Food

Food: Risks from foods including food contamination.
Introduction: The primary risk of disease from food comes from contamination leading to food poisoning or other disease contagion. Also common are food intolerances such as lactose intolerance. However, a surprising number of other conditions can come from food related aspects.

Condition count: 38; see list of conditions below.
Risk factor subtypes: seafood (9), shellfish (4), contaminated food (32)
Related risk factors: water (29), diet (37), fat (9), salt (6), protein (1), caffeine (2), alcohol (36), plants (7), animals (45), fish (9)
Risk factor classes: Contaminated food (32)

Risk factors: Risk Factor Center, risk factor list

Food: Diseases list

The following list of medical conditions have 'Food' or similar listed as a risk factor in our database:

A

• Alveolar Hydatid Disease ... undercooked meat
• Amebic dysentery ... contaminated food, flies on food

B

• Botulism food poisoning ... tinned fruit, tinned vegetables, tinned fish, tinned food, tinned raw meats
• Brucellosis ... unpasteurized milk, contaminated milk, undercooked meat

C

• Cholera ... contaminated food, flies on food
• Ciguatera poisoning ... mullet, grouper, sea bass, snapper, eating fish, Barracuda
• Clostridium perfringens food poisoning ... contaminated meat, reheated meals
• Congenital Toxoplasmosis ... undercooked meat, raw meat
• Contagious Diseases ... contaminated food
• Crohn's disease ... food allergies
• Cyclosporiasis ... contaminated food
• Cysticercosis ... drinking contaminated water or food

D

• Diphyllobothriasis ... undercooked fish, raw fish
• Dysentery ... contaminated food, flies on food

E

• Entamoeba histolytica ... contaminated food

F

• Food poisoning ... uncooked hot dogs, sliced deli meats, raw oysters, undercooked animal products, soft French style cheeses, pates, unpasteurized juices

H

• Hepatitis ... contaminated food
• Hepatitis A ... contaminated food
• Hepatoma ... Aflatoxin

L

• Leptospirosis ... fish workers
• Listeriosis ... uncooked hot dogs, sliced deli meats, undercooked animal products, soft French style cheeses, pates, unpasteurized juices
• Liver cancer ... Aflatoxin

N

• Neurocysticercosis ... drinking contaminated water or food

P

• Paralytic shellfish poisoning ... scallops, cockles, clams, oysters, crabs, lobsters, shellfish, mussels
• Polio ... contaminated food

Q

• Q fever ... infected animal milk, unpasteurized milk

S

• Salmonella enteritidis ... undercooked eggs, raw eggs
• Salmonella food poisoning ... milk, undercooked eggs, meat, raw eggs
• Strep throat ... contaminated food

T

• Tapeworms ... undercooked beef, undercooked fish
• Toxocariasis ... contaminated food
• Toxoplasmosis ... undercooked meat, raw meat
• Traveler's diarrhea ... contaminated food or water
• Trichinosis ... undercooked sausages
• Tuberculosis ... contaminated beef, contaminated milk
• Typhoid fever ... contaminated foods, flies on food, raw food, salads

V

• Vibrio parahaemolyticus ... undercooked seafood, raw seafood, raw oysters
• Vibrio vulnificus ... eating raw oysters

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