Abstract This paper explains that the symptoms of campylobacter food poisoning usually present within 2-5 days after the consumption of the organism and include diarrhea, which may have blood or white blood cells in it, fever, abdominal pain, nausea, headache and muscle pain. The author points out that campylobacter is commonly found in raw chicken, raw milk and non-chlorinated water; the bacteria can be destroyed, thus preventing food poisoning, by cooking chicken, pasteurizing milk, and chlorinating drinking water. The paper relates that, although they are rare, there are a number of complications associated with the disease: Reactive arthritis, hemolytic uremic syndrome, septicemia and infections of organs, meningitis, recurrent colitis, acute cholecystitis and Guillain-Barre syndrome; the estimated case/fatality ratio for all C. jejuni infections is 0.1, meaning one death per 1,000 cases.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Cause and Nature
Victims and Extent of Disease
Complications
Foods and Outbreaks
Remedies
Conclusion
From the Paper "While there is usually only a small population of people affected at a time, generally fewer than 50, Bennington, VT experienced a "large outbreak involving about 2,000 people while the town was temporarily using a non-chlorinated water source as a water." Dairies can be responsible for outbreaks when children become infected during field trips, or if they do not properly pasteurize the milk according to industry standards, such as the case in 1986 when 32 students of an elementary school became infected."
Abstract The paper researches Guillain-Barre syndrome which presents as a motor paralysis which is symmetrical in nature and may or may not be accompanied by sensory and autonomic disturbances. The paper analyzes which pain management strategies are effective. The paper further examines how the diagnosis is made, and shows that the patient should likely have electro diagnostic examination and at least a lumbar puncture for spinal fluid analysis.
From the Paper "The typical clinical presentation includes proximal muscle weakness with paresthesia in the extremities. The legs are more often involved than the arms. Deep tendon reflexes often disappear within a few days of symptom onset. The typical course lasts anywhere from a few days to a few weeks, with the majority seeing the most severe involvement in one week. The progression of the illness is usually reaches a plateau, which heralds the beginning of the end of the clinical phase. Time to return to normal functioning depends upon the patient, premorbid disease states and the degree of muscular involvement."
Abstract The paper researches Guillain-Barre syndrome which presents as a motor paralysis which is symmetrical in nature and may or may not be accompanied by sensory and autonomic disturbances. The paper analyzes which pain management strategies are effective. The paper further examines how the diagnosis is made, and shows that the patient should likely have electro diagnostic examination and at least a lumbar puncture for spinal fluid analysis.
From the Paper "The typical clinical presentation includes proximal muscle weakness with paresthesia in the extremities. The legs are more often involved than the arms. Deep tendon reflexes often disappear within a few days of symptom onset. The typical course lasts anywhere from a few days to a few weeks, with the majority seeing the most severe involvement in one week. The progression of the illness is usually reaches a plateau, which heralds the beginning of the end of the clinical phase. Time to return to normal functioning depends upon the patient, premorbid disease states and the degree of muscular involvement."
