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Food Poisoning
Food poisoning is the result of eating organisms or toxins in contaminated food. Most cases of food poisoning are from common bacteria like Staphylococcus or E. coli .
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Symptoms
The symptoms from the most common types of food poisoning generally start within 2 to 6 hours of eating the food respon...
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Causes
Food poisoning can affect one person or it can occur as an outbreak in a group of people who all ate the same contamina...
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Tests
Your healthcare provider will examine you for signs and symptoms of food poisoning, such as stomach problems and dehydr...
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Treatments
You will usually recover from the most common types of food poisoning within a couple of days. The goal is to make you ...
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Drugs
aluminum hydroxide
ampicillin
atropine-diphenoxylate
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Risk Factors
Contaminated food
Elderly
Infancy
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Complications
Dehydration is the most common complication. This can occur from any of the causes of food poisoning. Less common but m...
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Prevention
To prevent food poisoning, take the following steps when preparing food: Carefully wash your hands and clean dishes and...
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Call your doctor if: You have diarrhea and are unable to drink fluids due to nausea or vomiting; You are on diuretics a...
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