NEED HELP FAST!!!!Can food poison be helped or stopped after symptoms are beggining to show????

Question

my girlfriend obviously has food poisoning. and its slowly getting worse. she ate the food around 7-10 hours ago.

Is there any way to stop this from getting worse. or at least helping her ease through it so its not so bad.....

and how bad can this get. should she go to the hospital???
i have had food poisoning before but i survived without the doc. even though it was hell. i survived.

Answer 1

if she has a high fever get her help, if she just has stomach cramps give her pepto bismol.

Answer 2

Here is a link that tells you ALL about EVERY type of food poisoning including symptoms, where they can come from and how long they last.. please see this link:

http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/foodsafety/poisoning.shtml

I would encourage her to drink TONS of water to stay hydrated. It is very important to prevent dehydration - as you will see below, vomiting will not rid the bacteria in her stomach so that will not work. Anyhow, if she is sick, she is most likely vomiting anyway.

It does say to sip small but frequent sips of liquids - see below for more info. It did not say water but I would think that would be the best... see if you can get her some of the other fluids that it mentions. I know that Gatorade would be good also since it helps balance electrolytes which she is losing if she is vomiting, etc.

Her best bet may be to go to the hospital- you don't know how bad it is or what it was from may be dangerous - I would go if it were me.. they can help her more right now than she can help herself. Or first thing in AM make an ER DR appt.

See this info:

***When should you see a physician because of food poisoning?

Young children, elderly people and people with severe medical conditions are at a highest risk of dehydration due to food poisoning. Contact your physician if there is:
* Diarrhea lasting longer than 24 hours
* Vomiting lasting longer than 12 hours
* Blood in the stool
* Fever
* Vomiting and diarrhea that are so intense that severe muscle cramping occurs
* An inability to keep down any liquids at all for 12 hours.

How is food poisoning treated?
Do not induce vomiting, as it will NOT prevent food poisoning. Bacteria and other microscopic organisms cause food poisoning. There is no way that vomiting will remove every bad organism in the stomach. Food poisoning can still occur even if vomiting was induced. Unfortunately, there is no way to prevent food poisoning once bad food has been eaten. That is why prevention is the key.

Vomiting and diarrhea are how the body rids itself of tainted food. The best treatment is to let food poisoning run its course. In most cases, once the body is emptied of the bad food, the food poisoning is over.

It is essential to prevent dehydration (loss of body fluids). Replace lost fluids with small but frequent sips of liquids, such as Gatorade, 7UP, apple juice, broth, bouillon or Pedialyte. Report all cases of restaurant food poisoning to your county public health department.

If botulism, infant or adult, is suspected, immediately contact a physician. If unusual symptoms occur after eating fish, contact a physician

Answer 3

You may need to take her to the hospital, depending upon her symptoms. Make sure she doesn't become dehydrated and take her temperature regularly. If it is e.coli or somenila, she'll need to see a doctor. Otherwise, it should work itself out in a few days. Also, it may be an appendicitis, so keep a close eye on her.

Some common types of food poisioning:

Clostridium botulinum (botulism) produces toxins that paralyze the nerves and the muscles. Botulism symptoms usually begin 18 to 36 hours after eating contaminated foods and include weakness and double vision. Paralysis progresses from the head to the rest of the body.

Toxoplasmosis often has no symptoms, or the symptoms are flu-like. You may have swollen lymph glands or muscle aches and pains that last for a few days to several weeks. Toxoplasmosis is dangerous to a pregnant woman and her fetus. For more information, see the topic Toxoplasmosis During Pregnancy.

Listeriosis causes fever, muscle aches, and sometimes nausea or diarrhea. If the infection spreads to the brain and nervous system, then symptoms such as headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, or convulsions can occur. A pregnant woman may experience only a mild, flu-like illness. Infections during pregnancy can lead to premature delivery, serious infection of the newborn, or even stillbirth.

E. coli O157:H7 infection can cause serious complications, such as severe blood and kidney problems, in children younger than 5 years and adults older than 65.

Salmonellosis may last more than a week and require hospitalization.


When to call a doctor:
Have severe diarrhea (such as watery, bloody diarrhea).
Have blurred or double vision, muscle weakness, fatigue, dizziness, and headache (symptoms of botulism).
. he pain will be steady and will get worse when you walk or cough. This may be appendicitis, which may be mistaken for food poisoning.
Have signs of severe dehydration.
These signs include:
Little or no urine (or wet diapers) for 8 hours or urinating less than 3 times (or less than 3 wet diapers) in 24 hours, usually with one or more of the other signs of dehydration given below.
Doughy skin that doesn't bounce back when pinched.
Sunken eyes or a sunken soft spot (fontenelle) on an infant's head.
Feeling faint, or having low blood pressure.
A fast heart rate.

Answer 4

Is she having cold sweats? Is she vomiting? If she is vomiting, is it the food or is it bile? Does he have dry heaves? If she's able to throw up the food and get some sleep, it might help. If she's already been through that and is now throwing up bile and or having dry heaves, then get her to the ER. Have had food poisoning 4 times. 3 in college where I was rushed to ER and given benadryl, chlorotetrazine, and then morphine each time. 4th time, I was able to throw up and get some sleep. You could consider charcol pills to help absorb some of the toxins. However, I wouldn't recommend it if she's throwing up. Also if you do give her pepto, don't give her much of it. Let her system purge the bad food.

Answer 5

If it is still getting worse would advise medical treatment. It way well turn out to be a minor form, but some can kill (botulinum esp). May sound like overkill, but is it worth risking? There are too many different bacterial poisons to assume it is the same as what you suffered from last time

Answer 6

take anti-toxins, or better yet consult your doctor. Clostridium Botulinum is the bacteria that causes food poisoning. I cannot prescribe. No one is authorized to prescribe any remedy except a doctor. Do not consult other people, it will only worsen your case. You can eat a few slices of bread without any jam, jelly, whatsoever. it will soak up poison for a while.

Answer 7

Call poison control [and/or hospital for infomation. (use 411 if you have to) But otherwise, she has to go thru it. It probably feels worse because it's not you. AND she is your girlfriend/someone you care about.
Just be there for her. DON'T give her pepto. I suggest giving her lots and lots of water. Dry heaves are bad, but pink foam heaves are worse than dry heaves. Give her stomach the water to keep her hydrated and something for her stomach to do/work on. Good luck.

Answer 8

If it is food poison then get her to the hospital as soon as possible, yes you can survived it as long as you can bring up what you ate in the first place

May God bless the both of you

Answer 9

Take her to the emergency hospital. They may not be able to stop it but could maybe help the symptoms. Watch for signs of dehydration. Good luck!

Answer 10

Depends on the food, if its bacterial have an antibiotic, actual toxins activated charcoal and viral well you just need to have lots of fluids and anything you can to get the immune system to work better.

Answer 11

CALM DOWN.

I understand your situation. Simply call 911 and ask for an Ambulance. She has to go to the Hospital right away, to get treatment. Don't just stand there, i'll make it worse. Good luck!