The Symptoms of Salmonella are like Symptoms of Flu-When You Eat Peanut Butter

The Symptoms of Salmonella are like Symptoms of Flu-When You Eat Peanut Butter, because the Salmonella bacteria causes an infection that includes diarrhea, fever, and cramping within 12 to 72 hours of exposure to the contaminated product. These are also flu like symptoms.

The symptoms of salmonella typhimurium typically last between four and seven days. Most people infected will recover without treatment. However, infants, elderly, and people with weak immune systems such as Lupus or those taking chemo, may become severely ill, however. Salmonella can even be fatal.

Seven people have died from the latest outbreak of peanut butter salmonella poisoning.

Because of a 2007 outbreak at a facility in Georgia that makes Peter Pan peanut butter, food safety experts learned that salmonella bacteria can lie dormant in peanut butter and then become active when ingested by pets or humans.

The Symptoms of Salmonella are like Symptoms of Flu, if you have them…try to remember if you ate Peanut Butter products. Salmonella poisoning is not something to fool around with, especially if you have a low immune system, or elderly.

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