What are the symptoms and treatment?
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Intestinal illness can be caused by viruses, bacteria or parasites, and usually involves vomiting and diarrhea. People often call it the flu, though it is in no way related to the influenza virus, which causes respiratory illness.
People infected with C. jejuni bacteria can experience a wide range of symptoms. Some do not get sick at all, though they can still spread the infection to others. Others feel as though they have a bad case of the flu. A rare few become seriously ill and must be hospitalized.
Most people with campylobacteriosis develop the following symptoms two to five days after being infected (though symptoms can appear as late as one month after infection):
• diarrhea (often bloody or watery)
• abdominal pain
• fever
• nausea
• vomiting (sometimes)