Food poisoning is not fun...

[JulesMaximus]

Holy crap did I have the night from hell last night. Throwing up every 30-60 minutes is not fun. I couldn't even keep water down but I think I'm to the point now where I can drink water again.

 

[William Gaatjes]

There will always be pathogens on food. Salmonella on poultry (chicken) being a nasty one. Did you eat undercooked chicken meat ? Salmonella can survive our stomach and our body does have to do its best to get rid of it. A weakened immune system because of a chronic lack of sleep also does not help.

 

[brianmanahan]

dang that sucks, hope you can keep some food down today

i had that problem for 4 days one time - food came up in less than an hour, and even water was causing problems. i put a sleeping bag by the toilet so i could just sit up and throw up.

turned out it was a medicine problem though, not actual food poisoning. but looked and felt just like it.

 

[JulesMaximus]

There will always be pathogens on food. Salmonella on poultry (chicken) being a nasty one. Did you eat undercooked chicken meat ? Salmonella can survive our stomach and our body does have to do its best to get rid of it. A weakened immune system because of a chronic lack of sleep also does not help.

I have not eaten chicken in the past 24 hours. I don't want to think about food quite honestly at this point.

 

[shortylickens]

Ginger ale is supposed to help.

 

[William Gaatjes]

I have not eaten chicken in the past 24 hours. I don't want to think about food quite honestly at this point.

I have no idea how long the infestation period of salmonella is. :hmm:

edit :
It can be between 12 and 36 hours before you notice something is wrong.

 

[Crono]

Gastroenteritis seems to be going around a lot.

 

[Blackjack200]

I got it super bad back in '03. I remember it like it was yesterday. When it first started I would puke and then immediately transition to sitting on the toilet for diarrhea, then flush quickly so I could puke again. Then moved to puking every 30 minutes, my stomach was completely empty by that point, it was just retching and a small amount of weird black shit that I can only assume was blood. My stomach muscles were really sore. I was on the verge of going to hospital when it finally started to subside. It took me 2 or 3 days to get my strength back, and after that it was like nothing ever happened.

Scary as hell.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Jules is just pregnant.

 

[MustISO]

I can normally go many, many years without getting sick but last year I got sick twice. Once was just 1 episode and I was done. The next one lasted about 18 hours and I was throwing up about every 2 hours. It was horrible. No idea what caused it as I never eat anything that would be considered risky but pretty much anything can have the bug I suppose.

Prior to those episodes it had been more than 12 years since I had thrown up.

 

[Newbian]

That's one way to lose a few pounds.

 

[shortylickens]

That's one way to loose a few pounds.

But wont they just get tight again?

 

[ThatsABigOne]

I got it super bad back in '03. I remember it like it was yesterday. When it first started I would puke and then immediately transition to sitting on the toilet for diarrhea, then flush quickly so I could puke again. Then moved to puking every 30 minutes, my stomach was completely empty by that point, it was just retching and a small amount of weird black shit that I can only assume was blood. My stomach muscles were really sore. I was on the verge of going to hospital when it finally started to subside. It took me 2 or 3 days to get my strength back, and after that it was like nothing ever happened.

Scary as hell.

Sounds like my experience after I ate some Cafe Rio chicken burrito. Blah. Lost 10% of my weight in two days.

 

[OverVolt]

norovirus.

I had it. Nasty strains going around.

 

[local]

norovirus.

I had it. Nasty strains going around.

This. Everyone keeps thinking it is just food poisoning then they spread it around for the next few days. Went through my whole family two weeks ago.

 

[Charmonium]

There will always be pathogens on food. Salmonella on poultry (chicken) being a nasty one. Did you eat undercooked chicken meat ? Salmonella can survive our stomach and our body does have to do its best to get rid of it. A weakened immune system because of a chronic lack of sleep also does not help.

Vitamin D is also really important and most people don't have enough in their blood. Everyone needs to get tested for this. The Vitamin D Council has, I think, the cheapest home test kits (mail to lab for results).

https://www.vitamindcouncil.org/testkit/

Vitamin D is essential for the activation of immune system peptides (cathelicidins) as well as a host of other functions, many of which are still being discovered.

I don't know if having a healthy vitamin d level would protect you from salmonella or norovirus but it would certainly give you a leg up.

 

[Subyman]

I had a terrible combination of food + alcohol one time where I was throwing up every 30 mins for a day. Zofran was my friend. Damn that stuff is a life saver.

 

[Brian Stirling]

Yeah, food poisoning may not be as bad as burns, but it can't be far behind either. The shit goes on for hours and can last more than a day so you have plenty of time to think your life is coming to an end -- or hoping it is!

Get well Jules!


Brian

 

[brainhulk]

so what food caused the poisoning?

 

[Jeeebus]

Ate at some cheapo Chinese restaurant the day before thanksgiving first year of law school. Was throwing up/with cold sweats through thanksgiving. Don't think I even drank water until Saturday. For two years I couldn't even walk by outside the restaurant without feeling queasy.

 

[Charmonium]

I had a terrible combination of food + alcohol one time where I was throwing up every 30 mins for a day. Zofran was my friend. Damn that stuff is a life saver.

+1 Zofran (Ondansetron) is some amazing sh**. I think it's generic now too. Get the 4mg and split them. Plus it either has no drug intereactions or very few.

 

[balloonshark]

Ginger ale is supposed to help.

This. I have always sparingly sipped ginger ale, 7-up or sprite when I was throwing up. Never water. The only water I had was from sucking on ice chips. As far as eating I only slowly eat saltines or some other type of cracker. This method has worked for me all my life because I hate vomiting and will do anything to keep from it.

 

[Brian Stirling]

It is amazing how unpleasant food poisoning is. Getting sick from too much alcohol is bad but generally the bad stuff only lasts a few hours -- the next day or two kind of sucks but is livable. Food poisoning, OTH, tends to last much longer and when it drag on for 6 and then 10 and then 16 hours you just want to die...


Brian

 

[Mayne]

it is the worst. I made the place that poisoned me send me another order of chicken wings for free after I got better.

 

[Markbnj]

Yeah it really isn't. Had it once when I cooked and ate a bad hotdog, probably [when I was] around 14 or 15 years old. Put me down for a weekend.

[edit: I, and not the hotdog, was 14 or 15 years old.]