Food Poisoning?How long from when you eat the "offending" food do you get sick? ?

Is there any standard? I was only sick for about 20 mins. It was bad. It was about 9 hours after I ate sashimi and 13 or 14 after a Subway breakfast sandwich. I'm wondering if I can pinpoint the food based on the time.Food Poisoning?How long from when you eat the "offending" food do you get sick? ?
"food poisoning" is exaggerated



If you have a real case of food poisoning (salmonella) you get diarrhea within 2 hours of eating the offending agent. Milder cases may cause milder symptoms and take a little longer to appear. If you are not dehydrated, and don't have blood in your diarrhea, there is no medical treatment except anti-diarrheals and anti-nausea agents.



For more rare diarrheal agents (shigella, vibrio, giardia, campylobacter), a check for these isn't considered useful unless you've had the symptoms for 2 wks.



If you have any diarrhea 2 weeks or more, this DEFINATELY is a medical problem and includes the bacteria mentioned above as well as medical conditions such as ulcerative colitis, chron's disease, celiac disease, hiv, and others. Diarrhea means MORE than 4 loose stools per day. Of course, dehydration and depletion of electrolytes is the main problem and if you get dehydrated or feel worse and worse and can't stay hydrated, you need medical attention.



Sounds like you had a mild episode of stomach virus aka gastroenteritis. Welcome to the club.
I've only had food poisoning once... I ate dinner which happened to be sushi and about 6-8 hours later I was ill. Hope that helps.Food Poisoning?How long from when you eat the "offending" food do you get sick? ?
within a couple hours.