Headaches, gas, muscle soreness, vomiting and diarrhea are all things that you feel when you are sick with a stomach ‘bug” why does it actually hurt so much? And what is happening internally as it goes thru your body?
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there are a few things that people refer to as “stomach bugs” and each one works slightly differently.
* food poisoning: you eat some food that has a lot of bacteria in it. The bacteria have produced toxins. So it’s the toxins that are making you sick. Even if you cook the food and kill the bacteria, the toxins are still there. You get sick within minutes or hours.
* foodborne illness: you eat food with bacteria, and the bacteria start to multiply inside you. this takes longer, so the symptoms often take days to appear. the symptoms are caused by a combination of bacterial toxins, and your body’s immune response to the infection.
* gastrointestinal viruses: These are usually airborne. you don’t get them from food. People sometimes call them “stomach flu” but they aren’t the same virus as the flu.
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