YEREVAN, DECEMBER 21, ARMENPRESS: Forty-nine cases of a rare disease known as botulism were registered in Armenia this year, killing five and causing a great deal of suffering to 43 others, including 8 children below the age of 14.
Though most of these cases involve babies whose immune systems aren’t as strong as older kids and adults, so they can’t fight off the bacteria, botulism usually occurs after eating improperly cooked or preserved foods. The botulism bacteria release a poison, also called a toxin, which travels through the blood to attach to the nerves that control your muscles.
This year’s cases outnumbered 13 botulism cases reported last year with 17 people affected three of whom died.
Botulism cases in Armenia occur usually in winter when many families start eating home-made preserves, despite the health ministry’s warning against using such food or its instructions to at least thorough cook such food by boiling it for ten minutes to destroy the botulism toxin.
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