Food poisoning symptoms
Typically, food poisoning starts with a combination of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, which can sometimes be with the blood, sometimes accompanied by other food poisoning symptoms.
- Stomach cramps, diarrhea and vomiting, starting in the interval from 1 hour to 4 days after consumption of spoiled products and continuing up to 4 days, usually indicate a bacterial food poisoning.
- Vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps, headache and fever with chills, starting in the interval from 12 to 48 hours after consumption of contaminated food – especially seafood – usually indicate the viral nature of poisoning.
- Vomiting, diarrhea, sweating, dizziness, tears in the eyes, copious salivation, clouding of consciousness and pain in the stomach, beginning in 30 minutes after consumption of contaminated products – typical symptoms of chemical food poisoning.
- Partial loss of speech or vision, paralysis of muscles from the head and continue throughout the body, and vomiting may indicate botulism – a serious but rare food poisoning.
You should turn to doctor if notice the following symptoms:
- Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea that lasts more than two days.
- Age of the patient is less than three years.
- Decrease of the temperature.
- The emergence of symptoms after a recent overseas trip.
- Massive symptoms in several people.
- The patient can not drink.
- For two days the patient is not stabilized.
- Weakened immune systems or chronic diseases (HIV / AIDS, cancer or the effects of chemotherapy, renal disease).
- Inability to take assigned medications because of vomiting.
- Any signs of damage to the nervous system, such as the inarticulate speech, muscle weakness, diplopy, or difficulty with swallowing function.
Call an ambulance, in the case of following food poisoning sings:
- Fainting or unconsciousness
- Temperatures above 39 ° C.
- Acute or spasmodic pain.
- Bloating.
- Change color of the skin and eyes.
- Haematemesis.
- You can’t urinate.
- Problems with breathing and swallowing function.
- Inflammation of the joints or rashes appearance on the skin.