Symptoms of Food Poisoning

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Food poisoning symptoms can occur after infection with bacteria or intoxication with toxins produced by bacteria. There are many bacteria, which can be associated with these symptoms, including E. coli, Salmonella, Shigella, Staphylococcus, Campylobacter, Vibrio, and Clostridium.

Patients can develop, fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, bloody stool, cramping, or headache.


Symptoms of dehydration can easily occur in patients with both diarrhea and vomiting.


Depending on the underlying cause of the infectious diarrhea, the incubation period can be as shorts a few hours, and as long as several days. Food poisoning symptoms can be variable depending on the underlying cause.

 
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Symptoms of food poisoning often do not lead directly to the underlying diagnosis and many symptoms can be misleading. Please review all concerns and information found on this website with your health care provider.