All You Need to Know about Symptoms of Food Poisoning

April 9, 2010 by  
Filed under Disease and Conditions

Food poisoning is an acute state of emergency occurs after consumption of contaminated food. The symptoms of food poisoning generally occur 6 hours to 7 days after taking any food contaminated with bacteria or viruses. Depending upon the contaminant, the symptoms vary. This is a very common disease and affects 1 out of five people every year. According to CDC, there are 76 million food poisoning cases every year of which 325,000 patients require hospitalization and there are approximately 5000 deaths in a year. Read more