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What Are The Symptoms Of Food Poisoning?
Health Encyclopedia: Food Poisoning
Food poisoning is the result of eating organisms or toxins in contaminated food. Most cases of food poisoning are from common bacteria like Staphylococcus or E. coli.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Food poisoning can affect one person or it can occur as an outbreak in a group of people who all ate the same contaminated food.
Even though food poisoning is relatively rare in the United States, it affects between 60 and 80 million people worldwide each year and r...
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Enterotoxin
...toxin is released into your intestines, causing stomach problems such as cramps and diarrhea. (See food poisoning.) Information Read more »Staph aureus food poisoning
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The symptoms from the most common types of food poisoning generally start within 2 to 6 hours of eating the food responsible. That time may be longer (even a number of days) or... Read more »Images
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