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    Advise patients to prevent Salmonella infection through safe food handling practices like cleaning, separating, cooking and chilling foods properly. They should also avoid unpasteurized foods and contact with animals, and ensure good hand hygiene. Most Salmonella infections will get better with rest and hydration at home, but antibiotics may be necessary for severe cases. Signs of infection include diarrhea, fever, abdominal cramps and nausea/vomiting.

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    Advise patients to prevent Salmonella infection through safe food handling practices like cleaning, separating, cooking and chilling foods properly. They should also avoid unpasteurized foods and contact with animals, and ensure good hand hygiene. Most Salmonella infections will get better with rest and hydration at home, but antibiotics may be necessary for severe cases. Signs of infection include diarrhea, fever, abdominal cramps and nausea/vomiting.

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    Salmonella Infections

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    Advise patients to prevent Salmonella infection through safe food handling practices like cleaning, separating, cooking and chilling foods properly. They should also avoid unpasteurized foods and contact with animals, and ensure good hand hygiene. Most Salmonella infections will get better with rest and hydration at home, but antibiotics may be necessary for severe cases. Signs of infection include diarrhea, fever, abdominal cramps and nausea/vomiting.

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    Prevention Advise patients to avoid

    Wash your hands. Salmonella infection by:


    Keep your food preparation
    areas clean. Practicing safe food handling –
    clean, separate, cook, chill Libyan International Medical University
    Avoid unpasteurized foods.
    Faculty of Pharmacy 2022-2023
    Cook and store your food at Keeping backyard poultry outside
    the appropriate of the home
    temperatures. Cleaning hands after contact with
    Be careful when handling poultry and their environment
    animals.
    Knowing that backyard poultry can
    Use caution when
    transmit Salmonella and other
    swimming.
    infections even when the birds SALMONELLA
    appear healthy
    Self-care management
    of the salmonella INFECTIONS
    infection
    Most salmonella infections
    get better on their own with
    home remedies.
    That includes getting rest
    and drinking lots of fluids
    PREPARED BY:
    since vomiting and diarrhea
    Fatma Ahmmed (2812)
    can lead to dehydration.
    Kamla Awad (2696)
    You may want to use over-
    Mariam Saleh (2930)
    the-counter medications if
    Yousef Jallal (2669)
    you feel discomfort or if you
    Ayoub Mohammed (2657)
    are suffering of fever.
    Introduction
    Salmonella infection
    (salmonellosis) is a common
    bacterial disease that affects
    the intestinal tract.
    Salmonella bacteria typically live
    in animal and human intestines
    and are shed through stool
    (feces).
    Humans become infected most
    frequently through
    contaminated water or food.

    Possible signs and Signs and symptoms of Treatment


    symptoms of salmonella Most people recover without
    salmonella infection generally
    infection include:
    specific treatment.
    last a few days to a week.
    Diarrhea Antibiotics are typically used
    Diarrhea may last up to 10 days,
    Stomach (abdominal) cramps only to treat people with severe
    Fever but it may take several months
    illness. Patients should drink
    Nausea& Vomiting before bowels return to usual stool
    extra fluids as long as diarrhea
    Chills habits. lasts.
    Headache
    Common first-line oral
    Blood in the stool
    antibiotics for susceptible
    Salmonella infections are
    fluoroquinolones (for adults)
    and azithromycin (for children).

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