| SYMPTOMS
- Combination of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea that may or may not be bloody, sometimes with other symptoms
- Abdominal cramps, diarrhea, and vomiting, starting from one hour to four days after eating tainted food and lasting up to four days, usually indicate bacterial food poisoning.
- Vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, headaches, and fever and chills, beginning from 12 to 48 hours after eating contaminated food-particularly seafood-usually indicate viral food poisoning.
- Vomiting, diarrhea, sweating, dizziness, tearing in the eyes, excessive salivation, mental confusion and stomach pain, beginning about 30 minutes after eating contaminated food, are typical indications of chemical food poisoning.
- Partial loss of speech or vision, muscle paralysis from the head down through the body, and vomiting may indicate botulism, a severe but very rare type of bacterial food poisoning.
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