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How To Treat Food Poisoning?
hi i ate at red lobster earlier this evening i had lobster crab legs shrimp ect after i got home i started feeling weird about 2 hrs after wards, i have been throwing up diarrehea, cramps in my stomach just wondering if you think i could of gotten food posion i dont have medical insuance should i go to the hospital or is there something i can do myself without going creating a huge hospital bill
Thu, 9 Oct 2014
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You should definitely go see a doctor ,if you do not get better within 48 hours and before you become dehydrated and have other complications.The lobster was definitely contaminated by a bacteria,so watch yourself for 48 hours. Food poisoning often improves without treatment.To help keep yourself more comfortable and prevent dehydration while you recover, try the following:
Let your stomach settle. Stop eating and drinking for a few hours.
Avoid certain foods and substances until you're feeling better. These include dairy products, caffeine, alcohol, nicotine, and fatty or highly seasoned foods.
Ease back into eating. Gradually begin to eat bland, low-fat, easy-to-digest foods, such as soda crackers, toast, gelatin, bananas and rice. Stop eating if your nausea returns.
One your vomitting stops start taking Oral rehydrating fluids.
Hope i helped.Take care
I welcome you to healthcaremagic.
You should definitely go see a doctor ,if you do not get better within 48 hours and before you become dehydrated and have other complications.The lobster was definitely contaminated by a bacteria,so watch yourself for 48 hours. Food poisoning often improves without treatment.To help keep yourself more comfortable and prevent dehydration while you recover, try the following:
Let your stomach settle. Stop eating and drinking for a few hours.
Avoid certain foods and substances until you're feeling better. These include dairy products, caffeine, alcohol, nicotine, and fatty or highly seasoned foods.
Ease back into eating. Gradually begin to eat bland, low-fat, easy-to-digest foods, such as soda crackers, toast, gelatin, bananas and rice. Stop eating if your nausea returns.
One your vomitting stops start taking Oral rehydrating fluids.
Hope i helped.Take care
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