Food poisoning - treatment

Food poisoning is conditionally divided into two groups:

1. Poisoning by poisonous products.
2. Nutritional toxoinfection.

To poisonous products do not include those whose expiration date came out - these were originally harmful products containing poisons and harmful chemical compounds. Among this group of food are many varieties of mushrooms and berries, as well as plants and their seeds.

The products that cause a toxoinfection are those that make up our habitual diet, but they have deteriorated due to improper storage or expired shelf life, and have become a source of toxins and pathogens.

Often people know what berries, mushrooms and plants can not be consumed, and therefore the first group of poisonings is very rare. Much more often in the diet, a person by his own negligence and inattention appears missing food, which as a result leads to poisoning.

Features of treatment of food poisoning in children

Treatment of poisoning in a child is not much different from treating the same disease in an adult: the only difference is that the baby reacts faster to toxins due to low weight: their concentration in the body for this reason is higher.

Therefore, the manifestation of poisoning in a child may be more acute.

First of all, you need to assess the condition of a small patient: if he is sick with a slight nausea, he refuses to eat and asks for more water, then there is no need to call a doctor or an ambulance. It is enough to give the child a large amount of water (at least 1 liter) in which it is worth adding a little manganese. This will avoid dehydration and accelerate the emergence of a vomitive reflex.

After the stomach is cleaned, the child needs to give activated charcoal every 3 hours at the rate of 1 tablet per 1 kg of weight. Activated carbon can replace other sorbents (enterosgel, liferan, white coal, etc.).

Poisoning with dairy products - treatment

Before treating poisoning with dairy products, you need to determine whether this is a poisoning or an infection.

When a person is poisoned 6 hours after eating, diarrhea begins, pain in the abdomen is felt and vomiting begins.

This is a normal, natural reaction of the body as a way to purify from harmful toxins, therefore it is not necessary to forcibly stop these processes: the goal of treatment is to facilitate purification.

To do this, drink a large amount of water (at least 1L), then cause a vomiting reflex and purify the stomach. To accelerate the process of cleansing the intestines use sorbents, which remove toxins. It is very important to do the procedures quickly, so that the toxins do not penetrate into large amounts in the blood. These same simple rules are used to treat poisoning with cottage cheese: this product quickly deteriorates at high temperatures, so in summer it should be chosen with caution.

Treatment of fish poisoning

Poisoning by fish, like meat or mushrooms, refers to the heaviest. Therefore, to engage in self-treatment in the case of consumed fish is not worth it.

For this type of poisoning, the following symptoms are typical:

1. Vomiting and nausea.
2. Dizziness and pain in the temples.
3. Diarrhea.
4. Decrease in body temperature.

Before the ambulance arrives, you need to start treatment: drink plenty of water and artificially induce vomiting. This should be done as quickly as possible so that toxins do not continue to poison the body. In order to cleanse the intestines (and this is necessary, since useful and harmful substances are absorbed into the blood as much as possible through it), one must either drink a sorbent or put an enema.

Upon the arrival of the doctors, the patient will be hospitalized and rendered qualified assistance in the hospital: most likely, with the use of a dropper.

Treatment of mushroom poisoning

The most serious poisoning that can occur (not counting specific poisons) is poisoning with mushrooms. In this case, lethal outcomes are common with late seeking help, and therefore the first thing to do when suspected of poisoning with fungi is to call an ambulance.

At the same time, the patient should drink a large amount of water with the addition of manganese and provoke vomiting. After cleansing the stomach, you need to drink a sorbent in large quantities.

Upon the arrival of the ambulance, the patient will be taken to the hospital and, depending on from his condition will be issued either in a hospital or in intensive care.

Treatment of meat poisoning

The treatment of meat poisoning is no different from the treatment of other types of poisoning and their sequence: first assess the patient's condition, and either call an ambulance, or take the responsibility of treatment for themselves. Then, in any case, the patient drinks a large amount of water, causes vomiting and rinses the stomach until it clears from food. After that, a person drinks a large amount of sorbents every 2-3 hours before it becomes easier.