How long will the contaminated food take to cause food poisoning?

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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 how often it happens depends upon the cause of contamination and hygiene at that place. If severe vomiting or diarrhea occurs which leads to water loss or high-grade fever is there or any other severe symptoms then hospitalization is necessary.

Food poisoning can occur with any food which is contaminated. It is not only about rice. If you have mild symptoms you can take a light diet with the advice of your physician. In case of severe symptoms, intravenous fluids are important. If pregnant women or sick people suffered from food poisoning then they require more attention and care. If proper management is given food poisoning is curable.

The medication of food poisoning depends on symptoms and causative factors like either it is bacterial problem or viral problem. The main cause of food poisoning is the lack of proper hygiene at any point while storing food or while making food or while transferring from one place to another or not washing hands and utensils properly.