Food poisoning

Food poisoning is acquired by eating an old corpse. It is marked by the text FoodPois on the status line. It is eventually fatal, but can be cured by prayer, eating a eucalyptus leaf, quaffing a non-cursed potion of extra healing or full healing, a blessed potion of healing or a potion of holy water (if not chaotic), a non-cursed unicorn horn, a spell of cure sickness, #invoking the Staff of Aesculapius or polymorphing into a new version of yourself or a sickness-resistant monster.

Food poisoning is completely preventable (in NetHack) by avoiding eating old corpses. Corpses left by zombies and other undead are always considered old.

SLASH'EM

In SLASH'EM, you may also get food poisoning from swallowing a pill.

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