Your Flu Symptoms May Be Food Poisoning
Food poisoning very often shows itself as flu like symptoms such as:
So many don’t realize that the illness is caused by bacteria or other pathogens in food.
Many of the intestinal illnesses, commonly referred to as stomach flu, are actually caused by food borne pathogens. The reason most don’t associate their flu feeling to food is because noticeable symptoms may not occur for a couple of days after eating contaminated food.
Symptoms of viral or parasitic infection illnesses may not appear for several weeks after exposure. Rarely do symptoms occur as early as a half hour after your spoiled food ingestion.
Common symptoms for food poisoning include:
- fever
- diarrhea
- headache
- vomiting
- severe exhaustion
- abdominal cramping
And sometimes pussy or bloody stools. Your flu feeling food poisoning symptoms will vary according to the type of bacteria and by the amount of contaminants eaten.
For most healthy people, food poisoning is neither long lasting nor life threatening.
Be sure to avoid dehydration by drink plenty of liquids to replace fluids lost through your vomiting and diarrhea.
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