E. coli lives in the intestines of healthy cattle and can get into the meat when cattle are slaughtered. The germs are killed when the meat is thoroughly cooked. The most common food source is ground beef because the grinding spreads the germs throughout the meat. These germs have also been in raw milk, roast beef, apple cider, salami, and sometimes on vegetables fertilized with contaminated cow manure.

E. coli must be swallowed to cause an infection. This can happen if you eat or drink something that contains these germs and is not properly cooked or pasteurized. The germs can be spread from person to person if someone who is infected does

There is no treatment E. coli. Antibiotics do not help and may even be harmful. The most important things to remember are that the germs can only make you sick if you swallow them, and the germs are killed by thoroughly washing your hands with soap and water.

Tonsillitis is inflammation of the tonsils(lymph glands located at the back of the throat). Tonsils are small at birth and enlarge during childhood and become smaller at puberty. Tonsils normally help prevent infection in the sinuses, amouth and throat from spreading to other body parts. Tonsillitis is contagious. Ages 5 to 10 are the most common to get it but all ages can get it.

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