It is common knowledge, buy a cold drink at the roadside is sensible questionable hygiene. Because the ice is used to bloom rumored using unhygienic water alias instead of cooking water can be harmful to health.
There is a clear risk that led to the loss of health. Not just a matter of poisoning while, but one-one could be still keep deadly bacteria or viruses.
Food and drink anything that is not through the process of hygienic food preparation or cooking processes mature, can cause food poisoning because the bacteria contained in the water, the bacteria Salmonella enteriditis.
Although it is not all liquids contaminated with salmonella, but prevention is better than cure. But is not already rumored circulating ice roadside hawker popularly believed using questionable hygiene ice?
Who is Most at Risk of Salmonella Poisoning?
In principle, everyone is at risk, however, there are some people who have a greater risk, including the following:
• The elderly,
• children, and
• those who have a weak immune system (HIV-AIDS, diabetes) are at risk for this infection and the symptoms can be more severe. In these patients, the infection may spread from the gastrointestinal tract into the blood vessels.
What Symptoms Salmonella Poisoning?
Symptoms usually appear 6-36 hours after consumption of unhygienic food, such as:
• Fever
• Abdominal pain
• Diarrhea
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Dizziness
• Dehydration (lack of fluids)
The problem is, many of us never know when dirty ice that is used in our drinking water dish. So the most suitable preventive measures is to ensure the presentation of our drinking water sources do not use dirty ice.