Terrified right now. Not sure what to do.

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I was eating some breakfast cereal this morning and it took me a good two hours to eat since I eat very slow, the cereal has freeze dried strawberries in it and has some small chocolate bites. I ate the cereal and it tasted funny, the milk was not expired or anything and I did drink some of it since I thought the strawberry did make the milk go sour since I have ate this cereal before and the strawberry will taste sour when immediately eating it, but I'm so worried now that I might have food poisoning now since I'm having a stomach ache. It doesn't smell bad, it just tasted sour. Will I be okay though? I'm panicking about it since I'm worried about my health now.

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    Hey there,

    You should be fine. The worst thing that could happen from food poisoning is you'll get a little sick. You may throw up or you may need to use the bathroom. But food poisoning usually only lasts 24 hours so if you can make it through the night, you'll be fine. If your stomach is still bothering you, maybe get some Pepto Bismol or something along the lines of that to help ease your stomach ache. Stick to the BRAT diet. Bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast. These things are gentle on the stomach and should make you feel a bit better. Other than that you should totally be fine! If you're worried about the milk, throw it out and get a new one! Same thing goes for the cereal. Food poisoning is super common and isn't something to worry about. If you still feel bad in a few days, set up a visit to see a doctor. But overall you should be fine! It doesn't sound like anything too serious but I definitely understand how scary it can be when you feel unwell. I hope you feel better soon!

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      Hi Devin. Thank you for the response, I'm much better now while resting for a good few hours, the worst that ever happened to me was the stomach cramps, but it quickly got resolved on its own without me having to vomit the food poisoning out. But thank you for reassuring me that food poisoning is not that dangerous as it seems and I'll be okay.

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    hi jenny

    sorry to hear your distress and sorry i didnt see this sooner, you will be fine! the worse that will give you is diarrhoea briefly

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      Hi Shaun, thank you for caring and responding to my concern, I'm much better now after a few hours, it did resolve on it's own after taking a good nap from dealing with the stomach cramps.

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    If you had eaten this cereal before and it didn't taste the same, it could be that the milk was, in fact, sour or curdled by the acidity of the strawberries (especially considering that the strawberries had been in the milk for quite some time). Even if this is the case, there is no reason to panic. This will cause you nothing more than a stomach ache. Now, if the symptoms are very strong, try seeing a general doctor.

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