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Food Poisoning - Causes and Experience

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Comment from: foodbankssuk, 25-34 Male (Patient) Published: January 13

My wife and 6 kids had chicken last night. Immediately after, my wife started vomiting. Then my 10 year old started vomiting. Now my 2 year- old has been vomiting all night. Hopefully my other four kids don't get sick like this. Come to find out the chicken we got was from a food bank in Racine, WI. These idiots thawed the chicken then refroze it, then gave it away.

Comment from: 25-34 Female (Patient) Published: January 11

I ate a piece of pie yesterday at a local restaurant. One to two hours later I started experiencing hot and cold flashes, followed shortly after by uncontrollable watery bowel movements and then projectile vomiting. This occurred approximately every 15 minutes for eleven hours, sometimes accompanied by fainting between bouts. Even small sips of water made me vomit again. After 11 hours, I was able to sip watered-down Gatorade without vomiting and the episodes of diarrhea have begun to slow to one every hour or two.

Comment from: annie, 55-64 Female (Patient) Published: January 11

Ate chicken at fast food outlet 6 days ago, and I had cramps through the night. The next day, I had aches and pains and then the diarrhea started. Doctor says it is Campylobacter and can last up to seven days and he sent my tests to the lab. My advice with liquid motions and fever is to get to your doctor ASAP. This poison can be caused by improper handling of preparation of chicken.

Comment from: 35-44 Female (Patient) Published: January 04

I believe that my illness was caused by either "prewashed" spinach or sliced turkey from a supermarket deli. Nausea came on suddenly with one episode of intense vomiting. Copious watery diarrhea with some cramping followed, occurring every 15 to 30 minutes. Taking even a sip of water provoked cramping and a bout of diarrhea, so I was unable to retain any fluids. The diarrhea stopped about 10 hours after the onset of initial symptoms. I was then able to tolerate small amounts of ice water and saltine crackers. Fever, chills and extreme fatigue lasted throughout the following day.

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Comment from: 45-54 Female Published: January 04

I should have not eaten the turkey enchiladas. They smelled funny, but dumb me went ahead and ate it anyway. About four hours later I woke up with an upset stomach and watery diarrhea. I had projectile vomiting. I took some acidophilus and have been sipping green tea to stay hydrated. I just recently had a little yogurt, but my stomach is still upset and the diarrhea has not stopped. I am praying that this will be gone soon.

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Comment from: pharris, 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: December 29

Last night I ate scallops for dinner. Two hours after eating I felt extremely bloated. At 4:00 am I started having watery diarrhea and severe abdominal pains.

Comment from: (Patient) Published: December 29

We believe pizza caused our food poisoning. We had severe cramping, headaches, chills, nausea, body aches, vomiting and watery diarrhea.

Comment from: 19-24 Male Published: December 28

I ate 3 nacho cheese chalupas, and immediately after, I had diarrhea. An hour later, my stomach feels like its floating and I have a lump in my throat. My head is dizzy but I don't have a headache and I'm getting hot/cold flashes. I'm at work now, and I can barely function.

Comment from: howzit, 55-64 Female (Patient) Published: December 28

I went to a local restaurant and ate cheese from the salad bar. Not only was it the worst tasting food ever. I started to feel dizzy and nauseated. I could not eat or drink; and I began to have headaches, cold, clammy hands, abdominal pains and pain in my back and my lower limbs. I had no diarrhea or vomiting. It has taken a week for me to feel better, and I'm still feeling kind of bad.

Comment from: PB, 45-54 Male (Patient) Published: December 28

Frequently after a potluck -- especially one at work -- I have experienced mild symptoms -- stomach pain, headache or dizziness, and intestinal symptoms. I think it is because some people do not keep the food hot enough or cold enough during storage and travel.

Comment from: HGSurvivor07, 35-44 Female (Patient) Published: December 17

I ate at a local restaurant (from their lunch buffet, pizza, pasta, and salad) and within an hour I had projectile vomiting. Two hours later I had vomiting, severe nausea with cramping, and diarrhea. This went on for about 12 hours until it ran its course.

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