Fever, headache, diarrhea … How to recognize the symptoms of Listeriosis?

Health authorities have eliminated more than 40 varieties of soft and floral cheeses of emergency sale throughout France on Tuesday, August 12, due to the identification of 21 cases of “Listeriosis caused by bacterial strains” since June 18.

Two people are dead and could present “a possible bond” with the consumption of cheese cheese with pasteurized cows of the Chavegrand chest of Maison Feyne, in the department of Creuse. Several product lists were published in the Requallconso platform.

“The people who would have consumed it and who would present fever, isolated or accompanied by headache and Dolores are invited to consult their doctor trying to inform this consumption,” he warned the government in a press release published on the website of the Ministry of Sovereignty Agriculture and Food.

As the Pasteur Institute explains, Listeriosis is a rather rare infection of the food origin and caused by the bacteria ‘Listeria monocytogenes’.

The unicellular body capable of developing at low temperatures in refrigerators, cannot be identified with the naked eye and is not noticeable to taste. This makes it an additional danger, consumers believe they can detect any abnormality in their dish.

Symptoms that vary according to the form

In its isolated form, in healthy people and after a brief incubation between a handful of hours and 4 days, the details experts of the Pasteur Institute, the Listeriosis mainly affects the digestive tract.

Contaminated people are taken from violent abdominal pains accompanied by diarrhea, nausea or vomiting. You can also feel a flu statement with fever, headache and pain. Symptoms are also found in severe forms.

Most of the time, the Vidal specifies, patients feel that having a “gastroenteritis” and infection rarely evolves beyond this stage.

In its “invasive” forms, or in case of complications, Listeria bacteria is also found in the blood and in the central nervous system. Therefore, it is necessary to act quickly and consult as soon as the general condition is degraded.

Septicemia or symptoms related to meningitis-infalitis can be observed. These forms appear in a few days and up to eight weeks of incubation.

Monitor the most vulnerable

The elderly and immunocompromised or even pregnant women and newborns are the most likely to develop serious forms of listeriosis after consuming water or food contaminated by Listeria. Therefore, it is necessary to react in case of symptoms and to avoid as much as possible of the people’s health consequences; Consequences that can go as far as death in the most extreme cases.

For women who wait for a child, as Santé.gouv.fr points out, infection can cause spontaneous abortion, premature delivery or serious fetal attacks.

If there is currently no formal proof of a proven link between the consumption of contaminated cheeses and the death of two people who caught the bacteria behind Listeriosis, it is essential to avoid the food mentioned in the urgent withdrawal.