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Could The Vomiting Be Due To Feeding Burnt Carrots To My Child?

I make homemade baby food and today when steaming carrots the water must have boiled off towards the end of the steaming. I didn't really notice but once I puréed the carrots they tasted a little burnt (almost like a marshmallow you toast on a campfire). My 6 month old projectile vomitted tonight- could this have been the cause?
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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It is not clear whether the child ingested some pre-formed toxins generated by certain bacteria which could have been in the food that you prepared by boiling. May be the bacteria were killed off by the boiling but the toxins are heat resistant and remained to cause the projectile vomiting that you mention. So, it could indeed have been the cause of the child vomiting. I suggest that you visit a doctor and get the child evaluated without delay.
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Could The Vomiting Be Due To Feeding Burnt Carrots To My Child?

It is not clear whether the child ingested some pre-formed toxins generated by certain bacteria which could have been in the food that you prepared by boiling. May be the bacteria were killed off by the boiling but the toxins are heat resistant and remained to cause the projectile vomiting that you mention. So, it could indeed have been the cause of the child vomiting. I suggest that you visit a doctor and get the child evaluated without delay.