Food Poisoning: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

Who is at risk?

Food poisoning is very common. However, some groups of people tend to be at higher risk. Usually it’s who are:

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  • Immunocompromised (People are considered to be moderately or severely immunocompromised due to several types of conditions and treatments);
  • Polypathological (multiple chronic diseases);
  • The elderly (Older adults have a higher risk because as people age, their immune systems and organs don’t recognize and get rid of harmful germs as well as they once did);
  • Infants (As well as eldery, immune system of infants can give weak response to toxins);
  • Pregnant women (high hormone levels make it immune system weak);
  • Travelling to exotic countries (lots of unknown for yuour body toxins).

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