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How long after eating bad food can symptoms like diarrhoea and nausea manifest?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Hours to days: Depending on the exact cause (staph food poisoning, E coli, salmonella, or others), onset can be as soon as a couple hours or up to 5 days. In general, "bad food" is a much less common cause of such symptoms than viral gastroenteritis (e.g. norovirus) or other infections.

Answered 7/22/2018

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