Eating tomatoes raw will cause "poisoning"?

According to CNN, the Centers for Disease Control and prevention of the United States recently announced that nine states in the Midwest and south of the United States have recently outbreaks of salmonellosis, with nearly 100 people infected And blame the "poisoning" on raw tomatoes purchased from supermarkets or restaurants, because Salmonella was found in the tests of these tomato eating patients It's common for us to eat tomatoes raw Why do Salmonella appear in tomatoes and cause large-scale poisoning? Zhao lancai, director of the Department of infectious diseases, Xiyuan Hospital, Chinese Academy of traditional Chinese medicine, explained that this may be due to the fact that during the growth of tomatoes, due to the lack of strong ultraviolet light in the air, there is a certain relationship between the Salmonella in plants in irrigation or soil Only in this way can the skin of tomatoes be contaminated with Salmonella In addition, many people have the habit of eating raw tomatoes If they are not cleaned, Salmonella infection may occur According to Xu Chunjun, chief physician of the disease control department of Beijing Hospital of traditional Chinese medicine, Salmonella infection is a common intestinal infectious disease in outpatient clinics in summer It is a bacterium of Enterobacteriaceae, a gram-negative bacterium and a pathogenic bacterium Generally speaking, if people eat unclean food, Salmonella will reproduce in the intestine The main symptoms of Salmonella infection are fever, diarrhea, abdominal colic and other symptoms of enteritis, which usually occur within 12-72 hours after being infected with Salmonella, and the course of disease will last for 4-7 days Many people can self-healing without treatment, but people with severe infection will have dehydration symptoms, so they should also be treated in time Children, the elderly and people with poor immune system are most likely to be seriously infected Not only eating tomatoes, but also other fruits and vegetables We should choose fresh ones without deterioration Before eating, we must clean them and choose clean knives Link: it is better to eat raw tomatoes after meals, so as not to stimulate the stomach and intestines on an empty stomach, and avoid the stomach discomfort caused by substances that are not easy to digest combined with gastric acid In addition, tomatoes are cold, spleen and stomach are not suitable Immature green tomatoes contain solanine If you eat more, you will be poisoned Therefore, you should not eat those who are not ripe.