I ate a taco at 2am last night and couldn't sleep due to stress. This morning, I woke up with a fever and mild stomach pain. After resting for awhile, I started to vomit. This occured a few times and I feel better already. I took a fever reducer but I just feel a bit weak and afraid to go to the bathroom. What do u think this is?
2007-09-24 07:57:14 · 9 answers · asked by JuDyLicious 3 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Despite popular belief, there is no such thing as the stomach flu, or the 24 hour flu. These are 99.9% cases of food poisoning, no matter how mild.
2007-09-24 08:45:06 · answer #1 · answered by porcelina_68 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did this taco contain rice as a filler? If it did, that is a common way to get food poisoned by Mexican food. The other way is the chili sauce. I'd make the taco the prime suspect in this case, and stomach flu as only a "person of interest". :)
2007-09-24 08:04:07 · answer #2 · answered by Adviso 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably was the taco and the drinking, just go easy on food, try to take more liquids and don't eat any dairy for the next day and just try a cup of noodle that's really good to settle your stomach.
2007-09-24 08:03:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be either one. Usually with food poisoning, you start to feel better as soon as you pass the contaminated food. The stomach flu usually takes a few days to get over.
2007-09-24 08:02:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Food poisoning lasts a day or 2. Flu lasts much longer. (Oh and "24 hour flu" is food poisioning.)
http://www.netsurgery.com/focus_article.asp?f=cold_flu&b=netsurgery&c=gi_foodpoisoning&spg=MAI
And food poisoning can take a long time to actually set in...so you can't assume it was the taco.
2007-09-24 08:00:31 · answer #5 · answered by Left Bank Hook 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like food poisoning, which hits hard and fast after the offending food is eaten, then goes away soon.
Flu sticks around longer... so if you're better tonight and better tomorrow... it's definitely food poisoning... which can make you feel like you're going to die.
2007-09-24 08:02:36 · answer #6 · answered by Nedra E 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think because you feel better after throwing up it is probably food poisoning. After you have gotten rid of the poisoned food you usually feel better soon after.
2007-09-24 08:01:45 · answer #7 · answered by Jon C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like food poisoning to me.
2007-09-24 08:00:49 · answer #8 · answered by sleepingliv 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SEE YOUR DOCTOR
2007-09-24 08:05:58 · answer #9 · answered by andy t 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋