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A member asked:

How do you know if you have food poisoning? because i have been having diarrhea and chills and it's constant and it is excruciating pain.

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DiarrheaVomitingPain: Symptoms of food poisoning are Diarrhea Nausea & vomiting Abdominal Cramps Fever Malaise. And history of eating outside or home when others who ate the same food are also sick with same symptoms

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Answered 1/6/2016

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