Food poisoning horror stories - share yours?

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A relative got salmonella. After extensive interviews with Heath Delartment and testing, they determined the most likely culprit was sprouts from a high end sandwich shop in Manhattan. The health department peoole said sprouts are one of the most common causes. Relative was hospitalized for weeks and at least partially disabled for a year due to after-effects. Relative saw many specialists and finally was able to control the lingering symptoms by totally reworking her diet — the salmonella basically destroyed her gut and all sort of foods she had previously been fine with gave her really debilitating symptoms.

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I got food poisoning and the resulting infection turned into bad GI problems for the next ten years.

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Anonymous wrote:Near miss: went out for dinner with my boyfriend and a couple he knew. The woman ordered a seafood soup. Next day we heard she got so violently sick she had been admitted to the hospital.

Never order seafood soup unless it’s a purpose made soup like clam chowder

“It’s not old fish, it’s a whole new thing”

https://www.eater.com/2016/1/13/10759544/anthony-bourdain-the-big-short-film

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Anonymous wrote:Vietnam street food. A year of diarrhea, dehydration, meds and hospitals to get rid of a parasitic infection. Zero stars, do not recommend.

Like, in Vietnam?

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Anonymous wrote:Ten years ago, had a steak from outback.brought my dog home the bone and leftovers. Hours later, wake up to the dog crapping uncontrollably and then I started soon after. Cleaning up dog diarrhea while also shitting and puking your brains out is not the best. Good luck, OP

I got food poisoning from Outback, too! I had chicken. I woke up from a dead sleep and forcefully vomited all over. Then for the rest of the day. It was very violent, not like other stomach bugs I’ve had.

You know “Waiting” is an Outbook documentary?

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Anonymous wrote:A relative got salmonella. After extensive interviews with Heath Delartment and testing, they determined the most likely culprit was sprouts from a high end sandwich shop in Manhattan. The health department peoole said sprouts are one of the most common causes. Relative was hospitalized for weeks and at least partially disabled for a year due to after-effects. Relative saw many specialists and finally was able to control the lingering symptoms by totally reworking her diet — the salmonella basically destroyed her gut and all sort of foods she had previously been fine with gave her really debilitating symptoms.

Yep sprouts are super risky, ironic as health food.

I thought usually salmonella was acute?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The rice is actually the most likely culprit, not the fish. It’s one of the most common sources of food poisoning, and is generally easily characterized by the quick and severe onset like you experienced.

I would certainly advise your local health authority, as it may mean the place isn’t storing properly, especially if they are less busy with COVID.

start hydrating as much as you can - slow sips of cool or room temperature water or electrolyte solution (you can dilute Gatorade if you have it, but it has a lot of fructose and that can cause further misery in some people).

Watch your symptoms, and go get looked at further if you develop bloody diarrhea, dehydration, fever or muscle cramps, or are unable to even keep sips down.

Yep, cooked rice at room temperature blooms bacterial spores; if they add vinegar early enough it inhibits growth but maybe with Covid turnover is slower?

https://www.mpi.govt.nz/food-safety-home/food-poisoning-symptoms-causes/bacillus-cereus-bacteria-rice-starchy-food/

[Anonymous]

I got food poisoning from a smoothie in an airport and puked on the plane on the way to my destination. The next morning I thought I had to pass gas but I pooped my pants in an Airbnb. Fortunately I was already in the bathroom getting ready to shower. I went and ate a banana and drank some pedialyte. Then we immediately went and started drinking for the whole weekend.

I didn’t die and had a great time. It was a rough experience though.

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Anonymous wrote:Got sick from HH snacks with DH a few years back. We spent the next day vomiting while our poor two year old destroyed the house. That was the last time. Never going back to that place even though they’ve since turned over the restaurant.

What's HH?

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It was right before the first Obama Inauguration. Wasn't able to go because I needed to be close to a bathoom. I think mine was due to freezing a pasta with ricotta, then taking it work, and eating after heating in the microwave. It was the only thing I ate in the day leading up to the sickness that was outside my usual. It was awful. I'm more cautious about eating stuff that might be off after than experience. And I agree with the pp, I had to do one of those food service/safe handling classes and they told us big pans of stuff like rice or baked beans are often the cause of illness because the middle stays at a perfect warm temp for bacteria AND people are less cautious because they don't see those foods as likely sources of illness.

[Anonymous]

I got sick eating a deli sandwich (Italian sub) the day before a long-planned trip to NYC to eat at a Michelin-award restaurant.
I ate the sandwich and an hour later felt an odd rumbling in my stomach. Then boom. I was gripped by chills, intense cramps, and 24 hours of sheer misery. I had to cancel my trip. I am guessing Listeria.

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Anonymous wrote:1) Crab ravioli. This was the worst. I could barely function for 24 hours after the onset (4-5 hours after eating). Spend most of the time in the bathroom, sometimes puking and pooping simultaneously. 2) Crabs. Puked at the restaurant. No one else got sick, so I assume I just got a really bad one. 3) Indian food. Haven’t touched it since. Had to crawl back and wake my husband up and let him know that he couldn’t go to work the next day (SAHM with an infant). 4) Crab legs on a Sunday. Never buy seafood on a Sunday!

You have a theme going on here. 3 of your 4 examples are crab. Have you considered that it might be an allergy instead of food poisoning?

Crab cakes made me sick once too. I’m definitely not allergic.

You don’t see the difference of one time vs three? I guess everyone has different levels of food tolerances, but for me personally getting sick from the same food multiple times would indicate a pattern. At minimum I wouldn’t be eating the offending food any more.

[Anonymous]

I ate lunch at a Wendy's in Florida and got food pioisoning. It was like leva. I spent the afternoon running from my desk at my office job (where I sat right outside of a judge's office) to the office toilets.

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13 years ago, a cheese plate at Jaleo. I was sick for 3 days and wanted to die. It took me a couple of years to return, which is sad because their gazpacho is my favorite.

3 years ago some sort of gastroenteritis from my toddler created years long GI issues for me. My system has never been the same since.

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Anonymous wrote:Near miss: went out for dinner with my boyfriend and a couple he knew. The woman ordered a seafood soup. Next day we heard she got so violently sick she had been admitted to the hospital.

Never order seafood soup unless it’s a purpose made soup like clam chowder

“It’s not old fish, it’s a whole new thing”

https://www.eater.com/2016/1/13/10759544/anthony-bourdain-the-big-short-film

so true. I never order seafood at all unless it’s a seafood restaurant with a good reputation.