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Food poisoning remedies

• Many cases of diarrhea each year are probably due to food poisoning.
• And in many of these cases, they go unreported as the cause is not known and is usually put into the "stomach flu" basket...

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Food poisoning is far more common than is typically believed.

OK. It's one of those subjects you want to avoid and never have to experience.

The symptoms can vary greatly, and can take hold of you as quickly as 30 minutes, but what is food poisoning?

Usually within 24-96 hours of eating a food contaminated with a virus or bacteria, there is abdominal pain, without or without diarrhea, vomiting, sweating, and/or weakness.

Lets break it down into 3 steps to simplify the various symptoms:

1. It can take up to one hour if it is caused by chemical food poisoning (Note: If food poisoning is due to chemical or bacterial toxins, proper treatment may require pumping the stomach)
2. One to twelve hours in cases due to bacterial poisoning
3. 12 to 48 hours in cases due to viral or salmonella poisoning.

Symptoms can range from stomach pain and nausea, to constipation, diarrhea (sometimes in alternation with each other) and, in very severe cases, collapse and shock.

Here's a helpful guideline of what to consider and be sure to rule these out because this list of eight conditions can all mimic symptoms of food poisoning:

1. Flu
2. Gastrointestinal disorders
3. Digestive enzyme deficiencies
4. Drug interactions
5. Stress
6. Nutrient deficiencies
7. Excess nutrients (for example too much magnesium can cause loose stools and abdominal cramps)
8. In infants, it can be due to an intolerance to honey...

You should suspect food poisoning if a number of people who ate the same food come down with similar symptoms.

The most common types of food poisoning are infective types such as:

• Salmonella which is found in farm animals or passed on by unhygienic food handling or flies from contaminated fecal material
• Frozen poultry that is not completely thawed before being cooked
• Contaminated drinking water
• Foods that remain at room temperature too long, which can encourage Clostridium - often referred to as the "cafeteria germ"
• Food products such as chicken, duck, or geese, raw or partly cooked eggs, or raw fish such as clams, oysters, or sushi...

Other causes include organisms such as Staphylococcal bacteria, which can be passed through the hands, coughing, sneezing, or breathing onto the food.

Botulism, can occur in food preserved at home; viruses that contaminate shellfish growing in contaminated waters.

And other water born infective organisms such as Giardia and Campylobacter, which can take up to one week before causing symptoms.

Non-infective food poisoning is another factor and is caused by:

• Poisonous mushrooms, toadstools
• Fresh vegetables and fruits that have been contaminated with chemicals and insecticides
• Foods stored in inappropriate containers (leakage of metals from the containers into the food)...

Food poisoning usually improves within three days unless due to botulism, chemical poisoning, or mushroom poisoning.

However, some infective organisms or parasites do not cause identifiable initial symptoms but can linger in the body and may cause long-term health problems that are difficult to diagnose.

Caution: In cases of food poisoning that cause severe vomiting and diarrhea, seek immediate emergency medical care and keep samples of food available for testing, if possible.

Food poisoning remedies