Why do I have food poisoning with diarrhea but no vomiting?

Hours later she began to vomit. Once I took care of her and went to bed, my stomach began to gurgle, and I felt cramping. Before I knew it, I was in the bathroom with diarrhea. My Dad didn't eat the soup and had no symptoms this morning. Could this be food poisoning or a virus? read more

You may swallow poisoned food and have no symptoms at all for the next hours after ingestion. Sometimes in an extremely severe case, both diarrhea and vomiting happens at the same time. In this case, vomiting is a response to whatever happens in the intestine that also affects the stomach (e.g heightened stomach acid that leads to nausea). read more

Food poisoning is an illness that can cause nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. It is caused by eating food that contains germs, such as bacteria, viruses or parasites. Two examples of bacteria that are common causes of food poisoning are Salmonella and E. coli. read more