membranes around the brain meningitis.
Pregnant women are 10 times more likely to develop listeriosis than the general population. The incidence of listeriosis during pregnancy is 12 per ,, compared with 0.
While a mother with a Listeria infection may not show any outward symptoms, an unborn child might be severely affected. Listeriosis can result in miscarriage or premature birth. There is a possibility that a newborn might suffer a life-threatening infection in the days and weeks after birth.
Listeriosis is caused by Listeria , a type of bacteria that is commonly found in water, soil, and feces. Humans are infected when they consume foods that harbor the bacteria. The most common foods to cause listeriosis outbreaks are deli meats and unpasteurized dairy products.
However, many other foods have also been found to spark outbreaks, including caramel apples, cantaloupe, and cabbages fertilized by sheep manure. Adults who are healthy and have strong immune systems are less at risk of listeriosis.
The following are associated with an increased risk of Listeria infection:. For minor infections, medication might not be required. For more serious cases of listeriosis, antibiotics are the most common treatment choice; ampicillin can be used alone or in conjunction with another antibiotic often gentamicin. If septicemia or meningitis occur, the individual will be given intravenous antibiotics and require up to 6 weeks of care and treatment.
Although listeriosis is rare, there are a number of ways to further reduce the chances of becoming infected; these precautions are especially important during pregnancy:. Listeria has been found in at least 42 species of wild and domesticated animals, and 17 species of birds.
The bacterium has been isolated from oysters, fish, crustaceans, ticks, and flies. Some studies suggest that up to 10 percent of human gastrointestinal tracts contain L. This outbreak investigation is over. Institutions should not serve and retailers should not sell recalled products. Read the Advice to Consumers, Institutions, and Retailers. Listeriosis is a life-threatening infection caused by eating food contaminated with the bacterium germ Listeria monocytogenes.
The disease primarily affects pregnant women and their newborns, older adults, and people with immune systems weakened by cancer, cancer treatments, or other serious conditions like diabetes, kidney failure, liver disease, and HIV. Rarely, people without these risk factors are affected. A person with listeriosis usually has fever and muscle aches, sometimes preceded by diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms. Almost everyone who is diagnosed with listeriosis has invasive infection, meaning the bacteria spread from their intestines to the blood, causing bloodstream infection, or to the central nervous system, causing meningitis.
Although people can sometimes develop listeriosis up to 2 months after eating contaminated food, symptoms usually start within several days.
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