How quickly do you get sick from ingesting raw meat?!
Question: How quickly do you get sick from ingesting raw meat.?
My science project is on food poisoning, and I'm wondering how quickly symptoms would set in after ingesting uncooked hamburger meat. Just a rough estimate will do. Thanks.Health Question & Answer
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It depends on what the agent of disease was.
E Coli, which is usually what we are concerned with in meat takes 2-8 days, with an average of 3-4 days.
Then you have the stomach flu, which is the norovirus, which takes 24-48 hours.
Salmonella takes 6-72 hours, usually though its 12-24 hours.
So, its not as quickly as most people think.Health Question & Answer
E Coli, which is usually what we are concerned with in meat takes 2-8 days, with an average of 3-4 days.
Then you have the stomach flu, which is the norovirus, which takes 24-48 hours.
Salmonella takes 6-72 hours, usually though its 12-24 hours.
So, its not as quickly as most people think.Health Question & Answer
the answers above are good ones.
it totally depends on WHICH germ your talking about.
Staph aureus food poisoning would have an onset of 4 hours.
Bacillus cereus food poisoning is about the quickest -- about 2 hours after ingestion, vomiting and diarrhea begin. But I'm not aware of any published outbreaks of B. cereus from hamburger -- it is more classically associated with fried rice dishes.
E. coli 0157 is perhaps the most deadly germ I can think of that would most certainly come from ingestion of infected raw meat. Incubation is much longer -- 1 to 10 days.
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it totally depends on WHICH germ your talking about.
Staph aureus food poisoning would have an onset of 4 hours.
Bacillus cereus food poisoning is about the quickest -- about 2 hours after ingestion, vomiting and diarrhea begin. But I'm not aware of any published outbreaks of B. cereus from hamburger -- it is more classically associated with fried rice dishes.
E. coli 0157 is perhaps the most deadly germ I can think of that would most certainly come from ingestion of infected raw meat. Incubation is much longer -- 1 to 10 days.
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First of all you are assuming you would get sick from injesting uncooked hamburger meat. That is not necessarily true. If the meat is kept at proper temperatures many gormets use ground tenderloin of beef to make Steak Tar Tar which is a delicacy using spices and raw eggs mixed with the meat and served on a bed of fresh lettuce and we don't get the least bit ill.
OTOH if you serve "not cooked enough pork, then you can expect to get sick within about two hours of ingestion.Health Question & Answer
OTOH if you serve "not cooked enough pork, then you can expect to get sick within about two hours of ingestion.Health Question & Answer
made a nice meal using meat that was bought & taken home within 5 mins of buying, straight into the freezer, then taken out of freezer & defrosted & cooked straight away, but still got sick from it even tho it was thoroughly cooked, & me, my hubby & my Dad ate the same meal but i was sick the most, my dad only had a bit of a sore tummy the next day, my hubby had minor cramps the next day & a funny feeling in his tummy late that night, but within 2-3 hrs i started getting cramps & then sharp pains in my stomach, & it got worse from there, had to go to the Dr's the next day to get medication, i was so sick! It didnt take long at all to kick in, after 2 hrs i started getting the cramps, & they steadily got worse, i wouldnt reccommend actually trying it out urself, its not worth it!! :-oHealth Question & Answer
I think after 4, maybe 3, hours, you begin to get sick to your stomach and from there it just gets worse until your body has eliminated the offending meat. Even so, you could remain sick for up to an average of 1 day, sometimes 1 and 1 / 2 days.Health Question & Answer
Most digestive problems take about 4-6 hours to show symptoms because it takes that long to work through the stomach and into the intestines. You won't feel good before that, but as far as 'getting rid' of the food, it should be about that time...4-6 hoursHealth Question & Answer
Eating raw meat and getting sick would take about 3-4 hours to actually go through the intestines and u will basically get really sick.Health Question & Answer