E.coli infection occurs when a person is exposed to contaminated food, beverages, water, animals or person to person contact. The first sign of E.coli infection is sudden onset of abdominal pain and severe cramps, followed within 24-hours with diarrhea. The onset is typically three to four days after exposure to the bacteria. Most of these infections clear up on their own without treatment, but in some cases severe blood and kidney problems may occur 2 to 14 days after the onset of symptoms. Sometimes long-term disability or death in some children and older adults may occur. (www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/e-coli-infection-symptoms)
Causes:
- Eating under cooked ground beef, due to when they are slaughtered and processed, E.coli bacteria in their intestines can get on the meat. Ground beef often has bacteria spread throughout the mixture, not just on the