Pinyin/Foodborne disease

Foodborne diseases encompass a wide spectrum of illnesses and are a growing public health problem worldwide. They are the result of ingestion of foodstuffs contaminated with microorganisms or chemicals. The contamination of food may occur at any stage in the process from food production to consumption (“farm to fork”) and can result from environmental contamination, including pollution of water, soil or air.

The most common clinical presentation of foodborne disease takes the form of gastrointestinal symptoms; however, such diseases can also have neurological, gynaecological, immunological and other symptoms. Multiorgan failure and even cancer may result from the ingestion of contaminated foodstuffs, thus representing a considerable burden of disability as well as mortality.

Shíyuánxìng jíbìng shì hángài fànwéi fēicháng guǎngfàn de jíbìng, zài quánshìjiè fànwéi nèi dōu shì yīgè rìyì yánzhòng de gōnggòng wèishēng wèntí. Shèrù shòu wēishēngwù huò huàxuépǐn wūrǎn de shípǐn, kě yǐnqǐ zhèzhǒng jíbìng. Cóng liángshí shēngchǎn dào xiāofèi (“cóng nóngchǎng dào cānzhuō”), rènhé yīgè jiēduàn dōu kěnéng fāshēng shípǐn wūrǎn, yě yǒu kěnéng shì huánjìng wūrǎn de jiéguǒ, bāokuò shuǐ, tǔrǎng huò kōngqì wūrǎn.

Shíyuánxìng jíbìng zuì chángjiàn de línchuáng biǎoxiàn wéi wèichángdào zhèngzhuàng; rán'ér, zhèzhǒng jíbìng hái kěnéng yǒu shénjīng kē, fùkē, miǎnyì děng qítā zhèngzhuàng. Shèrù shòuwūrǎn shípǐn, yě kěnéng zàochéng quánshēn duō qìguān shuāijié, shènzhì yǐnfā áizhèng, cóng'ér zàochéng jídà de cánjí hé sǐwáng fùdān.