A single attack (or few attacks) of diarrhea occurring few minutes to few hours after eating may be due to:

• A wrong food combination - some foods just don’t go together, like meat and sugar… 
• Magnesium - in some mineral waters, sport drinks, antacids, supplements
• Staph food poisoning with toxins released from bacterium Staphylococcus aureus; diarrhea may appear from 20 minutes to 8 hours after ingesting contaminated food (in food poisoning due other bacteria, viruses, or parasites, diarrhea usually appears more than 8 hours after a meal)

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Staph Infection Symptoms

Staph infection symptoms include various skin changes, symptoms of infected internal organs, and symptoms related to staph blood poisoning (sepsis).

What is Staph?

Staph infection is caused by a bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (shortly staph) and rarely by S. epidermidis or other staphylococcal species.

What Is Staph Infection?

Staph infection is an inflammation of the skin or internal organs, caused by staph bacteria or their toxins. Staph infection may be mild or life threatening, and may appear as:

• Skin infection
• Infection of the mucous membranes (sinusitis, epiglottitis, vaginitis)
• Infection of the glands (mastitis, parotitis)
• Staph food poisoning
• Urinary infection in men
• Bone infection (osteomielitis) and joint infection (arthritis)
• Staph pneumonia
• Bacterial endocarditis
• Staph meningitis
• Bacteremia, sepsis
• Soft tissue gangrene and gas gangrene
• Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome (SSSS)

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