Food poisoning
Overview
Food poisoning is rarely serious and usually gets better within a week. You can normally treat yourself or your child at home.
Symptoms
Symptoms of food poisoning include: feeling sick or being sickdiarrhoeatummy paina high temperaturefeeling generally unwell The symptoms usually start within a few hours or a few days of eating food that caused the infection. Sometimes symptoms do not start for a few weeks.
Treatment
If you or your child have food poisoning, you can usually treat it at home. The symptoms usually get better within a week.