Is it considered food poisoning if two people eat the same thing and only one of them gets sick?

Question

My mom and I went to dinner last night and she got really sick several hours afterwards - however, I did not, had no problems.

We both just had salads with a poppyseed dressing. There was bleu cheese in them and dried cherries - that was it. We also had wine.

My mom doesn't eat meat.

Answer 1

It is a quick turn around when its food poisoning. You would have also gotten ill.

Answer 2

You must understand there is a threshold amount of bacteria that each individual body can take before it gets sick. If you take one bite into undercooked meat often times you will be ok, because you have not reached he threshold (where there are too many bacteria for your immune system to deal with) whereas if you eat three bites you are much more likely to go over that threshold and get sick.. Now being younger you are likely to have a stronger and more resilient immune system. But the if you at the same dish, it is highly unlikely that you were under the threshold and your mother was not, the difference in resistance is fairly small. Some other virus is likely to blame.

Answer 3

Food poisoning is common, but distressing and sometimes even life-threatening problem. People infected with food-borne infections can have symptoms of barley anything all the way to intense intestinal discomfort, to bloody diarrhea. Depending on the severity and type of infection some can even die from it however that is extremely rare now due to medical treatment. Symptoms may include but are not limited to: -Diarrhea -Nausea & Vomiting -Abdominal Pains, Cramping or Discomfort -Malaise (General Uneasieness) -Fever, Sweating -Dehydration Symptoms can last from a couple days to several weeks depending on it's severity and type of bacteria. If food poisoning is severe contact a doctor immediately! One of the most deadly forms of poisoning is trasmitting of ecoli, or bacteria from fecal matter of either a Human or Animal. Most quote that if you have it you would wish you died it is so bad. To end puking there is anti-nausa medication.

Answer 4

It's only food poisoning if the person who got sick, got sick because of the food.

If you both ate the same thing at the same time, and only one got sick, it's probably not food poisoning.

Answer 5

It's considered food poisoning if the food you ate poisoned you. It has nothing to do with whether somebody else got sick. Maybe your mom's plate had something wrong with it, or maybe you have more resistance to something that made her sick, or maybe she just happened to get sick from something else entirely.

Answer 6

Sure, definitely. It could be that she just happened to get the bad dinner, or maybe you are more resistant to food poisoning.

A bit of advice:
Keep her off all dairy products of any kind. Try to keep to plain foods like rice and potatoes. Keep her off meat as well, if she has meat keep the portions small and make sure it is very well cooked.

Answer 7

It's food poisoning when they find poison/toxins/pollutants/infectious bacteria in the food. Not when someone just gets sick

Answer 8

I think the bacteria that causes food poisoning wasn't spread out on your share, than again, youth have a better immune system.

Answer 9

It depends on if the food was cooked at the same time and if somebody at the restaurant you went to could have accidentally spread the sickness...

Answer 10

It's possible but maybe she just an allergic reaction to what she ate. Different food react differently for different people.