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Title: DUmmy Gets Food Poisoning - Again
Post by: Dori on August 16, 2014, 08:12:26 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018652622

I can't remember ever getting food poisoning.

I've gotten the stomach flu a few times, but I always managed to know who I caught it from.

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HipChick (11,767 posts)

Another bout of food poisoning...

I have to stop eating out..or go Vegan  It's hot as hell out, and I am sitting here shivering..

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The Velveteen Ocelot (37,744 posts)

1. Food poisoning is miserable -
 
you feel like you have to get better in order to die. But going vegan won't prevent you from getting it because salmonella and e. coli are often carried on vegetables.

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Star Member Mosby (4,194 posts)

6. the most common cause of food poisoning in the us is norovirus
 
It's spread by food service workers and poor sanitation, the food itself is mostly irrelevant, though ready to eat and raw foods are higher risk.

 
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Star Member pipi_k (19,756 posts)

7. Like someone above said...

plenty of water, but also, don't take anything to stop the emissions from either end, if you get my drift.

You want that bad stuff to get the hell out.

I read that it's pretty much OK to let it run its course for 24 to 48 hours without any interference.

Food poisoning sucks! 

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laundry_queen (7,175 posts)

11. Yes good advice
 
Once I took a gravol the second I started to feel nauseous (the kids all had it and I thought I could forgo the worst of it with gravol). OMG don't EVER do that. I ended up on the floor with the worst stomach pain I've had in my life (aside from labor and gallstones) and then after a few hours of absolute misery, it got worse. It came out both ends at the same time...for hours.


Now, when my kids start barfing and I feel nauseous, I just leave it alone. I stop eating and drinking (except small sips of water) until it passes. If I do start vomiting, I do 'gastric rest' and in my experience with the kids, when we do 'gastric resting' it passes quickly - it's usually gone in 12 hours. So much better than previous bouts that lasted days and days. A doctor at the ER explained the technique to me when one of my kids was overly dehydrated from a bout with norovirus. It worked like a charm.

Basically, if you vomit, you take nothing by mouth for 1-2 hours, then you start up again with a TEASPOON of a rehydration solution (Gatorade, pedialyte) every 15 minutes. If you vomit again, you start over. If after an hour, you hold down the teaspoon, then you graduate to a tablespoon every 10-15 minutes for an hour. Then a tablespoon every 5 minutes. Then sips out of a cup. Then dry toast. If at any time you vomit, you start over.

That technique has never failed to cut short a stomach virus in our family. 

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izquierda (8,650 posts)

9. I pity you...
 
I had a very bad case earlier this summer. It was dreadful.

Never saw so many barfers   :puke:  :puke:  :puke:

Title: Re: DUmmy Gets Food Poisoning - Again
Post by: Chris_ on August 16, 2014, 08:51:10 PM
Do none of these people own a cooking thermometer?

One of the last two times I got food poisoning was about 15 years ago... I got a chicken sandwich from a fast food place that had been sitting out getting a tan under the heat lamps.
Title: Re: DUmmy Gets Food Poisoning - Again
Post by: I_B_Perky on August 16, 2014, 08:59:49 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018652622

I can't remember ever getting food poisoning.

Me either, Dori.
Title: Re: DUmmy Gets Food Poisoning - Again
Post by: I_B_Perky on August 16, 2014, 09:00:36 PM
Do none of these people own a cooking thermometer?

One of the last two times I got food poisoning was about 15 years ago... I got a chicken sandwich from a fast food place that had been sitting out getting a tan under the heat lamps.

They are dummies, Chris. They are stupid.   :cheersmate:
Title: Re: DUmmy Gets Food Poisoning - Again
Post by: Delmar on August 16, 2014, 11:05:12 PM
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Thu Aug 14, 2014, 09:00 PM
HipChick (11,770 posts)

Another bout of food poisoning...


I have to stop eating out..or go Vegan  It's hot as hell out, and I am sitting here shivering..

You could try washing your hands after you go to the can, DUmmy.
Title: Re: DUmmy Gets Food Poisoning - Again
Post by: Chris_ on August 16, 2014, 11:08:19 PM
Please tell me this thread is from the Cooking & Baking forum.
Title: Re: DUmmy Gets Food Poisoning - Again
Post by: BEG on August 16, 2014, 11:21:06 PM
I have gotten in once, salmonella in Cozumel. It sucked and two weeks later in New York (my 40th birthday) my knee swelled up (HUGE) and I couldn't walk. I had reactive arthritis for the first time. An autoimmune response to the salmonella.
Title: Re: DUmmy Gets Food Poisoning - Again
Post by: GOBUCKS on August 16, 2014, 11:31:51 PM
You could try washing your hands after you go to the can, DUmmy.
(http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/ac32/gobucksnumbers/Soup_zps5048c487.jpg)
Title: Re: DUmmy Gets Food Poisoning - Again
Post by: Chris_ on August 16, 2014, 11:35:46 PM
I still can't tell what's in that.  Is that supposed to be pasta?  Tamales?  I'm so confused.
Title: Re: DUmmy Gets Food Poisoning - Again
Post by: JohnnyReb on August 17, 2014, 03:52:10 AM
Cure for DUmmie food poisoning: stop eating out of DUmpsters.
Title: Re: DUmmy Gets Food Poisoning - Again
Post by: BlueStateSaint on August 17, 2014, 07:02:14 AM
I still can't tell what's in that.  Is that supposed to be pasta?  Tamales?  I'm so confused.

I don't know what it's supposed to be, but this is what I (and a lot of others here) see . . .

:puke: :puke: :puke:
Title: Re: DUmmy Gets Food Poisoning - Again
Post by: Dori on August 17, 2014, 12:06:37 PM
I still can't tell what's in that.  Is that supposed to be pasta?  Tamales?  I'm so confused.

It's from NJCher's post

Caramelized Onion, Mushroom, & Tortellini Soup
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1157&pid=38586

Title: Re: DUmmy Gets Food Poisoning - Again
Post by: Big Dog on August 17, 2014, 12:39:20 PM
I still can't tell what's in that.  Is that supposed to be pasta?  Tamales?  I'm so confused.

<<<--- still expecting a human eyeball to float to the surface.
Title: Re: DUmmy Gets Food Poisoning - Again
Post by: Big Dog on August 17, 2014, 12:51:13 PM
Advice for DUmmies: Don't be afraid of food poisoning; it rarely kills anyone, and it's a great way to lose weight!

Immediately after using the toilet (no handwashing allowed!), garnish a sun-dried chicken breast with a generous dollop of warm mayonnaise. Draw a smiley-face in the mayo with your finger. Eat it all up, and watch the pounds melt away!
Title: Re: DUmmy Gets Food Poisoning - Again
Post by: GOBUCKS on August 17, 2014, 01:53:20 PM
DUmpster Diving DUmmies get food poisoning.
Title: Re: DUmmy Gets Food Poisoning - Again
Post by: JakeStyle on August 17, 2014, 02:20:35 PM
I think I got food poisoning once in my life, and I've eaten sketchy stuff all over the world.  The "monkey meat" in the Philippines is the one that got me.
Title: Re: DUmmy Gets Food Poisoning - Again
Post by: miskie on August 17, 2014, 03:01:23 PM
Do none of these people own a cooking thermometer?

One of the last two times I got food poisoning was about 15 years ago... I got a chicken sandwich from a fast food place that had been sitting out getting a tan under the heat lamps.

The missus & I both got it simultaneously from pork fried rice from a Chinese takeout somewhere between 10 and 15 years ago. I later learned that Bacillus Cereus was the likely culprit, as this bacteria has an affinity for fried rice left under heat lamps.

I no longer eat fried rice unless I know it came straight off the cooktop.
Title: Re: DUmmy Gets Food Poisoning - Again
Post by: BlueStateSaint on August 17, 2014, 06:04:21 PM
Advice for DUmmies: Don't be afraid of food poisoning; it rarely kills anyone, and it's a great way to lose weight!

Immediately after using the toilet (no handwashing allowed!), garnish a sun-dried chicken breast with a generous dollop of warm mayonnaise. Draw a smiley-face in the mayo with your finger. Eat it all up, and watch the pounds melt away!

You're better than Nutrisystem! :tongue: :whistling: