In the intestinal clinic, often encounter some “vomiting and diarrhea” of acute gastroenteritis patients, a question about medical history, many patients have eaten seafood before the onset. Here is a special reminder that although seafood is delicious, it must be cooked thoroughly before eating. Many seafood is a filter-feeding animals, in the filter food microalgae in the water to obtain food, its innards are often enriched with a large number of pathogenic microorganisms, such as Escherichia coli, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Bacillus deformans, norovirus, etc.. People who eat raw or eat undercooked seafood may be infected with these pathogenic bacteria, resulting in infectious diarrhea, fever, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms of acute gastroenteritis, severe patients can be dehydrated, generalized cramps, confusion, blood pressure drop and other shock symptoms or even life-threatening. Therefore, while enjoying the food, we must pay attention to dietary hygiene and avoid eating raw seafood or eating uncooked seafood products. If you process seafood yourself, try to buy live products, and be sure to cook them thoroughly (crabs, shellfish and other hard-shelled, generally need to cook for 30 minutes before eating). Add vinegar, grated ginger and raw garlic when eating seafood to help kill any harmful germs left behind. If you have acute gastroenteritis symptoms from eating seafood, you should go to a hospital gastroenterology clinic as soon as possible.