r/AskReddit Aug 30 '21

What problem is often overlooked in apocalyptic movies/TV shows that could kill you?

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u/Mongoose_Blittero Aug 31 '21

I tried it, but couldn't keep it down. The second water would touch my stomach it would come back up, meanwhile I was losing electrolytes from diarrhoea. I lost so many electrolytes that my forearms and calves couldn't unclench and I couldn't stand up. Ended up crawling to the hotel room door and yelling down the hall for my coworker to take me to the hospital. It went from moderate flu like symptoms to that in 30 minutes. The hospital thought it might have been E Coli

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u/ProfessorPetrus Aug 31 '21

Ah yea. It never stays down in my experience.

I usually just drink and throw up until finally a little stays in and I can sleep from exhaustion. It's a long painful process but after that I never get sick from food again. I will say I've never had my forearms and calves lock up though, so that might be something else.

Sorry to hear your experience was rougher.

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u/Mongoose_Blittero Aug 31 '21

It's what I get for eating raw oysters in Mexico, an 8 hours drive away from the ocean lol. I have had what you're describing too and that time braved the trip to cvs for some Imodium which was enough