Question 1

how long could food poisoning last?

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Usually days: The length and severity of food poisoning depends on the affected person and the dose and type of infection acquired. It is typically past in a few days. Two weeks is on the longer side.

Question 2

what symptoms are common in food poisoning?

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GI symptoms: Mostly you can get GI symptoms including nausea/vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps/pain as well as fever.  Many different organisms can cause food poisoning and so there are other possible symptoms depending on the illness. Stay hydrated and if you have any worrisome symptoms, or you're not improving, see you doctor.

Question 3

how long could food poisoning usually last?

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Depends on cause: Many food borne illnesses are gone within a day or so including staph food poisoning and norovirus, some are gone within 5-7 days like salmonellosis and campylobacteriosis but some can last months like botulism or years like the human form of mad cow disease.

Question 4

how long does it take to cure food poisoning?

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Time will tell: If you have a not too serious bacterial or spoiled food, then a day of nausea, vomiting, then diarrhea usually occurs.  Unfortunately there are bad bugs out there that if your health is not the best, can result in death. If you are "sick" then weak care immediately to make sure you will recover.

Question 5

i wish to know how long does food poisoning take?

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1-2 days: Average food poisoning lasts 1-2 days.

Question 6

if i have food poisoning, how long should it last?

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Depends: Staph: lasts 1-3 days.  Viral gastroenteritis can last a week.  Anything longer needs evaluation.
See doc if fever,  bleeding, severe symptoms, i.e. Can't keep anything down or in, other health issues, e.g. Diabetes, chronic illnesses, elderly, very young, rash, joint pains, recent travel, antibiotics in past 2-3 months, etc  to make sure of the diagnosis, and get appropriate rx, avoid dehydratio, .

Question 7

how long until symptoms of food poisoning occur

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Varies: Most commonly about 6 hours

Question 8

how long can it take for food poisoning to show up?

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Depends on cause: Minutes for heavy metal poisoning, hours for staph food poisoning, several days for salmonella or campylobacter and months to years for the human form of mad cow disease.

Question 9

how long does it take for food poisoning to go away?

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3 days to a week: For the top food-borne illnesses like salmonella and shigella the symptoms usually take 4 to 7 days to resolve.  A common diarrhea caused by staph which is actually a toxin
produced by the bacteria resolves in 24 hours.  An organism like yersinia can take up to 3 weeks to resolve.

Question 10

can you tell me how long should food poisoning usually last?

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Usuall y24 hrs: If it persists more than 24 hours go see a doctor.  It is not ordinary food poisoning.

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