Potential food poisoning alert.

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

My roomate got home and started vomiting. It looks like food poisoning, though he has not called a doctor. He had Eggs Benedict at Soundbites in Ball Sq for lunch. Any other cases of food poisoning there? We like the place, but obviously we'll stay away for a while.

Comments

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

I really would not go casting aspersions on a restaurant based on such limited evidence. A stomach virus can incubate for weeks -- he could have been infected with something a week ago and it's just bad timing/coincidence that the symptoms hit him just after eating the eggs. Also, there are plenty of other things it could be other than food poisoning or a virus. (gall bladder, my personal bugaboo....)

Anyway, hope he feels better soon.

That's why I'm asking if anyone else has experienced something similar

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

after eating there...

[clevernonsense.livejournal.com]

Actually, not really. If you leave a restaurant and feel sick soon after, there's over a 90% chance it is food poisoning/improper food handling/etc. (according to a Johns Hopkins study about a decade ago).

I agree with that...

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

The time between eating to vomiting was about 4 hours. That seems a little too short for salmonella. But there are other bacteria or viruses with 1 to 3 hours incubation periods. Hopefully it's something mild.

Re: I agree with that...

[ravenword.livejournal.com]

The last time I had (presumed...) food poisoning there was also about a 4 hour incubation window. 24 hours and one trip to the ER for fluids later, I was okay. Hope your roommate feels better soon.