If you ate at McDonald's recently, take these safety measures amid deadly E Coli outbreak

Anyone who has consumed a Quarter Pounder hamburger from McDonald's successful caller weeks is being urged to enactment alert if they announcement changes to their bodies.

A awesome outbreak of nan germs E Coli has been linked to astir 2,700 fast nutrient stores successful Mountain West states, sidesplitting 1 and hospitalizing 10 others.

The CDC says anyone who ate a Quarter Pounder - which is consumed by 100,000 Americans per time - and feels sick should interaction their expert immediately.

And nutrient information experts told DailyMail.com that those who ate astatine McDonald's should stay vigilant for 2 to 8 days aft being exposed, arsenic symptoms could return astir a week to start.   

E Coli kills up to a 5th of group it infects, truthful nan proposal is not to hold and to activity thief immediately. So acold 49 Americans are confirmed to person nan unwellness aft eating astatine McDonald's but that is apt a immense undercount, nan CDC says.

The CDC warned consumers: 'If you person terrible symptoms of E. coli infection aft eating a Quarter Pounder hamburger astatine McDonald's, activity wellness attraction and show your supplier astir what you ate.' 

While astir patients retrieve connected their own, those pinch terrible unwellness whitethorn person been subjected to bloody diarrhea, vomiting, tummy cramps, and dehydration. 

The agency besides advises seeking thief for diarrhea that lasts for astatine slightest 3 days pinch nary betterment aliases vomiting truthful terrible that it's difficult to support liquids down. 

Mitzi Baum, a nutrient information master and CEO of nonprofit Stop Foodborne Illness, told DailyMail.com: 'If you person eaten a Quarter Pounder precocious and are showing nan symptoms described above, please activity aesculapian attraction immediately. In bid for your unwellness to beryllium treated appropriately, you request to beryllium tested for E. coli.

'Tell your aesculapian supplier that you judge that you are portion of nan existent E. coli outbreak associated pinch McDonald's Quarter Pounders, and you want to beryllium tested for E. coli.'

Stool, blood, and urine tests tin observe nan bacteria. 

She besides noted that contempt nan outbreak, 'consumers don't request to debar nan edifice entirely,' arsenic affected items person been removed from restaurants successful impacted states. 

The outbreak dispersed to 10 states: Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, and Oregon. 

This intends that customers surviving successful those states are astir astatine consequence of infection if they ate a Quarter Pounder between eptember 27 and October 11. 

Ms Baum said that young children and nan aged should beryllium peculiarly vigilant, arsenic they are much apt to person compromised immune systems, making them much susceptible to terrible infections.

She said: 'They tin create a superior complication of E.coli poisoning called hemolytic uremia syndrome (HUS). If it occurs, it develops an mean of 7 days aft nan first symptoms, erstwhile nan diarrhea is improving.'

HUS is nan complication that hospitalized nan unidentified kid mentioned successful nan CDC's report. It affects astir 200 to 300 Americans per twelvemonth and kills little than 1 successful 20 of those.

Symptoms of HUS see fever, abdominal pain, ray skin, fatigue, irritability, bruising, and bleeding from nan chemoreceptor and mouth, Ms Baum said.  

There is nary circumstantial curen for E coli, truthful astir patients are expected to remainder and portion plentifulness of fluids to stave disconnected dehydration, Ms Baum said. 

The CDC recommends terrible E coli beryllium treated pinch IV fluids, humor transfusions, and kidney dialysis if patients suffer from nan complication hemolytic uremic syndrome, which damages nan kidneys. 

Ms Baum said: 'Antibiotics should not beryllium utilized to dainty this infection. There is nary grounds that curen pinch antibiotics is helpful, and taking antibiotics whitethorn summation nan consequence of HUS.'

The Mayo Clinic recommends avoiding anti-diarrhea medications, arsenic they slow down nan digestive strategy and forestall nan assemblage from getting free of toxins, meaning it could support you sick longer.