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Food Poisoning

Consuming contaminated or spoilt food can cause food poisoning leading to diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, fever, abdominal pain, weakness, headache, etc. E.coli, Listeria, Salmonella, Campylobacter, C.botulinum, Toxoplasma, norovirus, sapovirus, and rotavirus mainly cause food poisoning. Meat, dairy, and eggs are frequently found to be contaminated. Treatment includes antimicrobials and rehydration with fluid and electrolytes, with which food poisoning resolves within two or three days.

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Please suggest homeopathic remedies for food poisoning.

Query: Dear Doctor, I am suffering from food poisoning and stomach pain. I have loose motion (diarrhea) too. Please help me with homeopathy medicines for this problem.  Read Full »


Dr. Shilpi Rajnish Gupta

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Please let me know from how many days or hours have you been having this trouble? Do you have any other symptoms like vomiting, sweating, dizziness, tearing in the eyes, excessive salivation, mental stress, and stomach cramps? Please provide me all the details so that ...  Read Full »

Is rice a major source of food poisoning?

Query: Hello doctor, I would like to know a few facts about food poisoning myths. How long does it take for food poisoning effect after eating the offending food? How often is food poisoning caused by bacteria versus a virus? How many food poisoning cases are dangerous or worthy of hospitalization? What ...  Read Full »


Dr. Alka

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I just read your query. After taking contaminated food, food poisoning may occur within hours or may take several days to occur. The contamination of food can occur at any point like during the growing of food, or during harvesting, or storing, or preparing, etc. So h...  Read Full »

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