How fast does food poisening set in?
Question:
I had dinner out last night within 60-90 minutes I was miserable and was up all night. I am pregnant so that just made it worse. Does that sound like it could be the dinner we had out or a coincidence?
Answers:
Symptoms of food poisoning depend on the type of contaminant and the amount eaten. The symptoms can develop rapidly, within 30 minutes, or slowly, worsening over days to weeks. Most of the common contaminants cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal cramping. Usually food poisoning is not serious, and the illness runs its course in 24-48 hours.
Other Answers:
That actually happened to me when i was prego! Yes food poisoning usually happens very quickly, if its more than 24 hrs, it's not food poisoning. Or it could just be morning sickness. I ate a sandwich that I usually love when I'm prego, but one time made me very sick.
food poisening can take to 30 min to many hours but once u have it it is able to kill u It could be the food. I have felt queasy 10 minutes after eating a meal and other times three or four hours after eating. It varies. Take care.
it depends on how long your food takes to digest. usually takes 45 minutes but what you're saying isn't out of hand. i think it's the food you ate.
also: i get sick when i eat out sometimes because i order things that i wouldn't usually eat. (like rich cream sauces or steak.. etc). maybe it's not food poisoning and your body just isn't used to what you ate. It sounds like your 'baby' just didn't like whatever it was you ate. However, it's not impossible for food poisoning to start in that short a space of time, depending on what it was you ate and what kind of food poisoning it is.
Food poisoning can take as little as 30 minutes and can take, I believe, up to 48 hours or more to set in. I got food poisoning from KFC about 20 years ago. it hit me about 6 hours after eating it. man, I was sick.. I laid in bed on my back.. I couldn't move because if I did. not only was I going to puke my guts out.. if I'd moved an inch, I'd have had an immediate reaction from the other end as well. I was sweating buckets. freezing cold to boot. I laid there for 3-4 hours like that until the feelings settled down enough that I could get to the bathroom.. then I spent another 3 hours on the toilet.. non-stop. So, food poisoning is not something to mess around with. especially if you're pregnant because it can dehydrate you VERY quickly.
Suggestion. if you have any symptoms.. see your Dr asap! There are two forms of food poisoning.
#1. Toxicity - Chemicals made by the bacteria in the food maybe poison. This usualy occurs within 2 hours of ingestion, sometimes within 20 minutes. Technicly alcohol belongs in this group.
#2. Microbes - The are alive and when you eat them they make you sick. Usualy this takes much longer, anywhere from 6 hours to a day.
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