WHAT YOU EAT.......IS WHAT YOU GET.

When patients present to the emergency department with GI symptoms, vague muscle aches/pains and malaise, with or without fever, it is good to consider the FOOD(S) they have consumed, as the
cause of their symptoms.

Often, we "diagnose" them with "viral gastroenteritis", etc. but the medical literature is replete with
conditions associated with a non-viral agents.  The boards also favor these topics!

These following list of associations is partial but may help with your next diagnosis!


CONSUMPTION:                                                   AGENT/ILLNESS:



  1.  RAW MILK ...................................................Campylobacter Jejuni


  2.  SALMON/SQUID.........................................  Anisakiasis


  3.  PORK (undercooked)......................................Trichinosis
                                                                                Neurocysticercosis


  4.  TUNA/MACKAREL/MAHI-MAHI...............Scombroid



  5.  RAW EGGS/CHICKEN..................................Salmonella



  6.  GROUPER/SNAPPER....................................Ciguatera



  7.  RAW OYSTER................................................Vibrio Vulnificus



  8.  BEEF (undercooked)........................................E.Coli (O:157:H7)



  9,  SHELLFISH.....................................................Vibrio Parahemolyticus



10.  WATER (unsanitary)........................................Giardia Lamblia



11.  RASPERRIES...................................................Cyclospora



12. FRIED RICE......................................................Bacillus Cereus




Thanks for viewing. We'll continue soon.