eMedicine Food Poisoning (Health/Food_Borne)
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Description: Article by Senthil Nachimuthu, MD.Food Poisoning Food poisoning refers to an acute... illness caused by ingestion of food contaminated by bacteria, bacterial toxins, viruses, natural poisons, or harmful chemical substances. It is characterized by a short incubation period (1 wk or less). The symptoms, varying in degree and combination, include abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, and prostration more serious cases can result in lifethreatening neurologic, hepatic, and renal syndromes leading to permanent disability or death.Most of the illnesses are mild and improve without
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