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Foodborne illness (also foodborne disease and colloquially referred to as food poisoning ) is any illness resulting from the consumption of contaminated food , pathogenic bacteria , viruses , or parasites that contaminate food, as well as chemical or natural toxins such as poisonous mushrooms .
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Threw up early Friday morning around 1am about 4 times. Not sure if its food poisoning (ate some calamari) or if its a bug. Had a little bit of diarrhea as well but didn't last very long. I felt like I could barely...
I had pizza from pizza hut with beef and pineapples and afterword I felt really weak in my legs and it happend to my mom too. It felt like we were drugged. My mom thinks there is something wrong with the ingredients is it food poisoning?
My nine year old daughter has very bad food poisoning (from fish) with vomiting and diarreah - we are trying to keep her fluids up to avoid her dehydrating... She's looking a little better now after being very sick...
We have made intercourse with my wife. We didn't use any protection. Total time of last intercourse has been passed for 48 hrs. We have made this intercourse just after one day of periods time was finished. Now how...
Hi, my wife had food poisoning last year in August 2011 with loose motion. The doctor then asked her to take 2 caps of redotil and the following - Dompass, Vizzylac and o2. Since yday, she is again having loose motion. What medicine shd she...
Yesterday I went to a restaurant for lunch and had a stomach ache all afternoon. It hurt higher up, around the middle of my torso. It continued all night, and hurt before I went to bed. When I woke up this morning,...
For the past five days or so I have been suffering from skull splitting headaches, dizzy spells, occassional nausea and an upset stomach. About 10 days ago I went to the doctor due to food poisoning. I took a...
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I'm diagnosed with ciguatera. I just had to participate in tb test for my daughter's school. Should I be concerned?
I have red tiny bumps that look like bug bites all over my face, neck, chest, back, and a little around my arms. Its been about three days and it started to spread from yesterday. I went to see two doctors and they...
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Doctor : hi User : Hi Doctor Doctor : hwo can we help you User : Can you suggest a general physician near Koramangala (5th Block) User : a friend of mine probably has food poisoning Doctor : ok Doctor : a team member will get in touch with...
Doctor : hi User : hiii Doctor : how can i help u User : i m affected by food poisoning User : wht kind of food will i take??? Doctor : i will help u in this User : r u thr?? User : ya Doctor : yes i am there Doctor : can i ask few Q...
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Doctor : hi User : Can you get food poisioning from eating one cooked shrimp that may have been bad Doctor : how can i help you User : although i just ate one? User : it was refrigerated Doctor : yes you can get User : from just one? User :...
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My boyfriend is feeling rather ill and we don t know what his illness is. He has a loss of appetite , is exhausted, and feels like he s going to be sick. He s breaking out on is forehead and chest and - this may be unrelated - his back and knee hurts. As far as I know, he has had problems before with his knee. He doesn t have any allergies. My...
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What are the Signs and symptoms of food poisoning ?
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I think I may have gotten food poisoning from eating expired brownies, about an hour after eatin them I began to feel sick and then I kept burping. Then I felt nauseous. Around 4-5 hours later I developed a low grade fever in the low 90s. Also I have lost around 10 lbs. I now am 107 lbs and am a 17 year old male. I have always had stomach aches...
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I went out for dinner tonight with my girl friends one of whom had a beef tartar as a starter. About 15~20 minutes after she s finished it, she had to pay visits to the ladies and over the next half an hour or so, a few more visits. She said everything came out. While eating, she did not spot anything odd in its taste. The food could not have...
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I have been diagnosed with food poisoning . Before meeting the doctor I had some mild itching on my pelvic region. i thought that it might be of any side effect of medication . After proper medication of food poisoning i have red marks on pelvic and as well as on the hip side. I also have serious itching there. i am applying Clocip-B. bt there...
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hi i am ghazal i am 20 year old i have 60 kg weight and 6 hight i have suffering food poisoning which drip irrigation i have to use and how to i have reduce my weight in 50 kg. thanks.
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Dear Doctor, I have been advised to take Niftran 100 mg for 10 days , 3 times a day on March 19 after I discharged for food poisoning . I have been advised to take for loose motion also for 5 days two times a day. I took for 3 days and stopped. Loose motion stopped. Last moth I did urine routine check and found that blood in the urine. I think I...
Recovering from food poisoning , the worst is over. Symptoms started 12 hrs after eating the food, the following 24 hrs I felt like I was dying, slowly recovering since. Now on the 4th day, still dizzy (when I stand up I get an instant headache ), lightheaded, weak, only able to eat small amounts of BRADY food, stomach feels like its on fire,...
I Need To Know what s Wrong With Me , I Could Have Food poisoning . But Yesterday Night I Had slight cramping Before I Went To Sleep This Morning I Woke Up Okay But Then Around 5 pm I ate After finished Eating I Had To Go To The bathroom Real Bad...I Had dierriah ... I Had To Go Back To The bathroom a Few Times Then Started feeling cramping...
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Hi, My 9 month old baby keeps vomiting after eating and gags sometimes even before l have started feeding him. He also has a few spots on his hands, arms and legs. The vomiting and spots started in conjunction with a cold he picked up about a week ago. He has been teething the last couple of nights too. Despite the above, he is still smiling and...
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