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By Mayo Clinic Staff. Food poisoning often improves without treatment within 48 hours. To help keep yourself more comfortable and prevent dehydration while you recover, try the following: 1  Let your stomach settle. Stop eating and drinking for a few hours.  Try sucking on ice chips or taking small sips of water.
While food poisoning symptoms usually go away in one to two days, symptoms may last for up to ten days. Immediately contact a health care provider if you experience high fever (a temperature of 101.5F or more), bloody stools, dehydration, and diarrhea lasting more than three days.