Symptoms of Salmonella food poisoning

Symptoms of Salmonella food poisoning

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Salmonella food poisoning includes the 8 symptoms listed below:

• Sudden onset of symptoms
• Severe headache
• Vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Abdominal cramps
• Fever
• Flu-like symptoms
• Loss of appetite
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Salmonella food poisoning: Complications

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• Arthritis
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Home Diagnostic Testing

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Salmonella food poisoning?

The list of other diseases or medical conditions that may be on the differential diagnosis list of alternative diagnoses for Salmonella food poisoning includes:

• Common cold
• Flu
• Viral diseases (digestive)
• Cholera
• Diabetic Diarrhea
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Other Possible Causes of these Symptoms

Click on any of the symptoms below to see a full list of other causes including diseases, medical conditions, toxins, drug interactions, or drug side effect causes of that symptom.

• Abdominal cramps - see all causes of Abdominal cramps
• Diarrhea - see all causes of Diarrhea
• Fever - see all causes of Fever
• Flu-like symptoms - see all causes of Flu-like symptoms
• Loss of appetite - see all causes of Poor appetite
• Severe headache - see all causes of Severe headache
• Sudden onset of symptoms
• Vomiting - see all causes of Vomiting

Medical Books Online about Salmonella food poisoning

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Symptoms of Salmonella food poisoning: Online Medical Books

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Salmonellosis: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Clinical manifestations of salmonellosis vary but usually include fever, abdominal pain, and severe diarrhea with enterocolitis. Headache, increasing fever, and constipation are more common in typhoidal infection.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Poisonous snakebite: Signs and Symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Pain, edema, fever, skin discoloration, petechiae, ecchymoses, blebs, blisters, bloody wound discharge, necrosis

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Poisonous snakebites: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Most snakebites happen on the arms and legs, below the elbow or knee. Bites to the head or trunk are most dangerous, but any bite into a blood vessel is dangerous, regardless of location.

Most pit viper bites that result in envenomation cause immediate and progressively severe pain and edema, local elevation in skin temperature, fever, skin discoloration, petechiae, ecchymoses, blebs, blisters, bloody wound discharge, and local necrosis. (See After a snakebite.)

Because pit viper venom is neurotoxic, pit viper bites may cause local and facial numbness and tingling, fasciculation and twitching of skeletal muscles, seizures (especially in children), extreme anxiety, difficulty speaking, fainting, weakness, dizziness, excessive sweating, occasional paralysis, mild to severe respiratory distress, headache, blurred vision, marked thirst and, in severe envenomation, coma and death. Pit viper venom may also impair coagulation and cause hematemesis, hematuria, melena, bleeding gums, and internal bleeding. Other symptoms of pit viper bites include tachycardia, lymphadenopathy, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, hypotension, and shock.

The reaction to coral snakebite is usually delayed — sometimes up to several hours. These snakebites cause little or no local tissue reaction (local pain, swelling, or necrosis). However, because coral snake venom is neurotoxic, a reaction can progress swiftly, producing such effects as local paresthesia, drowsiness, nausea, vomiting, difficulty swallowing, marked salivation, dysphonia, ptosis, blurred vision, miosis, respiratory distress and possible respiratory failure, loss of muscle coordination and, possibly, shock with cardiovascular collapse and death.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Poisoning: Signs and Symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Depending on poison (such as alcohol, cyanide, acetone, turpentine, or petroleum): headache, seizures, loss of consciousness, chest pain, muscle weakness, dizziness, nausea, vomiting

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Salmonellosis: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

Signs and symptoms of salmonellosis vary depending on the patient but usually include fever, abdominal pain, and severe diarrhea with enterocolitis. Headache, increasing fever, and constipation are more common with typhoidal infection.

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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

Snakebites, poisonous: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

Most snakebites happen on the arms and legs, below the elbow or knee. Bites to the head or trunk are most dangerous, but any bite into a blood vessel is dangerous, regardless of location.

Most pit viper bites that result in envenomation cause immediate and progressively severe pain and edema (the entire extremity may swell within a few hours), local elevation in skin temperature, fever, skin discoloration, petechiae, ecchymoses, blebs, blisters, bloody wound discharge, and local necrosis.

Because pit viper venom is neurotoxic, pit viper bites may cause local and facial numbness and tingling, fasciculation and twitching of skeletal muscles, seizures (especially in children), extreme anxiety, difficulty speaking, fainting, weakness, dizziness, excessive sweating, occasional paralysis, mild to severe respiratory distress, headache, blurred vision, marked thirst and, in severe envenomation, coma and death. Pit viper venom may also impair coagulation and cause hema-temesis, hematuria, melena, bleeding gums, and internal bleeding. Other symptoms of pit viper bites include tachycardia, lymphadenopathy, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, hypotension, and shock.

The reaction to coral snakebite is usually delayed — sometimes up to several hours. These snakebites cause little or no local tissue reaction (local pain, swelling, or necrosis). However, because coral snake venom is neurotoxic, a reaction can progress swiftly, producing such effects as local paresthesia, drowsiness, nausea, vomiting, difficulty swallowing, marked salivation, dysphonia, ptosis, blurred vision, miosis, respiratory distress and possible respiratory failure, loss of muscle coordination and, possibly, shock with cardiovascular collapse and death.

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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

Food Poisoning or Foodborne Illness: Food Poisoning or Foodborne Illness - signs & symptoms
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)

• GI illness:
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Diarrhea (watery vs. mucoid vs. bloody)
  • Abdominal pain or cramping
  • Constitutional symptoms (fever, malaise, myalgias)
  • Jaundice (may be present in hepatitis A)
• Botulism:
  • Impaired cranial nerve activity (sluggish or fixed pupils, ptosis, diminished corneal and oculovestibular reflexes, facial weakness, diminished gag, weak cry)
  • Constipation
  • Hypotonia with progressive symmetric descending paralysis
  • Absent deep tendon reflexes
  • Apnea

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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008

Sympathomimetic Poisoning: Sympathomimetic Poisoning - signs & symptoms
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)

• The clinical effects of these agents overdose vary based on their receptor selectivity.
• Most agents have some degree of combined alpha and beta adrenergic activity (ephedrine, pseudoephedrine).
  • Hypertension, tachycardia, dysrhythmia, acute coronary syndromes, pulmonary edema and cerebrovascular injury, anxiety, a sense of impeding doom, apprehension, fear, and headache.
  • At very high doses, agents cross the blood–brain barrier result in central nervous system symptoms, such as headache, seizures, and intracranial hemorrhage

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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008

Salmonella Gastroenteritis: Presentation
(Pediatric Infectious Disease)

Infected patients often have fever, leukopenia, hepatosplenomegaly, and abdominal distention. Diarrhea can occur, but because the bacteria is invasive and does not reside long in the gastrointestinal tract, constipation can also be noted. “Rose spots” represent embolic salmonella to the skin and are rare in children. A major issue in typhoid fever is early consideration. Typhoid fever should be considered in any child with a fever and recent travel to an endemic area. This is particularly true if the child has hepatosplenomegaly, leukopenia, and negative malarial smears. Typhoid fever is frequently misdiagnosed as malaria because the endemic regions are similar and both may present with high, spiking fever.

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Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease, 2004

Article Excerpts About Symptoms of Salmonella food poisoning:

FDA Bad Bug Book (Excerpt)

Nature of Acute Disease:: S. typhi and the paratyphoid bacteria are normally caused septicemic and produce typhoid or typhoid-like fever in humans. Other forms of salmonellosis generally produce milder symptoms.

Nature of Disease: Acute symptoms -- Nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, minal diarrhea, fever, and headache. Chronic consequences -- arthritic symptoms may follow 3-4 weeks after onset of acute symptoms. (Source: FDA Bad Bug Book)

Foodborne Infections General: DBMD (Excerpt)

The illness it causes, salmonellosis, typically includes fever, diarrhea and abdominal cramps.  In persons with poor underlying health or weakened immune systems, it can invade the bloodstream and cause life-threatening infections.  (Source: excerpt from Foodborne Infections General: DBMD)

Salmonellosis: DBMD (Excerpt)

Fever, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea (sometimes bloody). Occasionally can establish localized infection (e.g., septic arthritis) or progress to sepsis. (Source: excerpt from Salmonellosis: DBMD)

Foodborne Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID (Excerpt)

The disease causes acute intestinal distress with sudden onset of headache, fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, and sometimes vomiting.

These symptoms, along with loss of appetite, can last for several days. Dehydration (extreme loss of body water), especially among infants, can be severe. Salmonella is an invasive organism that can escape from the intestine and be spread by the blood to other organs. It can become a chronic infection in some people, who may have no symptoms yet can spread the disease to others. (Source: excerpt from Foodborne Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)

Salmonella: CDC-OC (Excerpt)

Symptoms of Salmonella include diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps that develop 12 to 72 hours after infection. The illness usually lasts 4 to 7 days, and most persons recover without treatment. (Source: excerpt from Salmonella: CDC-OC)

Salmonella food poisoning as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions

When considering symptoms of Salmonella food poisoning, it is also important to consider Salmonella food poisoning as a possible cause of other medical conditions. The Disease Database lists the following medical conditions that Salmonella food poisoning may cause:

• Abdominal pain
• Diarrhoea
• Food poisoning
• Gram negative bacilli / rods
• Nausea and vomiting
• Pyrexia of unknown origin
• Reactive arthropathy
• Reiter's syndrome
• Toxic megacolon
• Zoonosis

Salmonella food poisoning: Onset and Incubation

Incubation period for Salmonella food poisoning: from about 8 hours up to 3 days

Incubation period for Salmonella food poisoning: Onset time -- 6-48 hours. (Source: FDA Bad Bug Book)

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About signs and symptoms of Salmonella food poisoning:

The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible signs and symptoms of Salmonella food poisoning. This signs and symptoms information for Salmonella food poisoning has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of Salmonella food poisoning signs or Salmonella food poisoning symptoms. Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Salmonella food poisoning may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they are indeed Salmonella food poisoning symptoms.