What is e coli and how do you get it?

Escherichia coli — nickname ecoli…

hm. In 6th grade, I rememebr we did a really fun project involving e-coli. The way our teacher discribed it to us was sweet, and simple. She said, “It’s kinda like a really bad case of samonella.” We worked on this project for about 2 months. We had to figure out which patients had e-coli, and what vendors were doing this to these poor people.

You can get e-coli in a varitety or ways. Some ays are a little gross, so I’m sorry if you are grossed out after reading this answer.

If…

— You eat bad meat — You don’t wash your hands after using the restroom (you’re more likely to get it if somebody cooked/handled food and then gave it to you.) — Your fruit/veggies aren’t theroly (wrong sp… sorry) washed before eating — You eat raw meat/veggies (veggies are safe if you wash them extra good! ;))

The signs of e-coli…

Again, some of these are pretty gross.

— You have bloody diareah — You throw up — If you have it after a while, you can be pale Unfortunately, I can’te remember the rest.

But…

In some cases, you can die. It leads to kidney failure, which in most cases, leads to death.

This is not written to scare you, death is pretty rare in e-coli.

info.

— Your body has some e-coli in it natually, in your intestines. I think it helps your food pass. But you get sick if you add too much.

—Scientists test with e-coli, so they know how it works, so if you get it, they will know what it is. And you’ll come out saely.

–Liberty–