Food safety during pregnancy is really sloppy at all.
Because of the slightest carelessness, it is the mother and baby who are in danger!
Yesterday, Director Liu saw such a news on the hot search:
After eating unclean food in the refrigerator, an expectant mother who was 24 weeks pregnant developed low back pain, fever, and symptoms of frequent urination and deepening of urine color.
After seeing a doctor, doctors diagnosed her with Listeria monocytogenes. Once a pregnant woman is infected with the bacteria, the fetus may be in danger of being fatal!
Fortunately, after 76 days of rescue by medical staff, the baby grew to 2300 grams and was finally recovered and discharged!
In fact, listeria is not the first time to "poison hands" pregnant women!
Last April, a 33-week-pregnant woman in Changsha was hospitalized with a fever and had an emergency cesarean section after she ate an overnight salad in the refrigerator and accidentally contracted Listeria.
Doctors remind: Listeria are mostly infected by eating unclean food, so the diet during pregnancy must pay special attention.
In the news commentary, some netizens also reminded that pregnant women should avoid eating raw and cold unheated and disinfected diets to prevent listeria infections from causing complications such as miscarriage, premature birth, stillbirth, and infant meningitis.
The reminder of netizens and doctors is not alarmist, the danger of listeria, every pregnant mother should pay attention to it!
Losing the fetus that is carefully cared for, when the mother really can't afford it, I sincerely hope that these tragedies will not be staged again.
These are commonly eaten foods
can infect people with Listeria monocytogenes
Listeria is widely present in water sources, plants, animals, which also makes listeria very easy to contaminate our food, we often eat aquatic products, fruits and vegetables, dairy products, may become the source of listeria infection.
According to the STATISTICS OF THE US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the foods most often infected by Listeria are: raw milk sources, vegetables, fruits, raw meat, etc., which are precisely our daily diets.
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Especially with the alternation of spring and summer, the temperature gradually rises, everyone likes to eat some fruits and vegetables, cold vegetables, ice cream, etc., once accidentally eating food infected with Listeria, it may lead to infection.
Listeria is very widely sourced and easy to survive and multiply at low temperatures, even at 0°C, and can continue to multiply at refrigerated temperatures of 2 to 4°C in refrigerators.
So the refrigerator is a high-risk area for listeria infection, and don't believe that food is safe in the refrigerator.
And after the pregnant mother is infected with Listeria, the germ will be transmitted to the fetus through the placenta, or through the infected birth canal to the newborn, resulting in fetal death, premature birth, newborn infection, and the encounter between the mother and the baby in the news is exactly this situation.
According to statistics, pregnant women infected with Listeria monocytogenes in the womb have a case fatality rate of up to 20% in newborns.
But don't worry too much, in fact, any pathogenic microorganism infects the human body has a specific pathway. Moreover, the growth and reproduction of these pathogenic microorganisms also requires specific conditions.
Therefore, as long as we pay attention to dietary hygiene, we can effectively prevent Listeria infection.
Therefore, controlling the source of infection from the source can protect pregnant women and babies to the greatest extent.
1. Memorize the 5 key points of food safety: raw and cooked separately, keep clean, cook thoroughly, safe temperature, safe raw materials, and effectively prevent pollution.
Raw and cooked separately - food for direct import is best placed in the refrigerator on two layers, such as leftovers, yogurt, milk, cooked food, etc., raw food should be placed in the following two layers, raw vegetables, raw bean sprouts, etc.
Different locations store different foods - food that is not afraid of freezing can be put in the inside, vegetables and fruits can be put on the outside, fresh meat, fresh shrimp should be put in the refrigeration.
The refrigerator is only 70% full - do not squeeze the refrigerator too full, which is not conducive to the circulation of cold air.
Do a good job of refrigerator cleaning - defrost cleaning should be timely, refrigerate 4 ° C freezing -18 ° C, to clean the refrigerator, first cut off the power, to take out all the food in the refrigerator, the shelves in the refrigerator, fruit and vegetable boxes should be taken out to clean, and then dried.
Safe eating tips to keep in mind for every pregnant mother
Cook seafood thoroughly: All seafood dishes should be cooked to 145°F (62.7°C) and do not eat refrigerated smoked seafood unless heated enough.
Do not eat any kind of raw or lightly cooked bean sprouts (including alfalfa, clover, radish and mung bean sprouts), cook them thoroughly.
Cut melons to eat immediately and refrigerate immediately if not. Cut melons are refrigerated at 5 ° C or lower for no more than 7 days, and placed in room temperature for more than 4 hours, directly discarded.
Dispose of the leftovers. Refrigerate the remaining food in a shallow lidded container within 2 hours and use it as soon as possible, if this time is exceeded, discard it directly, especially for pregnant women.
Washing of fruits. All fruits, whether eaten directly or cut, are thoroughly washed under tap water, even if peeled.
The last thing to say is that food safety is the most important safety class during pregnancy, and mothers must do a good job with their hearts, hoping that pregnant mothers can eat healthy and babies can grow up healthily!