Recently, news about a woman’s eye infection with Toxoplasma gondii caused heated discussion. It is understood that a woman in Hangzhou went to the hospital for examination because her eyes were blurred. The doctor found that the woman had uveitis after examination. The doctor guessed that it might be the woman after inquiring. It is caused by the infection of Toxoplasma gondii when the meat is not cooked when eating hot pot.
The weather is getting colder, and in a blink of an eye it is the season of eating hot pot. Various ingredients are tumbling in the hot pot, which has a special flavor, but you must pay attention to it when eating, especially pregnant women and children.
1. Meat
Speaking of food, meat is an indispensable ingredient, and everything can be fried or cooked. Individuals have different tastes. Some people like to eat half-cooked or raw meat, which tastes good. However, many meats contain parasites and bacteria can be contaminated during processing. Eating undercooked meat may be infected with parasites and bacteria, especially pregnant women and children, need more attention.
If a pregnant woman is infected with Toxoplasma gondii, it may be passed on to the fetus, causing damage to the fetus’s vision and brain, and even a miscarriage or stillbirth. Children infected with Toxoplasma gondii may cause central nervous system malformations and mental development disorders. Therefore, pregnant women and children must eat cooked meat to avoid accidents.
2. Aquatic products
Aquatic products are nutritious and delicious, and are favorite foods of many people. However, there are often great safety factors hidden in aquatic products, because most aquatic products have parasites.
Once infected with parasites, mild cases may cause fever and headache, and severe cases may be life-threatening. Therefore, aquatic products must be cooked before eating. Pregnant women and children should pay more attention to it.
Three, raw eggs
Many people like to eat soft-boiled eggs. The soft yolks are not fully cooked yet, so they are very delicious. In fact, you must eat hard-boiled eggs to eat eggs, because eggs are produced in the ovaries and cloacas of chickens and often contain bacteria. Eating raw is easy to infect bacteria and parasites, causing intestinal diseases or food poisoning.
Moreover, the egg white contains substances that inhibit antibiotics, which affects the body’s absorption of nutrients in the yolk. So be sure to cook the eggs before eating them.
Fourth, day lily
Daylily, also called golden needle, is common in daily life, but it must be cooked before it can be eaten, otherwise it may cause poisoning.
Because fresh day lily contains a lot of colchicine, colchicine may be poisoned if it is eaten raw before it is cooked, and it will be destroyed after it is cooked.
Five, string beans
String beans are a common dish in our daily lives, simple and delicious. However, if the kidney beans are not cooked, they will be poisoned, so they must be cooked before eating.
Why is this? It turns out that green beans contain saponin, which can stimulate the stomach and cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension and diarrhea. Pregnant women may cause miscarriage, and children may affect growth and development.
Do you know which dishes must be cooked to eat? Leave a comment below, let’s discuss it together!
