aetiology

Last reviewed 01/2018

  • bacterial
  • intrinsically poisonous food, for example deadly nightshade, red kidney beans
  • parasites in the meat, for example Taenia, Trichinella
  • chemicals:
    • heavy metals, e.g. mercury, zinc
    • pesticides, e.g. rodenticides, insecticides
  • allergies
  • paralytic shell fish poisoning
  • scombrotoxin histamine intoxication
  • viral food poisonining
  • chinese restaurant syndrome - monosodium glutamate