Abstract
Background: Food poisoning is a problem that affects public health. It is unveiling opens an opportunity for action to identify and avoid the problem. The main objective of this study is to analyze the environmental factors that influence the obligation to consult a doctor or not following food poisoning.Methods: The study was conducted, following a prospective survey, on a sample of 408 students chosen at random from six schools of urban origin in the city of Mohammedia in Morocco.Results: 33.6% of the students confirmed having consulted the doctor against 66.4% after food poisoning. In the same way, we found that 16.2% (n = 66) of the students who declared poisoning following the consumption of an offending food were hospitalized. In addition, only 13.6% of intoxicated carried out analyzes were requested by the consultant doctor. 59.3% of the drugs prescribed by doctors are anti-infectious followed by gastro-entero-hepatology 15.4% and 12.3% are analgesics.Conclusions: Overall, this study confirms that food poisoning is very frequent among students in Morocco, so parents should be educated about the danger of food poisoning in their children, by presenting them to a doctor immediately after contamination to avoid complications.