I made some steak for dinner the other
night which had been siting in the fridge
for about 4 days. It was a little brown
but still red inside and on the bottom. I
have cooked steak in this condition before
without any problems. The grocery store I
purchased it from is questionable though.
Within 30 minutes of eating the steak I
had the urge to use the bathroom and had a
very explosive case of diarrhea. Nausea,
fever and tiredness quickly followed.
Almost every hour I had to use the toilet
again. About the third time I noticed
that the diarrhea was almost 100% clear
liquid. No blood or pain was involved -
it actually felt kind of good to release
the pressure in my bowls. Again, this
occurred almost every hour.
About 6 hours in to the ordeal, (3 am!)
the nausea allowed my to vomit ALL of my
diner and probably everything else in my
stomach. After that I began having cold
sweats and felt that the sickness was
going to pass (no pun intended!). I
continued to visit the toilet about once
every three hours now and continued to be
nauseous and tired with cold sweats.
Today I feel much better but I still feel
that my bowls are playing tricks on me and
I'm afraid to eat anything. I did have
some plain donuts and some tea for
breakfast and I feel ok. Still very cold
and sweating alot as I sit at work.
What I'm having trouble figuring out is
what kind of food poisoning I have and if
I should be worried about it as well as
when I should expect to be feeling back to
100%.
This is my first post in any kind of
medical forum so I hope I found a good
one!
TIA!
Anthony
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Posted: 01-11-08 10:19am
I'm not sure if eating an "off" steak
could trigger such a response so quickly,
unless bacteria was present and the steak
wasn't cooked enough. I've had cases of
dysentry that came on like lightning, so I
can empathize.
Can you submit a stool sample for
examination? This is the only way to
identify the cause of the diarrhea or
intestinal infection. You might need a
script from your GP but can then go
directly to a medical diagnostic lab. I
did this an had my results within a coupld
days.
