Food Poisoning
What is Food Poisoning?
Food poisoning is an illness caused by eating contaminated food.
In most cases, the food is contaminated by bacteria, such as Salmonella or Escherichia coli (E. coli), or a virus, such as norovirus.
The symptoms usually begin 1–3 days after eating food and can include feeling sick, vomiting, diarrhoea, fever and stomach cramps.
Sometimes food poisoning can be caused by a toxin in the food. In these cases, the predominant symptom is vomiting.
Symptoms of food poisoning are:
Abdominal pain - stomach-ache.
Diarrhoea- 'the runs'.
Vomiting - being sick.
Nausea - the feeling of sickness.
Fever - a raised temperature.
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