If a person has severe food poisoning, is it normal for a doctor to do this....?
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When you have "food poisoning" it is important to identify\nthe bacteria that caused the problem, reason being, you \ncan severely pass this organism to another person and\nget them very sick, which is the case of some Hepatitis A\ncases, salmonella, shigella and others...These diseases can be transmitted from person to person.\nWhenever this happens, you are a Public Health hazard and\nby state regulations, your case, if positive, must be reported\nto the Health Dept. authorities...\nDoctors frequently insert a long Q-tip to obtain a sample from\nyour rectum and send it to the lab to identify the organism.\nThat's how the culture is taken.\nIn my opinion, you were seen by a good doctor who suspected\nthat you were been affected by a gastroenteritis condition\nand he needed to take that culture.\nSo to clear any misunderstanding on the subject matter,\nhe wasn't been fresh, or inappropriate by performing this test,\nhe was doing what a doctor is supposed to be doing\nwhen a patient shows up in ER with bloody diarrhea...\nThe bloody diarrhea comes from the organism irritating\nyour bowels.......
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It's best to go to your doctor about this sort of thing, because certain medicines etc can be dangerous to one person, but fine for someone else.
200578
Just keep a close watch on everyone.  If anyone gets sick, go to the ER or Dr.  Uncooked chicken will give you Salmonella Food poisoning!
847043
Go see a Dr...could be more serious than you think,and you could also be getting dehydrated.
78123
um see a doctor and *BARF*
774019
I doubt that it is food poisoning.  More likely you have a problem with fatty foods and grease.  Most of those hot pockets are high in fat.  If your gall bladder is not functioning properly, you could have mild attacks.  Do you get ill from eating greasy french fries, hamburgers, pizza, etc.  If the hot pockets have been refrigerated or frozen as recommended, they shouldnl't contain the bacteria that causes food poisoning.
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Well the saying goes, "Do you live to eat, or eat to live?"\nIf it makes you ill to think about food best to see a doctor to be on the safe side. Many other problems can arise because of a lack of nourishment; like heart failure, kidneys go into shock, the black eyes are a sign of anemia.
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Kidding aside.  It is pretty dangerous.  Typically, doctors will first do a colonoscopy and try to hook it and pull it out.  If that is unsuccessful then they will have to do surgery (i'm serious).\n\nForeign objects in the rectum and colon that remain there for too long will erode though the colon which will necessitate surgery.  So DONT WAIT, DONT BE EMBARRASS, GO TO ER, and screw the home remedies.
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well, i don't know. Was it cooked or raw. I think that would make all the difference. In any case, that's gross.
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I'm not a doctor, but I'm pretty sure you can eat normally unless it makes you nauseus or you have trouble...passing the food.\n\nYou don't HAVE to eat. It won't kill you to go a couple of days just drinking juice and eating fruit and toast. Just do whatever your body tells you.
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get to see a doctor immediatly,this could be nasty
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I thought food poisoning takes effect quicker but I guess it varies acc to the type of food. Drink lots of fluids if you have diarrhoea or you will get dehydrated if you're not already, sounds like you are. If you have an oral rehydrant like Electral take that. I make my own, with a big glass of water, a pinch of salt and half teaspoon of sugar. You can squeeze in a few drops of lime or lemon too. Just take a few sips every ten minutes or so.  Sometimes I dilute 7 up or Sprite with water and sip that. It helps. I also avoid eating as I just end up back in the loo .. don't drink milky drinks they don't make the stomach feel that great. sometimes i have weak tea and a slice of toast or a biscuit if I can manage it. \n\nI think you do need to see a doctor to get some meds to first stop the diarrhoea (will probably give you something just to stop "the action" for a day (not more) so that you don't keep dehydrating) and then will also give you antibiotics for the infection. \n\nGood luck .. I've had some awful bouts of food poisoning and I know how ghastly they feel. Do the fluids thing and see a doctor as soon as you can, don't unnecessarily prolong your agony. \n\nPS on the bright side you'll probably lose a few kilos, if that's something you'd like then at least it's not all bad! :)
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Klebsiella is serious specially if it is a blood infection. Do you have animals in the house or has the baby been touching the kitchen table when you are cooking raw food?\n\nWatch if the baby eats his own stool as well or touches excrement or raw meat.
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The answer to your question requires much information you have left out.  The best answer will come from a Gastroenterolgist or Internal Medicine Specialist.  You can look them up in the Yellow Pages.\n\nDo not ask a 'regular' doctor or GP.  That is like asking the Missouri weaterman about weather in China.  Better than asking the man in the street, but not nearly as good as asking someone who has extensive experience in China.\n\nAlways ask the most expert person when that is possible.\n\nYour condition sounds serious enough that you should carefully avoid amateurs and get only expert advice.
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If a doctor EVER gets upset at you questioning them, they are automatically in the wrong. Part of their job is KNOWING. Whether or not it was dangerous isn't really the issue, but if they cannot give you a scientific reason that it is safe, then why should you listen to them? Because they have a piece of paper that says so? Please! \n\nI'm highly allergic to a specific antibiotic, which a doctor at one point prescribed to me due to a brain fart. If I didn't challenge that decision, I could be seriously harmed. Was I wrong for doing so? Of course not.\n\nAny good doctor will have faith in his answer, and a foundation for giving it, and would gladly have you seek a second opinion if you were in doubt, even after his explination.\n\nRemember, just because someone is educated does not make them automatically intelligent. Now if the answer is too complex for a patient to understand or comprehend, the doctor surely can't be condemned for that. But being uppity just because he was questioned is ridiculous.
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DOCTOR! DOCTOR!! DOCTOR!!! PLEASE GO, YOUR HEALTH IS AT RISK!!!
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go to the Dr. N O W\n\nblood is not ok in throw-up, it's something more serious...be safer than sorry...