How to Treat Food Poisoning

After food poisoning, we should consult the doctor in time, and we can help ourselves by general treatment such as regulating diet, drugs such as apomorphine to induce vomiting, gastric lavage, enema and other methods.
1. General treatment: patients should be light and easy to digest food, avoid spicy stimulation of cold and greasy food. Patients with severe vomiting and diarrhea should be rehydrated to avoid water electrolyte disorders.
2. Inducing vomiting: emetic drugs such as apomorphine can be used to expel toxic food through vomiting. Self-induced vomiting should be avoided. In addition, the patient can drink a lot of water to reduce the absorption of toxins by the body.
3. Gastric lavage and enema: toxic food remaining in the gastrointestinal tract can be removed by gastric lavage and enema.
In order to avoid food poisoning, usual diet should pay attention to avoid intake of expired or moldy food. Once food poisoning is detected, in addition to self-help, you should go to the hospital in a timely manner and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment to avoid life-threatening situations.