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Food poisoning

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Food poisoning is described as an acute attack of abdominal pain and diarrhoea, with or without vomiting, lasting one or two days - up to a week in some cases, with a sudden onset of between 30 minutes and 40 hours of eating contaminated food.

Investigation and management assumes an infective aetiology.

Reference

  1. American Medical Association, American Nurses Association/American Nurses Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, et al. Diagnosis and management of foodborne illnesses: a primer for physicians and other health care professionals. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2004 Apr 16;53(RR-4):1-33.

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