Glossary for Ptomaine food poisoning

• Abdominal pain: A condition which is characterized by the sensation of pain that is located in the abdomen
• Bacterial diseases: Diseases caused by a bacterial infection
• Campylobacter jejuni: Rod shaped bacteria causing diarrhea.
• Cholera: An acute bacterial disease transmitted through food or water contaminated with human faeces. The intestinal infection is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
• Diarrhea: Loose or watery stool.
• Food poisoning: Poisoning from a substance or microbe in food.
• Headache: In medicine a headache or cephalalgia is a symptom of a number of different conditions of the head and sometimes neck. Some of the causes are benign while others are medical emergencies. It ranks among the most common pain complaints
• High fever: Where a patient has an elevated temperature
• Listeriosis: Bacterial food poisoning
• Meningitis: Dangerous infection of the membranes surrounding the brain.
• Nausea: The queasy feeling of nausea and often also vomiting.
• Vomiting: Vomiting or retching symptoms.

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