aaarrrgghh panic food poisoning help

Katgoddess

Pharmacists can offer advise as well.

Easier that booking an appointment with your doctor.

Or The NHS Direct Website

http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/index.asp

This information is taken directly from there:

You may have gastroenteritis or food poisoning. If it is very mild, avoid solid food and milk for a day and take only non-alcoholic fluids. Your pharmacist will advise you about medicines to stop diarrhoea. If it is severe or there is also pain, or blood in your bowel motions, call NHS Direct.

General self care advice:
To prevent dehydration drink plenty of fluids, especially water.
Oral rehydration fluids (for example, Dioralyte) are available from your pharmacist and may help.
Introduce soft, bland foods, such as potatoes, bread and dry biscuits, in small amounts.
Once your bowel motions are more solid, you can start eating your usual diet.
Avoid fruit and foods that contain roughage, such as bran, until your diarrhoea has stopped.
If the condition gets worse or new symptoms develop, call NHS Direct.
If you are still worried, call NHS Direct.

http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/selfhelp/symptoms/adultdiarrhoea/nnny.asp#lnnn

Hope this is ok to post?

Ted_Hutchinson

But surely there can't be any harm in quoting information from NHS DIRECT such as
Most episodes of food poisoning clear up within a few days without seeing a doctor. In severe cases antibiotics may be prescribed for certain types of bacterial infection. The recovery period also depends upon the type of infection, age and fitness of the person and whether other medical conditions are present.

Dehydration due to diarrhoea and vomiting should be treated with rehydration solutions available from pharmacies, or by regularly drinking diluted fruit juices, salted and sugared water, or weak sweet tea.

Medical advice should be sought:

• if the illness lasts for more than a few days or general condition worsens,
• if there is blood in the stools,
• for the elderly, babies, pregnant women, or
• if diarrhoea contains yellowish or greenish mucus.

That way not only does the poster have a link provided to the 24hr helpline for further support but they are also have available immediate reassurance and medically approved guidance.

Edit: I see someone had the same idea but was quicker off the mark by one minute.

squeaky

I don't set the rules I merely do my best to keep them as I understand them.

I am not in any way shape or form a medical expert and will never ever claim to be.

Since there is now in this thread something that looks to me like medical advice - non expert that I am - I am now going to refer this thread to people who are more qualifed than myself to accept or delete either individual posts or the entire thread.

I haven't locked this thread, nor have I deleted any posts as of the time of THIS post and I will post a follow up if I am advised to delete or lock anything.

Please read the Health Board sticky, if you haven't already, to see why this thread has to be referred for Moderation.

Luis

sorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorry

didn't mean to cause upset - sorry to all the other helpers who posted and were reminded of the MSE policy - forgot myself in the heat of the moment. Thinhs seem to have calmed down a bit at the moment - serves me right for eating a dodgy cheap chop - not all money saving is worth it!

Anyway - thanks for all the good wishes, I am going to stagger off for a llie down.

Sorry again

<< me feeling green :rotfl:

squeaky

It's not a problem, honest

It's what I'm here for and also what the rules are for.

I've asked for advice because I'm not sure myself why it's OK (IF, indeed, it is OK) to say "Go see your doctor" but not, as I understand it, "Go visit this government authorised advice centre on line"

While some challenging of rules is a right pain - this one will help, I think, to clarify them.

And if it doesn't - then it'll it be ME that gets stood up against the nearest wall at dawn, NOT you

OK?

Luis

Oooooh don't think I will be standing upagainst anything at dawn, so it'll have to be you lol.

Cheers Squeaks xx

Rave

As a relative n00b on this forum but a veteran of several others- I'd like to say that's some excellent moderation there squeaky, you couldn't have put it better.

I hope you're feeling a bit better now Luis- I've had proper food poisoning twice in the last 15 years, once on holiday and once just before I had two days off work anyway. Great timing:rolleyes:

squeaky

Thanks to everyone who has posted into here, and if you think my post just above was er, well said, or something... you really ought to see the one I sent to the people who CAN moderate this thread... but I'm afraid I can't show you it because I'd have to shoot you

I honestly don't know if the line is truly drawn at "Absolutley Nothing" or "Only Recognised Sources and WE determine what those are."

So I've asked

Debt_Free_Chick

Call your GP. You must be given an appointment within the next 48 hours. If you live to make the appointment, you'll have been cured before then. If not, you'll be charged for not keeping the appointment

squeaky

Right... At the moment of posting I'm the only one still awake. The advice I've been given is that the best thing I can do is to report this thread to abcon and let THEM decide what is and is not acceptable here.

I'm done for the night but I hope that all of this will be resolved some time tomorrow. As of this date and time I still have not deleted any posts - I'll leave that for abcon to do or to request me to do.

G'night all.