E. coli bacteria can cause various diseases of gastrointestinal infections in humans, such as enterotoxigenic, enterohaemorrhagik, enteropathogenic, enteroinuasiue, and enteroagregatif. These bacteria can be anywhere. Eating dirty hands when conditions can also lead to the presence of bacterial infection.
The presence of these bacteria is actually harmless. In population control, e-coli live in the digestive tract of humans and animals, and have a tendency to do no harm. E-coli was found in 1885 and known in 1935 found that certain strains can cause severe illness.
E-coli is often present in beef, fruits, vegetables and water. To clean the e-coli bacteria can be done by considering hygiene in daily activities. Cook cooked cooking can kill e-coli bacteria. E-coli is known to be able to live in a high-temperature habitats. In everyday life, try to always wash hands with soap and running water.
Some of the daily activities that require special attention hygiene by washing hands:
After bladder and bowel
of toilets
Before eating and drinking
Before preparing food and drinks to eat
After cleaning the baby's diaper
After touching pets
To prevent e-coli can be a five-step standardized World Health Organization (WHO), among others:
maintain cleanliness
Separate raw material with mature material
Cook food thoroughly
Keep food at safe temperatures
Use clean water to wash hands and wash your food.
E-coli infection symptoms may include diarrhea (may be followed bleeding), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.