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Chicken Meal Sparks Illness - Pipps Hill Retail Park, Basildon England
7 years ago •reported by user-jvwkp897 • business
Miles Gray Road, Basildon, SS14 3AF England, United Kingdom
16th December (Sunday night) we ordered burger king online. Normally they are fine. I ordered a chicken Royal meal (I won’t be again) and I just ate it. I remember thinking it was a bit soft but I didn’t even think to check. Well Monday came and I started feeling a bit funny. I knew something wasn’t right so I had something little for dinner. Went to work tuesday and started getting odd tummy cramps. They started worsening as my shift went on. Then it got to the point where I had to go to the toilet. Well Wednesday and Thursday I couldn’t stay off the toilet. Constantly running back and fourth every 10-20 mins. It doesn’t help that I’ve only got 2/3rds of my bowel left as I had to have some removed a few years back. I was in so much pain with the cramps I felt like my stomach was being twisted. I was feeling sick, hot and dizzy. I was pretty certain at one point I was going to faint. Friday the stomach cramps died down but the diarrhea was still awful and I couldn’t take it no more so I phoned the doctors and got an appointment. He checked me over and said it’s food poisoning he said what I had and of course he wasn’t surprised. I’ve been struggling to sleep. Waking up at 4 in the morning running to the toilet. Not being able to pass wind just incase I poop myself. I’ve never felt more like death. It’s now Saturday and I’ve still got the runs. It’s 3 days till Christmas and I’m worried I won’t be better by then. I’ve lost out on shifts at work because of me being off Ill (which I don’t get paid for). I don’t think I ever want to buy a chicken burger from there ever again! :( they really need to be more careful! They've ruined my Christmas :( | Symptoms: Diarrhea, Fever, Nausea, Cramps, Dizziness
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So sorry to hear this! Some reassuring news - you'll be better before Christmas :) always is about 5 days long. I reported on here about a week ago too, had food poisoning from a McDonald's here in Stoke area. I was deathly ill like you wouldn't wish it on anyone! I went from nearly hospitalised with dehydration to getting myself better in just 4-5 days ALL by myself, here's how and VERY important you follow to get better fast - (i'm a nurse) - The main toxins are out your system now and you NEED to stop the diarrhea, after 3 days of me with severe diarrhea every 10mins, I took anti-diarrhea pills (loperamide in them) Immodium, you can get them at any supermarket. The diarrhea stopped within an hour and never returned. It was a GODSEND! AND amazingly I was all better and recovering that same day too. - Regular light foods e.g toast, fresh fruit, bland cereal, chicken and rice for dinner, vegetables, omelette, light sandwiches etc - DO take Activia yogurt the one's with natural good bacteria in, it helps balance out your gut again working normally. - AVOID very heavy dairy, spicy foods, greasy foods, acid foods, junk food, candy and chocolate, fizzy drinks, alcohol. - DO drink little and often. Proper ginger beer is great for nausea. Also, you must get some Dioralyte for dehydration, just take it mixed with a glass of water. I felt so much better after these. - Sucking on mint and peppermint hard boiled sweets helps loads with feeling sick, it naturally stops nausea. Pop a sweet in your mouth every few hours. - Rest as much as you can. If you keep doing all this, you should be feeling much better by sunday/monday at the latest. Take care :)