How can you tell the difference between having the stomach flu and a bacterial infection: food poisoning?
The difference between stomach flu (sic) and a bacterial infection caused by food poisoning- There’s no such thing a stomach ‘flu. You know those TV ads for yoghurt that contains “good bacteria”? Well, you already have lots of good bacteria living inside your intestines. Some were given to you by your mother when she breastfed you and some you’ve picked up during your life from the food you’ve eaten. They all live happily inside you, helping to digest the food you eat. If something throws them out of kilter- say some new bacteria try to muscle in on their territory (food poisoning), then you become unwell; your small intestine becomes a battleground, food is not digested and it exits anyway it can- vomit if it’s near enough to the top, or diarrhoea if it’s lower down. Your bodies own defences get involved to sort out the problem (this can also result in D&V- your defences don’t discriminate between “good” and “bad” bacteria- both are alien to the body. The helpful ones are only tolerat
