Because prunes because of its structure is relatively special, if not washed, the pulp may have a lot of bacteria, which may lead to unwashed prunes eaten directly, causing gastrointestinal infections, diarrhea and other situations. And many supermarkets sell prunes because of its very good quality, that in the planting process, in order to prevent insect bites as well as bird damage and sprayed with pesticides, so if the prunes are not washed directly eat it is likely to cause pesticide residues poisoning.

And in the supermarket to buy prunes are generally transported and preserved in the supermarket, prunes just picked when the general will appear small eggs, the eggs did not hatch out of small worms, eat the body is very good, but if you save to one or two days, small worms out of the eggs and then eat it will cause more harm to the body, so in the supermarket to buy prunes is generally recommended to soak in salted water, will be the worms The first thing you need to do is to force the bugs out before you can consume them.

So prunes can't be eaten without washing, they must be cleaned and then eaten, if they are freshly picked prunes, and to ensure that prunes don't have pesticide residues, they won't do much harm to the body without washing, but prunes bought from supermarkets are generally recommended to be cleaned. If the patient accidentally ate not cleaned prunes, and appeared uncomfortable symptoms, such as stomach pain, diarrhea, etc., it is recommended to immediately go to the hospital for medical treatment.