What is food poisoning?

Food Poisoning, also known as foodborne illness, is any illness resulting from the consumption of food that has been contaminated with infectious organisms such as bacterial, viruses, or parasites.

How do members experience food poisoning?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with food poisoning*

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for food poisoning*

Who has food poisoning on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

AgeProportion# of patients
<200
20s5
30s1
40s2
50s0
60s1
70+2

Distribution of sex

Sex

SexProportion# of patients
Male4
Female6
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