Food poisoning is the common name for diarrhea and vomiting that occurs after consumption of intoxicated food. The reason for these sickness is bacterial poisons that are produced in spoiled food.
Food poisoning is a reaction of the body to the poisons and products of bacterial decomposition. Bacteria can reproduce in food that is not properly stored or has been stored too long and secrete toxins.
Consumption of spoiled food can result in nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Symptoms usually appear within several hours after eating. With the exception of botulism, the affected person fully recovers on their own without any long term consequences.
Treatment is generally not necessary. If there is a significant loss of fluids from vomiting and diarrhea, intravenous infusion of liquids to replace those lost can be carried out, but it rarely comes to this. In general, it’s important to remember to buy and consume only fresh and unspoiled food and remember that the heating of spoiled foods does not necessarily denature certain poisons produced by bacteria.
Several years of work in academia, medical practice and finally commercialization make it possible to provide an end-to-end process to help users to “find the appropriate medical help based on their present symptoms”. Below you will find a short explanation, showing you which part of the platform will help you best in finding the appropriate medical support.
Proceed as follows to enter your current symptoms.
Click on the appropriate body part on the picture. Select one/multiple symptoms corresponding to your complaint.
You can also add symptoms by typing your medical complaint in the search box and selecting the best matching suggestion.
Note: Your information will be kept anonymously.
Once you have selected all applicable symptoms, click the “analyze disease pattern”-button.
Accordingly, you will get a list of possible diseases and matching doctor categories who can further help you.
You can inform yourself about the possible diseases by reading the related information. But you can also return to the previous step and add more symptoms or delete already added ones to further narrow down your disease pattern.
Click on the desired doctor category to find a doctor who can help you.
If you are logged in with your profile, you will be displayed the appropriate doctors in your area. Otherwise you can enter an address in the “address” field and you will be displayed a doctor’s list around that specified address.
You will receive further information about the displayed doctors when you press on “details”.
Online bookable doctors in your area will be indicated with the notation “Book appointment” or “Book externally”, additionally they will be displayed on top of the list for your convenience.
Click on “Book appointment” to start the online appointment booking process with the desired doctor.
Please select an available appointment. “Green“ appointments are booked directly. “Red“ appointments need to be confirmed by the doctor.
Enter your general personal and health information.
Enter your present medical symptoms.
Enter your mobile phone number to identify yourself and you can finalize the appointment booking.
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