Signs and Symptoms
Nausea and vomiting are sometimes accompanied by one of the following:
1. Abdominal pain or cramps.
2. Diarrhoea.
3. Fever, weakness and fatigue.
4. Headache.
5. Loss of appetite.
What to do now
If you think you may have food poisoning or chemical poisoning:
1. Trained specialists can help determine the possible origin and if necessary medical treatment.
2. If you have mild vomiting and diarrhea:
1. Do not take any nausea or antidiarrheal medications for 24 hours after your symptoms develop unless a doctor recommends it. Vomiting and diarrhea are the body's way of expelling any irritants or infectious agent may be the cause of the problem. (Medications may be needed for children who become dehydrated more quickly.)
2. Once you can keep fluids down, drink clear liquids for the next 12 hours. Then, for a day, eating soft foods such as rice, baked potatoes and soups clear - if your stomach can tolerate.
3. Get plenty of rest until the symptoms have disappeared. Because you can lose fluid from repeated vomiting. Dehydration is a potential danger, especially in children and other adults. Symptoms include dry mouth, sticky saliva, dizziness, weakness, or weakness, dark yellow urine, and sometimes excessive thirst.
4. If you can not keep liquids down and are becoming severely dehydrated, you must go to a hospital for fluid replacement intravenously.
When you call a doctor
1. Yes, along with vomiting and abdominal pain, blurred vision, muscle weakness, difficulty speaking or swallowing, or muscle paralysis. These may be symptoms of botulism, a rare but sometimes fatal food poisoning bacteria.
2. If you have symptoms of chemical poisoning of food, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, sweating, eyes tear excessively large amounts of saliva, mental confusion, and stomach pain, about 30 minutes after eating. This is often caused by pesticides or by eating food contaminated containers are stored and can be fatal.
3.In case of vomiting blood or something that looks like coffee grounds.
4. If you have blood in your stool or black tarry stools, which may indicate internal bleeding.
5. If you have severe pain or swelling in the abdomen, rectum or anus, you can have a severe abdominal disorder.
6. If signs of dehydration, dry mouth, sticky saliva, dizziness or weakness, dark yellow urine, and sometimes, excessive thirst. Dehydration is very serious in babies.
7. If symptoms recur after treatment, you may have an underlying problem like an intestinal parasite.
8. If vomiting and diarrhea are severe and last longer than two or three days.
9. If you have a fever of 101.05 or more.
How to prevent?
To avoid contracting viral gastroenteritis:
1. Wash your hands frequently.
2. Keep your immune system strong with plenty of rest, exercise and a healthy diet.
To prevent food poisoning:
1. Do not thaw frozen meat at room temperature. Let the meat melt in the refrigerator or thaw quickly in a microwave and cook immediately. Make sure frozen food (especially poultry) is completely thawed before cooking, to cook all the way through and kill bacteria.
2. Away from home, take special care not to eat moist foods that have been exposed to the sun long enough to warm. Avoid raw, marinated fish raw meat or eggs. Cook all foods as well.
3. The use of soap and hot water, wash your hands and any surfaces, cutting boards, utensils touched by raw fish and poultry.
4. Refrigerate perishable foods immediately. Set your refrigerator at 37 degrees, and never eat cooked meat or dairy products if they have been out of refrigeration over two hours.
5. Make sure all family members wash their hands with soap and water after using the toilet and before preparing food or eating.
6. Do not eat any food that looks or smells bad, or any food in bulging cans or cracked jars, a sign that the contents have gone bad.
7. Do not eat wild berries, mushrooms or other plants unless you are sure of what they are.
Nausea and vomiting are sometimes accompanied by one of the following:
1. Abdominal pain or cramps.
2. Diarrhoea.
3. Fever, weakness and fatigue.
4. Headache.
5. Loss of appetite.
What to do now
If you think you may have food poisoning or chemical poisoning:
1. Trained specialists can help determine the possible origin and if necessary medical treatment.
2. If you have mild vomiting and diarrhea:
1. Do not take any nausea or antidiarrheal medications for 24 hours after your symptoms develop unless a doctor recommends it. Vomiting and diarrhea are the body's way of expelling any irritants or infectious agent may be the cause of the problem. (Medications may be needed for children who become dehydrated more quickly.)
2. Once you can keep fluids down, drink clear liquids for the next 12 hours. Then, for a day, eating soft foods such as rice, baked potatoes and soups clear - if your stomach can tolerate.
3. Get plenty of rest until the symptoms have disappeared. Because you can lose fluid from repeated vomiting. Dehydration is a potential danger, especially in children and other adults. Symptoms include dry mouth, sticky saliva, dizziness, weakness, or weakness, dark yellow urine, and sometimes excessive thirst.
4. If you can not keep liquids down and are becoming severely dehydrated, you must go to a hospital for fluid replacement intravenously.
When you call a doctor
1. Yes, along with vomiting and abdominal pain, blurred vision, muscle weakness, difficulty speaking or swallowing, or muscle paralysis. These may be symptoms of botulism, a rare but sometimes fatal food poisoning bacteria.
2. If you have symptoms of chemical poisoning of food, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, sweating, eyes tear excessively large amounts of saliva, mental confusion, and stomach pain, about 30 minutes after eating. This is often caused by pesticides or by eating food contaminated containers are stored and can be fatal.
3.In case of vomiting blood or something that looks like coffee grounds.
4. If you have blood in your stool or black tarry stools, which may indicate internal bleeding.
5. If you have severe pain or swelling in the abdomen, rectum or anus, you can have a severe abdominal disorder.
6. If signs of dehydration, dry mouth, sticky saliva, dizziness or weakness, dark yellow urine, and sometimes, excessive thirst. Dehydration is very serious in babies.
7. If symptoms recur after treatment, you may have an underlying problem like an intestinal parasite.
8. If vomiting and diarrhea are severe and last longer than two or three days.
9. If you have a fever of 101.05 or more.
How to prevent?
To avoid contracting viral gastroenteritis:
1. Wash your hands frequently.
2. Keep your immune system strong with plenty of rest, exercise and a healthy diet.
To prevent food poisoning:
1. Do not thaw frozen meat at room temperature. Let the meat melt in the refrigerator or thaw quickly in a microwave and cook immediately. Make sure frozen food (especially poultry) is completely thawed before cooking, to cook all the way through and kill bacteria.
2. Away from home, take special care not to eat moist foods that have been exposed to the sun long enough to warm. Avoid raw, marinated fish raw meat or eggs. Cook all foods as well.
3. The use of soap and hot water, wash your hands and any surfaces, cutting boards, utensils touched by raw fish and poultry.
4. Refrigerate perishable foods immediately. Set your refrigerator at 37 degrees, and never eat cooked meat or dairy products if they have been out of refrigeration over two hours.
5. Make sure all family members wash their hands with soap and water after using the toilet and before preparing food or eating.
6. Do not eat any food that looks or smells bad, or any food in bulging cans or cracked jars, a sign that the contents have gone bad.
7. Do not eat wild berries, mushrooms or other plants unless you are sure of what they are.
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