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How do you know if food poisoning or a virus?

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Weegle · 07/03/2011 15:26

We were at a (very very lovely, and this is just awful) wedding Sat... 14 guests (that we know of, so may be more) have all come down with D&V within the last 18 hours or so.

My gut feeling is that it's a virus... but how do you know? The only reason I'm saying that is a) the timing, wouldn't it be quicker for food poisoning? and b) 2 infants have come down with it and they only ate some peas off the buffet. Also 3 others that we know of (including one child) haven't yet come down with it, yet all ate the food.

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Lavitabellissima · 07/03/2011 15:30

Most food poisoning bacteria have an incubation period, someup to 48 hours. If you have a stool sample analysed (via your gp) you will know.

Hope you are feeling better!

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