The recent E. coli outbreak in northeastern Oklahoma is the largest outbreak of this specific strain of E. coli in United States history according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health’s latest news release.
At least 206 persons are sick as a result of the outbreak including 149 adults, 53 children, and four whose ages have [...]
Food poisoning occurs on a daily basis and should not be taken lightly. It has become a serious problem of epidemic proportion causing serious injury and even death. Food poisoning can affect one person or it can occur as an outbreak in a group of people who all ate or drank the same contaminated product.
If [...]
Food poisoning is a common, usually mild, but sometimes deadly illness. Typical symptoms include nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping, and diarrhea that occur suddenly (within 48 hours) after consuming a contaminated food or drink. Depending on the contaminant, fever and chills, bloody stools, dehydration, and nervous system damage may follow. These symptoms may affect one [...]
Food poisoning is a term applied to illnesses acquired from the consumption of contaminated food or drink.
Although most cases of food poisoning are short-lived and without serious consequences, food poisoning can cause death, especially among high-risk groups including infants, the elderly, and those with an immune deficiency.
There are many germs (bacteria) that can cause food [...]
An estimated 2,100 hospitalizations and 61 deaths are attributed to E. coli illnesses each year in the United States, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health. Most people infected with the bacteria recover within five to seven days without treatment. Symptoms include severe diarrhea, vomiting and mild fever.
In Oklahoma, 44 cases of E. coli [...]
The Oklahoma State Department of Health has now confirmed that E. coli is to blame for the recent disease outbreak in northeast Oklahoma that has caused one death and 41 hospitalizations.
In today’s news release, state epidemiologist Kristy Bradley said “Our laboratory results indicate that we are dealing with an unusual type of E. coli that [...]
My home town of Locust Grove is currently in crisis due to Sunday’s death of Pryor resident Chad Ingle and the severe illnesses of approximately forty other individuals in recent days. The Oklahoma Department of Health suspects but has not confirmed an E. coli outbreak. In its latest public advisory, the state Health Department confirmed [...]
You can help prevent this infection by handling and cooking meat in a safe way. For your protection, follow these rules:
Wash your hands carefully with soap before you start cooking.
Cook ground beef until you see no pink anywhere.
Don’t taste small bites of raw ground beef while you’re cooking.
Don’t put cooked hamburgers on a plate that [...]
The diagnosis is made by finding E. coli in a stool culture. If you have bloody diarrhea, see your doctor as soon as possible. Your doctor will do a culture to find out if you have E. coli in your intestines. The culture has to be taken in the first 48 hours after the bloody [...]
The most common complication is called hemolytic uremic syndrome. People with this problem get hemolytic anemia (which is a low red blood cell count), thrombocytopenia (which is a low platelet count) and renal failure (which is kidney damage).
Hemolytic uremic syndrome is more common in children. It can cause acute renal failure in children. This problem [...]
