Fast food poisoning?

Hi went to a chicken fast food got really really sick went to the hosp they keep me but my friend ate the same place and did not get sick so i really could not blame it on the chicken i just wanted to know what could have caused this.Today i got a call from my doctor she was giving me some anticotics to take for four days and they got the results back and it was food poisoning.It was from the chicken place shes turning them in.Iam not a takeing person by any means id rather ive something than take while in was in the hosp they told me my liver was not working 100% less than 50% because i had nothing in my stomach for 1 1/2 days already didnt know what was wrong didnt know if it was going away or not so needless to say i was in pain and worried about so much but today at least i know.If someone could tell me what i can do who do i see about this i plan to get the results from the lab that said it was chinken i would be so grateful.Thanks ever so much.bonnie

get a lawyer

Well, if you plan on taking this to court, you need to talk to a lawyer, so you can get an informed opinion on whether or not you have a case against the restaurant.

Also, every state has a department that inspects and licenses restaurants, so you might want to inform them of the problem you had at this particular establishment. Typically you can do this on the web site of your state's Department of Health.

Hey Bonniesa. Sorry 'bout your delema. I'm an expert on food poisonong. I've had it atleast seven times in 10 years. Some people get a mild case, and think it's a 24 hour (usually less) bug, or virus. Other people get very ill like you, and still, it kills thousands every year. Chicken is a good medium for food poisoning - more than many other foods due to the nature of the food lends itself to aquiring the bacteria, and the preparation does too. Unfortunately, most of us can never be really positive how we ingested the bacteria. I've been very sick too, from a bad beer, to chicken, to salad. Sometimes others get just as sick, and sometimes not. Also as unfortunate, and this is important, you can rarely be positive how you got the food poisoning. Yes, it may have been only the chicken you ate, and not your friends. You may have picked it up from the door handle onto your hands when you walked in. Anything you touched that other people have been touching all day long is suspect. May be the table you sat at just had it's surface wiped with an infected towel. It's frustrating, but you never know for sure. I had a friend who ate a slice of pizza left in the car all night before eating at McDs and became ill. He swears it was McDs though (easier to blame someone else than to say you did it to yourself). I wrote all this and haven't told you anything I guess. My point is......you never really know for sure. Glad you're better now.