Food Poisoning
Discussion
I have a cold and taste buds are shot.
Had some chicken for tea and it tasted a tad weird but put it down to my sore throat and feeling unwell.
Wife than started to eat hers and spat it out.
Great, I'd already eaten half a breast.
I am now started to feel sick but am not sure if this is the chicken or the cold.
I ate the food about an hour ago, can it have an effect that quickly?
Had some chicken for tea and it tasted a tad weird but put it down to my sore throat and feeling unwell.
Wife than started to eat hers and spat it out.
Great, I'd already eaten half a breast.
I am now started to feel sick but am not sure if this is the chicken or the cold.
I ate the food about an hour ago, can it have an effect that quickly?
Okay, if the worst comes to the worst the next 48hrs could be bad. Get rehydration sachets (they normally come in a pack with immodiam (sp?) type products). Ensure you are well hydrated now.
I'd personally try some pepto-bismol. A pharmacist recommended it to me when suffering from the runs - it will probably help prevent symptoms, though I'm not a doctor.
Keep your phone with you if it starts to get bad.
Don't take any ammodiam unless you absolutely have to. Let your body flush the bugs out, not trap them in.
Good luck - I know from experience having eaten under cooked chicken in Uganda, and had fever and passed out. Not nice.
An alternative might be to get absolutely ratted on spirts and hope the alcohol kills the bugs. No idea if this would work though!
I'd personally try some pepto-bismol. A pharmacist recommended it to me when suffering from the runs - it will probably help prevent symptoms, though I'm not a doctor.
Keep your phone with you if it starts to get bad.
Don't take any ammodiam unless you absolutely have to. Let your body flush the bugs out, not trap them in.
Good luck - I know from experience having eaten under cooked chicken in Uganda, and had fever and passed out. Not nice.
An alternative might be to get absolutely ratted on spirts and hope the alcohol kills the bugs. No idea if this would work though!
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tting yourself for a reason.Boozy said:
Don't take Immodium, I did that when I was ill with food poisoning, as per the instructions I took one per bowel movement, ate about six or something like that and didn't poo for days. When I did it was like Uranium pellets.
The only reason imodium and it's ilk should be used is to allow time to get out of a situation, leaving a country by plane, etcspikeyhead said:
Boozy said:
Don't take Immodium, I did that when I was ill with food poisoning, as per the instructions I took one per bowel movement, ate about six or something like that and didn't poo for days. When I did it was like Uranium pellets.
The only reason imodium and it's ilk should be used is to allow time to get out of a situation, leaving a country by plane, etc
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