A member asked:

Can food poisoning affect one person and not another? my sister and i ate the same dish but she's sick and i'm fine.

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Dr. Connie Topliff answered

Specializes in Family Medicine, Board Certified

Most likely it isn't: Food poisoning. Rather i suspect she caught a stomach virus & started having symptoms when you had dinner. Hopefully you practice good handwashing & didn't do anything to acquire it (although individual immunity to viruses can vary).

Answered 10/23/2017

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