Staphylococcal food poisoning

Staphylococcal food poisoning:

Staphylococcal food poisoning: Introduction

Staphylococcal food poisoning: A gastrointestinal disease caused by consuming food or drink contaminated by toxins made by a bacteria called Staphylococcus aureus. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Staphylococcal food poisoning is available below.

Symptoms of Staphylococcal food poisoning

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Treatments for Staphylococcal food poisoning

Treatment of food poisoning is dependant on the severity of symptoms, the age of the patient, coomorbidities (such as diabetes etc) and the likely causative organism. Treatment is usually symptomatic as the illness is usually self-limiting within 24-48 hours. Treatments include:
- Avoidance of dehydration and rehydration
  - Oral therapy - if vomiting and dehydration are not severe. Small amounts and often, ideally with and balanced electrolyte solutions, but other fluids can be used. Avoid high sugar drinks as this may worsen diarrhoea and dehydration.
  - Nasogastric therapy - in a hospital setting may be used to avoid intravenous therapy.
  - Intravenous therapy - where vomiting and/or dehydration are severe, or there is an altered level of consciousness or other coomorbidities.
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Home Diagnostic Testing

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Staphylococcal food poisoning?

Misdiagnosis of Staphylococcal food poisoning

Causes of Staphylococcal food poisoning

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Staphylococcal food poisoning: Undiagnosed Conditions

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Chronic Digestive Disorders that can remain Undiagnosed:
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Misdiagnosis and Staphylococcal food poisoning

Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed....read more »

Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal...read more »

Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that...read more »

Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning). In fact, it's more likely to be an infectious diarrheal...read more »

Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed (it can, of course, also fail to be diagnosed...read more »

Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see symptoms of celiac disease...read more »

Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of the...read more »

Staphylococcal food poisoning: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

Poisoning / Toxicology Specialists:
- Medical Toxicology (Poisoning Specialists)
- Pediatric Medical Toxicology (Child Poisoning)
Digestive Health Specialists (Gastroenterology):
- Gastroenterology (Digestive Specialists)
- Pediatric Gastroenterology (Child Digestive Health)
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Hospitals & Clinics: Staphylococcal food poisoning

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