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Hello! So I Thought I Had Food Poisoning (without The
Brief Answer:
Bacterial infection or inflammatiory bowel disease.
Detailed Answer:
Hello dear, welcome to Ask a doctor service.
I read your query and here is my advice.
The food poisoning diahorrea or viral gastroenteritis both should be better in a week. The fact that it is going on for more than a week and getting worse means that it can be a bacterial infection or bowl inflammatory disease.
You may need to get further evaluated doing a stool culture to check for bacterial infection. If this is the reason you may need to be treated with antibiotics.
If the stool culture is clear you may need to follow up with your doctor to get tested for inflammatory bowel disease.
Meanwhile keep yourself hydrated using lots if fluids and water, use buscopan for abdominal pain.
Hope I have answered the question.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
Bacterial infection or inflammatiory bowel disease.
Detailed Answer:
Hello dear, welcome to Ask a doctor service.
I read your query and here is my advice.
The food poisoning diahorrea or viral gastroenteritis both should be better in a week. The fact that it is going on for more than a week and getting worse means that it can be a bacterial infection or bowl inflammatory disease.
You may need to get further evaluated doing a stool culture to check for bacterial infection. If this is the reason you may need to be treated with antibiotics.
If the stool culture is clear you may need to follow up with your doctor to get tested for inflammatory bowel disease.
Meanwhile keep yourself hydrated using lots if fluids and water, use buscopan for abdominal pain.
Hope I have answered the question.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
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Dr. Nagamani Ng
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