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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's hot search news sounded a wake-up call for all pregnant mothers, and the food in the mouth should really be rigorous.
The news comes from @ City Express: Ms. Huang, a 27-year-old pregnant mother in Hangzhou, when she was 24 weeks pregnant, suddenly had low back pain and fever, accompanied by frequent urination and deepening of urine color.
The family immediately sent her to the hospital, to the hospital for examination, Ms. Huang was infected with Listeria!
That's right, listeria known as the "fridge killer"!
Listeria does not have serious consequences for healthy people, but it is a fatal danger to pregnant women and fetuses.
Because of the infection with Listeria, Ms. Huang gave birth to a baby that was only the size of a palm in 24 weeks, weighing only 670g, and her thighs were as thick as an adult's index finger.
Also because of premature birth, the baby is in danger as soon as it is born, severe suffocation, respiratory failure, and the development of various organs is immature.....
After 76 days of full rescue by the doctor, the baby's condition was stable enough to be discharged home!
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.
"Really don't get lucky to eat raw food and machine ice cream, these two touch there is a chance of infection."
"Special groups of people must eat fresh in special periods, and their families and themselves must pay attention to it."
The reminder of netizens and doctors is not alarmist, the danger of listeria, every pregnant mother should pay attention to it!
"Because of the infection with Listeria, the baby who was 30 weeks pregnant suddenly stopped!"
Ms. Huang is not the first pregnant mother to be infected with Listeria during pregnancy, and many mothers have caused Listeria infections because of unhealthy diets.
A mother in Zhejiang who was 30 weeks pregnant, because of a sudden high fever, went to the hospital for examination, and the baby had no fetal heart.
After examination, the cause of the fever was infected with Listeria, the baby had stopped developing, and the mother was in danger, and after more than 20 hours of anti-infection treatment, the mother turned the corner.
Shaanxi also has a pregnant mother in Zhejiang who is 5 months pregnant, because she ate the fruit in the refrigerator, infected with Listeria bacteria, although the mother saved it, but unfortunately, the fetus has died...
In June 2019, a 28-week-old expectant mother in Hangzhou also went to the hospital because of high fever, chills, muscle soreness, and diarrhea, measured her body temperature at 39.3 ° C and the fetal heart rate 200 times / minute, and finally the fetus did not survive.
All this stemmed from a sip of milk she had taken a few days earlier, which had been unopened and put in the refrigerator.
There are many, many more such examples.............
In 2013, a pregnant woman in Beijing was admitted to the hospital due to chest tightness and panic and reduced fetal movements, and both twins unfortunately passed away.
In 2017, a 27-year-old expectant mother in Hangzhou suddenly had a high fever, causing strong contractions, and gave birth to the baby at 29 weeks of pregnancy, but the baby had no vital signs.
In July 2017, Ms. Liu, who was hospitalized in Xi'an, was infected with Listeria and was born prematurely, and the baby born was seriously infected and sick, and the matter of finding life-saving medicine for the child attracted a lot of attention.
In 2017, a 26-year-old pregnant mother, Miss Huang (pseudonym), lost her baby after eating a refrigerated salmon sashimi and contracting Listeria.
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.
The terrible listeria, the most like to pick pregnant women to do!
What is such a terrible listeria?
Listeria monocytogenes, also known as Listeria nucleoblastic proliferative bacteria, Listeria, it mainly uses food as a vector of infection, and is one of the most deadly foodborne pathogens.
Listeria is dynamic in the environment below 30 ° C, can grow at zero degrees, and can survive even at minus 20 ° C, so it is also called "refrigerator killer", because the refrigerator environment is very easy to breed bacteria, especially Listeria.
Infection with Listeria monocytogenes does not have serious consequences for healthy people, but it is very lethal to pregnant women and fetuses, newborns, the elderly and immunocompromised people.
Possible injuries from pregnant women infected with Listeria include:
●Infections during pregnancy can lead to miscarriage, stillbirth, premature birth, or life-threatening infections of newborns.
● The proportion of miscarriages in pregnant women infected with Listeria is about 30%.
● Pregnant women infected with Listeria can transmit the infection to the unborn baby. The mortality rate of neonatal (preterm infants) infected with Listeria is as high as 30% to 70%.
●The probability of infection in pregnant women is nearly 10 times higher than that of the average person.
So, how do pregnant mothers know if they are infected with Listeria?
After infection with Listeria, pregnant mothers will have the following symptoms:
●Fever, chills, muscle pain, nausea, diarrhea.
●Headache, neck stiffness, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions.
Listeria infection is very dangerous for pregnant women and babies, so if you have the following symptoms and eat suspicious foods, be sure to seek medical examination in time.
Especially if you have a high fever, a severe headache, a stiff neck, a confusion or sensitivity to light, be sure to go to the emergency room immediately.
Listeria, hidden around every pregnant mother!
Listeria infection focuses on prevention, and to prevent it, every pregnant mother must understand its source and route of infection.
Listeria is found in soil, water, and animal feces, and humans are usually infected through the following pathways:
1. Raw vegetables contaminated by the soil or manure that are used as fertilizer.
2) Animals can carry this bacteria and infect meat and dairy products, and this bacteria can also come into contact with other foods in processing equipment and survive there for several years.
3. Unpasteurized milk or food made from unpasteurized milk.
4. Some processed foods, such as soft cheeses, hot dogs and deli meats, are contaminated after processing.
Listeria can grow in the refrigerator, and if food contaminated with Listeria is refrigerated, the bacteria can multiply and contaminate other foods nearby.
These foods are ready-to-eat foods that are at risk of contamination:
1. Deli meat, hot dogs.
2. Smoked seafood and store-prepared delicatessen salad.
3. Unpasteurized milk and soft cheese.
4. Vegetables, meat, aquatic products, fruits.
That is to say, once there is Listeria in the refrigerator, then all the food in the refrigerator may be contaminated, including leftovers, including raw fruits, and once pregnant women and children use food infected with Listeria, they may be infected.
Of those infected by Liszt, 64 percent could find the bacteria in the refrigerator at home.
The consequences of infection with Listeria during pregnancy are very serious, and the three steps are done to prevent it!
Listeria monogram, also known as the "refrigerator killer", can be known through news reports: pregnant women eating refrigerated contaminated food is the main cause of 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.
Keep it clean. Wash your hands thoroughly with warm soapy water before and after handling or preparing food, and after cooking, wash dishes, cutting boards, and other food preparation surfaces with hot detergent water.
Scrub raw vegetables. Wash raw vegetables with a brush or vegetable brush under plenty of tap water.
Cook the food thoroughly. Ensure that meat, poultry and egg dishes are cooked to a safe temperature, Listeria is not tolerant of high temperatures (Listeria generally at temperatures of 60-70 ° C for more than 2 minutes, the strain is easily killed).
Do not eat soft cheeses such as feta cheese and brie cheese unless pasteurized from the packaging.
Avoid hot dogs, luncheon meats, and deli meats unless well heated. Wash your hands after handling hot dogs, lunch meat, or cooked meat.
Do not drink raw milk that has not been pasteurized and thoroughly boiled.
If there is no good sanitary conditions, it is generally not recommended to eat raw aquatic products.
2. One of the ways to effectively prevent infection with Listeria in life is to use the refrigerator correctly and do these steps to effectively prevent it.
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.
3. Safe eating tips, every little pregnant woman should keep in mind
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 department during pregnancy, and mothers must do a good job with their hearts, hoping that young pregnant women can eat healthy and babies can grow up healthily!
Reference articles
https://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-how-listeria-gets-on-your-food-20140723-story.html
https://www.cdc.gov/listeria/prevention.html