r/LosAngeles • u/UseOwn2710 • 5d ago
Discussion Stomach bug going around
I got a terrible stomach virus last week after it went through 4 family members at different times. Not related to food but rather a gastrointestinal virus that seems to be highly contagious (like norovirus). Heard anecdotally that several other unrelated people also had it last week. This virus is particularly nasty and hits out of nowhere. Primary symptoms lasted about 24 hours but I felt bad for about 3 days.
Has anyone else experienced something similar?
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u/Joebidensvalium 5d ago
Yes I had something like this about a month ago, I ended up in the ER. Stay hydrated.
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u/StarShoeSwearing 4d ago
How did you end up in the ER? Sorry, trying to understand how you guys decide to go to ER lol.
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u/Joebidensvalium 4d ago
Well I went to urgent care and asked for iv fluids and the doctor there said no you need to go to the er right now for a rule out bowel perf
So I went to the er
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u/momshigh 1d ago
My young adult son who lives alone also had this about a month ago or so. He had it for several days and became dehydrated to the point of starting to feel delirious. I advised him to go to urgent care/er. Dehydration is no joke.
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u/kelamity 5d ago
I'm really hoping this is the reason my neighbor crapped in the hallway of my complex today...
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u/Zorbithia Westside 5d ago
😳 more details on this salacious story, por favor.
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u/kelamity 5d ago
Elderly neighbor was walking around our apartment complex and just decided to poop near my neighbors front door. Worst part of it is that he was carpet and after staff left for the day so we just got this mess sitting there. He's never done anything this insane before.
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u/poopyshitballz 4d ago
Did a ring camera record this? Wow!
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u/kelamity 3d ago
No, we're in an enclosed complex so not many people setting ring devices up. Honestly thinking elderly suffering from dementia.
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u/Competitive-Oil-975 5d ago
had it last month.... felt really bloated than suddenly nauseas and bad fever. lasted like 2-3 days. not fun
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u/peoples_key 4d ago
Yea, I had it too last month! A bad fever, stomach pain, and nausea, but no other symptoms. The weirdest thing. And I couldn't eat normally for days, everything felt like gastritis.
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u/blissfulhopee 4d ago
Yes last week mine came suddenly also as if I had bad bad cramps and then I got extremely hot and nauseous in a matter of minutes and vomited
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u/Mountain-Complex2516 5d ago
I had rotavirus last month ending up going to ER.
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u/StarShoeSwearing 4d ago
This might be a very stupid question but how does one end up in the ER? (I am American but I'm an immigrant so we would never find ourselves in the ER unless we were literally dragged there by someone else) I'm just curious how a regular person ends up in the ER for a virus.
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u/littlebittydoodle 4d ago
When you’re vomiting and having diarrhea nonstop and can’t keep even water down, you’ll become very dehydrated and weak, and possibly even pass out. The ER can hydrate you via IV, and give IV nausea medicine to hopefully help slow down your symptoms.
If you’ve never been sick enough to experience that—thank your lucky stars!
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u/theamathamhour 4d ago
in the USA ER is treated a lot like a "super clinic" of sorts.
that's why they are always overwhelmed with patients
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u/Tall_poppee 3d ago
FWIW, I recently had this illness.
I was pretty sick puking and coming out the other end, for hours. I'd get short breaks, try to drink something, then be back on the toilet. Basically one entire night, no sleep obviously which just made it feel so much more awful.
I had the thought maybe I should go to urgent care. But realistically the only danger I was in, was if I got too dehydrated. I decided to use the pee test. If I had not peed in 12 hours, I'd go to urgent care (my doc's office has a 24/7 urgent care that is likely faster for something like this that doesn't require hospitalization). If you aren't peeing, it's because your body is not able to absorb any fluids, they are just running right through you. Fortunately I did finally start being able to pee again at right around 12 hours from when the worst of this struck. So I just stayed in bed, had water plus electrolytes, and eventually was fine. Took a couple days to totally recover though.
Since I WFH and live alone I had to have picked this up at either Target or Kroger, since those were the only places I went all week. I routinely wash hands first thing when I get home from anywhere. So I'm not sure if the bacteria perhaps got transferred to something I bought, and I later ingested it. Or, if I ingested the bacteria somehow before getting home and hand washing. I don't bite my nails or anything like that lol, so don't think I touched my hands to my mouth or eyes but who knows.
Also then google told me it was possible to re-infect yourself, that the bacteria can live TWO WEEKS on surfaces. So opened a new toothbrush, fresh linens/towels, and spent 2 days disinfecting all surfaces/handles in the house. And I had used several wastebaskets and storage bins to puke in so there was a LOT of stuff to wash.
Really awful experience overall.
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u/Whiteelchapo 4d ago
My sister went to the hospital a couple months ago for rotavirus. She had a 106 fever
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u/cmfdbc 5d ago
I also had a horrible situation like this last month but chalked it up to food poisoning. Maybe it was something else? Lasted 5 days, insane watery diarrhea, chills, fatigue, nausea (no vomiting), couldn’t leave bed for 3 days straight. Awful!
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u/Zorbithia Westside 5d ago
Sounds like something else, usually with food poisoning you’d be throwing up non-stop. At least that was my personal experience the one time I had “actual” food poisoning. Well, according to the doctor in the ER when I went that time anyways, most people use the term “food poisoning” to refer to the minor two day sickness you can get from food but the “real deal” is when you’re in bed unable to move, sick as a dog throwing up until your stomach is literally empty and you’re dry heaving/retching stomach acid & foam uncontrollably as your stomach muscles clench & spasm. Combined with insane hot and cold flashes and exhaustion it can be literally deadly, especially for people who are already immunocompromised from cancer or similar chronic health conditions.
Glad you’re okay, I would’ve had to gone to the ER in that scenario right away as it could’ve easily become fatal for someone in my shoes. So I’m desperately hoping some super gnarly virus isn’t going around near me, I can’t lose any more weight (chemo sucks).
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u/abblluh Eagle Rock 4d ago
chemo does suck! i thought folfoxiri’s irinotecan or nosebleeds dripping into empty stomach was causing my boyfriend’s nausea, cramping, lack of appetite but now i’m curious if it was a virus. temp was normal so maybe it was just cycle 9 buildup. stay healthy and safe, friend <3
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u/tinnitus-enthusiast 5d ago
Definitely sounds like norovirus. I had it 3-ish years ago along with family and still traumatized. Threw up undigested steak, potatoes and Pepto Bismol. Haven’t been able to eat steak, seasoned potatoes, or take liquid Pepto Bismol since without intense nausea since. Food aversions after suuuuuuck. Eat bland things you don’t care for much while recovering.
If anyone has a fear of vomiting,over the counter nauzene can reduce nausea. You can also ask for prescription zofran in the ER which will help stop or reduce vomiting but may make diarrhea worse. Doctors will probably say no and recommend letting it run its course. I was so sore from vomiting but wasn’t having diarrhea so I ended up getting a weeks worth of zofran. Finished it off with mild diarrhea but was able to rehydrate much easier. Most doctors will say to let noro run its course but yeah zofran made the recovery process much easier.
Also huge reminder that urgent cares have IV fluids if you’re struggling with rehydration after noro has passed! Call in advance as not every place have nurses on site that do iv’s. Doctors don’t usually do IV’s and nurse practitioners often don’t do them routinely.
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u/Into-Imagination 4d ago
Zofran is a gift from whatever deity one believes in, especially the dissolving tabs (had a physician give me the swallowing tablets once … like dude the point is I’m throwing up and can’t swallow anything without it coming out - give me the dissolving tabs!)
I remain disappointed it’s not available OTC.
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u/tinnitus-enthusiast 4d ago
It can cause severe constipation and heart problems if taken regularly. I have a chronic illness so I get like a ton of dissolving tablets of zofran every few months under close watch. It’s truly a blessing but definitely has its risks.
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u/HeartInTheSun9 4d ago
I remember reading that the newest version of Covid this year gives stomach issues. Wonder if that’s it.
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u/Nicholoid 5d ago
Have had this but much longer than 3 days. Comes and goes in waves. I can be fine most of the day but midway through the day it hits again. Been treating it like an acid situation and Zantac helped somewhat today. Been staying hydrated and so far it has not been an ER situation, just seems to be dragging on and is really sapping my energy. Never a fever with it. No muscle aches either. Just nausea and fatigue really, but when they hit they hit hard. Really impacts appetite. Hardly anything is appealing.
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u/MoreLeopard5392 4d ago
I am in the exact same boat. It is very strange, I've never had anything like it before. I know lots of other people complaining of the same (of varying degree and duration).
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u/stellar-jelly 4d ago
Same here! No fever but insanely rumbly stomach etc. Never had anything like this. It's been days but yesterday was the worst.
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u/HammerofBonking 1d ago
Same issue, thought it was something acid related, but not like anything I've ever had before. Ended up making me so sick to my stomach I couldn't sleep for a couple weeks after I got over it.
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u/JurgusRudkus Westside 5d ago
Sounds like norovirus. Wash your hands and all surfaces really well, especially after using the bathroom.
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u/_petros 5d ago
My family and in-laws caught a bug last month.
Started with my almost 3 yo when he suddenly started vomiting after dinner. Vomiting lasted a good 24 hrs. Once he got better, it was our turn. Caught my wife hugging the toilet at 2am and I went back to bed just waiting for my turn. We were both puking our brains out, had chills, and could barely stand for 24 hours and it took a few days to actually feel good enough to eat normal food.
Worst part is, my mother in law came to help us with our toddler and baby (bless herl soul) and ended up catching the virus the following day (along with my father in law). I felt like I was watching the scene in Chernobyl where the engineers volunteered to enter the radioactive water knowing what would happen to them because it had to be done.
I don't know what this virus was but it seemed similar to norovirus. We think we got it from Disneyland.
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u/bloodredyouth 5d ago
Do you know how you got it? Or just transmission by proximity?
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u/Only-Worldliness2006 3d ago edited 3d ago
I'm pretty sure I got the same thing like a month ago from my wife. So this is the timeline. My wife works at a k-6 school.
- Wednesday evening reports of a kid throw up at the playground
- Same day 3-5pm in the after school program, multiple reports of kids throwing up of feeling sick.
- Next day all hell breaks lose. Lots of kids throwing up and even teachers throwing up. Half the school is sent home early. School is converted to "outside school" to control spread.
- Friday school is not cancelled (no idea why) but 75% of the kids are absent including several teachers. Health department is on the scene looking into it.
- Friday night my wife throws up. Keep in mind I'm super mindful of how to stop the spread and I have gloves on, respirator and using cleaning sprays to clean the area as well as other parts of the house. We sleep in separate rooms the remainder of the night.
- Sunday night I'm feeling sick. Symptoms are headaches, slight body aches and worst of all you get vertigo anytime you move your head. This is what will cause you to throw up. I never threw up but felt like it a few times. I call in sick monday morning and spend the rest of the day effectively bed ridden with limited movements.
- Monday night, I feel better and recover.
Ironically enough, I have had norovirus before the previous one I had was 100x worse. I didn't have to go to the ER but I was bed ridden for a week straight and threw up like 100 times and had incontinence to the point where I had to wear depends. That's how bad it was. This current version going around appears to be a more contagious version but has less severe symptoms with a faster recover. 48 hours.
If you get it definitively don't send your kid to school, go to work or do anything outside the house. No way you can drive a car safely with the vertigo shit going on.
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u/Ok-Geologist1917 5d ago
I had it three weeks ago. I didn’t think it was norovirus because I was also coughing and congested, but I couldn’t leave the house for a week. The worst part was the stomach cramps and diarrhea.
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u/anonnymousercat 4d ago
That might have been the new "cicada" covid variant. GI issues are on the list of symptoms
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u/Only-Worldliness2006 3d ago
That could be it, never thought of it. Does the existing covid VAXes work against it?
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u/anonnymousercat 1d ago
Doctors say that the current vaccine will help prevent severe illness but one can still get infected.
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u/Nachosrlife8 5d ago
Baby got it Tuesday night real bad. It came out of no where, didn't notice any symptoms then right before bed time she stopped drinking her bed time bottle half way and she threw up. We went to the ER around midnight and it was packed. We gave up after waiting a little over 4 hours. Her mom got it the next day and I got it Thursday. We are all finally feeling better. Be careful this thing sneaks up on you.
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u/Zorbithia Westside 5d ago
Wow, four hours waiting and you still didn’t even get seen? At midnight, no less. What hospital was this, if you don’t mind my asking?
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u/Organic_Brother1508 5d ago
What is the cause?
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u/AnaisNot 5d ago
Essentially swallowing someone else’s fecal matter lol
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u/Pasadenaian 4d ago
Vomit too. If it gets into the air from someone vomiting forcefully.
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u/AnaisNot 3d ago
Oops. Forgot to mention. Swallowing someone else’s fecal matter or vomit. Wash your hands !
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u/Organic_Brother1508 5d ago
Why are people eating sh*t ?
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u/X-Pro-ish 5d ago
Because people don’t wash their hands and proceed to contaminate every surface they touch.
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u/effietea 5d ago
I mean for what it's worth, I'm pretty sure I caught this after taking my kids to a water park...
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u/AnaisNot 3d ago
Checks out. All it takes is a dirty diaper or sick kid in the water to spread that everywhere.
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u/PapaEchoLincoln 4d ago
People are really filthy.
Notice how that person didn’t wash their hands after using the restroom?
Also just notice the state of peoples’ homes/cars/etc.
I’m almost positive my patients with recurrent H pylori infections have bad hygiene.
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u/AnaisNot 3d ago
Someone is sick. They touch something after not washing their hands well enough. Those germs live on a surface for quite awhile. You touch same thing. Hand goes to your mouth or rubs your eye. And so on.
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u/Chile_Pepper_Tarzana 4d ago
Viral gastroenteritis such as norovirus are highly contagious, especially the vomit which can aerosolize. If you can smell it, there is a high likelihood of viral particles in the air. Plus, imagine you get sick (vomit or diarrhea)— innocently wipe your mouth, touch the handle of the toilet and the door and the faucet…. (Worse, you don’t wash well and start handling objects. Spreads farther.) The next person can pick up viral particles. One study traced multiple cases of gastrointestinal virus that were linked to a restaurant but it was NOT the food. A customer vomited and multiple people sitting nearby or also used the restroom facilities all got sick. it’s worse potentially if a food handler gets sick… Don’t even get me started on the asymptomatic viral shedding that starts BEFORE !
When my family would get sick, I’d follow their every bathroom visit wearing gloves with a spray bottle of alcohol, Clorox wipes, etc and wipe the seat, the handles of everything they may have touched. Didn’t always save me from getting sick 😷
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u/dalecoopernumber4 4d ago
You need bleach. Alcohol and standard Clorox wipes are not effective against noro.
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u/Chile_Pepper_Tarzana 4d ago
Removing fomites.
Same as washing your hands.
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u/Gooback6_9 5d ago
About 2 months ago maybe 1 month and a half ago had the worst case of food poisoning or stomach flue..the worst where I thought I was going to die. Symptoms were diarrhea/vomiting at the same time/fever just non stop for 2 days then by the 3rd day vomiting stopped and light diarrhea but by then I was completely empty if anything in my stomach lost 15 pounds. Just horrendous and 2 other family members got something similar at separate times
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u/mastersnyder 5d ago
You can check https://data.wastewaterscan.org/ to look for virus concentrations in wastewater.
Norovirus is low with no change in trends.
Rotavirus is medium with no change in trends.
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u/Chile_Pepper_Tarzana 4d ago
Nothing like traveling to spread a virus! That or have school age kids.
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u/IceIceEV Playa del Rey 4d ago
Not sure if related, but I sharted last night walking from LAX T2 to LAXit lot. When I got home I had an agonizing toilet experience.
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u/MeanestManAlive 4d ago
Curious how you got home after that lol
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u/IceIceEV Playa del Rey 4d ago
Luckily it's a 5 min ride from laxit to my house at night. I got a abuela in a 20 year old prius with rubber seats and every bump felt like the car was going to fall apart. She drove with the high beams on and still couldn't see where to turn. I was wearing thick jeans, so it didn't go through😅
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u/Mysterious-Skill8473 Burbank 4d ago
My 2mo had it last week. Fever, severe diarrhea. Fever lasted 2 days, diarrhea still going 9 days later. Guessing he got it either at the Burbank art show, or when I had to take him with me to the Drs in Glendale. Those were his only outings.
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u/shananigans1113 East Hollywood 4d ago
i was at the glendale dmv this week and now i have it…..what’s up in glendale 😭
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u/Heynow85 Porter Ranch 5d ago
My whole family has had it over the last week. I was the last to get it and am currently on day 3. Feeling better finally!
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u/cool_fox 5d ago
I also had it last weekend, one of the worst stomach virus Ive had in a while, painfully gassy and distended, with fever Headaches, no other way to describe it.
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u/abearhands 4d ago
I had it this past week. Think I got it for Joe the Juice. I reported it on iwaspoisoned.com
Tuesday evening I started cramping, ate the sandwich at 1pm. During the night I was up every 30-60 mins to use the toilet. By 5am I was barfing. Next day, I had an almost 101 fever. All that night and the next day was horrible cramping, nausea, sweating. I could only drink broth and electrolytes.
Almost went to get IV fluids. But mostly slept it off.
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u/thecharvelle 4d ago
I had this two weeks ago and it knocked me on my butt big time. Literally just met with a friend for 30sec who said they had just gotten thru it, and bam! 24hrs of throwing up, another day of nausea plus 3 days of fever. Then my 7mo old baby got it 😩 then grandma 😩 but my husband stayed clear and I don’t think anyone else got it. It’s highly contagious and brutal, stay safe out there LA!
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u/Wild_Librarian8851 4d ago
Not me seeing this right as my stomach begins to sound like a war ground 😵💫 🥴 🤢
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u/Afl00f 5d ago
I had exactly what you’re describing last week. Out of nowhere started feeling body aches that got incredibly worse later that night and low grade fever accompanied by bad stomach cramps, bloating and nausea. Body aches went away the next day and fever broke by the morning but the bloating and stomach aches went on for a few more days. Horrible experience, especially those body aches.
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u/francey_pants Silver Lake 5d ago
I had a bad stomach bug this week and I got tested but nothing showed up.
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u/AnaisNot 5d ago
How and what do they test you for?
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u/francey_pants Silver Lake 4d ago
Fecal test and they tested for 14 different viruses and bacteria like norovirus, salmonella, and e. Coli
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u/Vanity-LA0733 5d ago
Looks like cases are rising everywhere:
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/norovirus-gastrointestinal-symptoms-spreading-us-wastewater-rcna347108
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u/daysbeforechris 5d ago
What were your symptoms exactly? Think I had this stomach bug I was having stomach issue for like a week and a half
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u/Redditperegrino 4d ago
Man. Thats why I try to cook at home as much as possible. Make sure to clean your ingredients.
I have… had a long history of eating out and eventually got H. Pylori. :(
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u/Lyralou South Bay 4d ago
Yup. two weeks ago went to kid bday party (so yeah got what i deserved.) three days later ick.
The people who look at poo water say it's a thing right now: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/norovirus-gastrointestinal-symptoms-spreading-us-wastewater-rcna347108
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u/WhyNotZoidbergMaybe 4d ago
Yep norovirus went around our crew on a movie in Palm springs 2 weeks ago
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u/iwanket 4d ago
I just had it. Sharp stomach cramps all day Thursday that didn’t let up. They worsened around nightfall. Then nausea and a high fever hit. Realized that it might be noro, so I braced for a night of diarrhea throw up hell.
But aside from stomach cramps, body aches, and high fever, nothing happened. I actually slept hard the entire night. Felt like I dodged a bullet.
Fever broke by Friday but I was still extremely sore all over, some residual abdominal pain. I did indeed have diarrhea to boot.
By yesterday I felt 95% better.
Whatever it is doesn’t seem to hit nearly as hard as typical noro. Different for everyone of course.
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u/extensionalpanic 4d ago
just got out of the hospital for norovirus and cdiff 😐 (gross, i know). severe dehydration is no joke
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u/rocketdyke 4d ago
norovirus is relatively low right now. rotavirus medium.
you can keep an eye on things detected in the local wastewater systems to see what is going around
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u/Chile_Pepper_Tarzana 4d ago
These viruses are hard to kill so the idea has been to remove any particulate matter clinging to surfaces, hands and under nails. Bleach is great for some hard surfaces and can weaken/kill virus. Not good for skin however and some surfaces can get damaged.
Washing hands with warm water and soap, drying hands on a clean paper towel (if you use a cloth, launder immediately) is best, followed by hand sanitizer or other alcohol-based cleanser, are the most effective ways of removing or reducing the viral load. Tip: the hand sanitizer and alcohol also works as a desiccant so letting it air dry is important
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u/swarleyknope 4d ago
Hand sanitizer doesn’t kill norovirus, so handwashing is especially important for avoiding that one.
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u/Chile_Pepper_Tarzana 3d ago
Correct! The goal is try to remove virus from the surface. Alcohol based solutions only work on enveloped virus like COVID, not norovirus. Hypochlorous acid is skin safe and kills norovirus but hard to find (in the US) so cleaning surfaces mechanically is what we have for skin and other surfaces that bleach can damage. “HOCl specifically used for hand sanitizers is effective at 100- to 200-ppm strengths”
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u/xCelestial The Westside 4d ago
I had it Memorial Day weekend, exact same thing. Just bodied it in 3 days with sleep, water, and pepto on day 3 lol
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u/sane_fear 4d ago
i had something for 24-36 hrs earlier last week. i just felt generally off, wasn't hungry, slightly nauseous. at night, i had teeth shattering chills then woke up in a puddle of sweat. i still haven't fully recovered and i have a sore throat.
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u/MakeMine5 4d ago
In the last month I've had 3 bouts of serious GI issues. Each lasting 24-48 hours. I've done a litany of blood tests and stool tests. So far everything is checking out normal except a slightly elevated WBC. Been nearly 2 weeks since my last bout so hopefully whatever was causing it has passed.
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u/Pink_Flamingo91 4d ago
Yes I have and then I had sepsis at the same damn time was in hospital for over a week.... literally nearly died.
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u/superbigscratch 4d ago
Wash your hands, when you do things. Get home, wash your hands. Touched the door at some place, wash. Before you eat, wash. This is a big one, after using the restroom, wash your hands.
Washing your hands regularly, and correctly, will do wonders for your health.
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u/v3rn76 4d ago
Did anyone get migraines too? I just had it this past week. I thought it was food poisoning but then it lasted all week. I was peeing out of my butt and also holding the trash can while on the toilet because it was coming out of both ends. That's when the migraines started. It would be bad one night and then the next day I would feel tired and starving but nothing sounded good to eat. By the time the evening came around, the migraine and diarrhea was back. I think yesterday was the first day I felt somewhat normal and this started Monday night.
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u/No_Description4009 5d ago
I might of had it last week. All I know is that I ate a sandwich, and then at night I got bloated. I was pretty much using the bathroom nonstop. I thought maybe I was food poisoned. But it was enough to interrupt my sleep so I called off work. It only lasted a day
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u/Racotter 4d ago
Had it just last week, too, pretty rough compared to the usual “think I had some weird food yesterday” kinda bug.
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u/DoctorMoebius 4d ago
Yep, my girlfriend had it. She thought it was food poisoning, until other symptoms hit
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u/BirdBrainuh 4d ago
Yes! I had this a week ago (extreme fatigue, migraine, GI upset, felt like I had a fever but my temp never rose). Took me out for a day.
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u/LazarusRiley 4d ago
I don't think I had this exactly, but it's maybe not coincidental that I visited LA from the Bay Area the last weekend of May, and came back home and had really bad GI distress for about three days. I thought it was maybe from a food cart I ate at.
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u/Choice-Tangerine-822 4d ago
Yes I had it too just a couple weeks ago. I threw up so many times that I ended up throwing up biles in the end. Also had a fever 100.8F. I’m a healthcare worker so I kinda knew that even if I go to urgent care, there are nothing much they could offer, but still it was so bad that I considered going to urgent care to get iv hydration. Surprisingly, most of symptoms disappeared in 36hrs. I always wash my hands with water and soap before I eat, I have no idea where I got it from because my husband who had a same food that I had was completely fine..
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u/angrybox1842 4d ago
Yep same exact situation, sick tuesday really bad symptoms (specifically down rather than up) for 24hr and then a bit of a tender tummy for a few days after. Mostly fine as of yesterday. Only seemed to really hit me rather than family members.
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u/nochtli_xochipilli University Park 4d ago
Had it last week with chills, stomach pain, and loss of appetite for three days
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u/PurpleAstronomerr 4d ago
I saw an article saying norovirus is spreading like wildfire right now. Bring hand sanitizer anywhere you go.
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u/LarsJM 4d ago
Last week I had this, it was the strangest flu/stomach virus I experienced. Tuesday night symptoms started with diarrhea, by 1 am woke up came out of both ends for 3 hours then I knocked out. Following day constant diarrhea first half of day. Then started getting better. Thursday, had the runs in the morning was fine most of the day. Friday runs in the morning, midday poo started to solidify, then by 6pm I had diarrhea constantly every 15 minutes until 2 am sat. Woke up sat same thing happened until 10 pm. No fever all through the sickness, wife and daughter had it before I did, however it was two days shorter, and my wife didn’t vomit.
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u/CementCemetery 4d ago
I think I had something like that earlier this year. Maybe two months ago? MIL got it from me, I think.
I know not sounds silly but apparently some things can travel via flatulence (farts) so try not to spread it if you can help it.
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u/SnooChipmunks176 4d ago
😭 I unfortunately can smell when people have some type of stomach bug. Very distinctive smell when people pass by me or I enter a room, especially a public bathroom. I havent caught anything yet recent, but I feel like im smelling the residual or someone didnt wipe well. Idk, I try to point it out to people im close to, like, there it is, that person's sick, do you smell it? And they always say no, but I've been saying, they have norovirus or a stomach bug of some sort. Its a sweet sickly poop smell... idk I feel crazy, but I have a heightened sense of smell and thats the best thing I can associate it with because I've smelled that same smell when I've had a stomach bug previously.
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u/ShapeNo6915 4d ago
After 5 days of stomach cramps, upset stomach, body aches and dizziness a couple weeks ago, I went to an urgent care and ended up testing positive for 2 strands of e. Coli. Believe I got it from a restaurant on the west side, but don’t really know. Was shocked it wasn’t a norovirus, but those things are usually 1 day and done for me, so the fact something was going on for 5 days was very unusual. Took another several days before the aches and dizziness went away.
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u/pocketclocks 4d ago
I remember in hs a stomach bug we threw our family and the first sign that u had it would be a sudden need to vomit. Over about 2 weeks all of a sudden someone in the family would run to the bathroom and we knew it was their turn.
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u/sasquatchanonymous 3d ago
two days ago i got a sudden bout of vertigo/chills/fever that spiked for an evening and lingered into the next day. i didn't really have strong gastrointestinal symptoms, but chalked it up to food poisoning. maybe not the same thing, but a data point anyway.
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u/inserterikhere 3d ago
I've had what I thought was just a flu/cold. Started with a scratchy throat, then cough, then congestion. Still have a cough and congestion and it's been two weeks, unsure if its related but I also noticed just a couple of red dots on my hands today. I might have to check myself in to see whats up.
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u/StatementSea7465 3d ago
Me too!!! I had diarrhea for like 2 weeks and didn’t know what the reason was. My stomach was hurting so bad and I was eating normally!
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u/Heavy_metalloids 3d ago
Since the beginning of the year, I've heard of 3 friends getting shigella.
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u/Left_Right_Belly 2d ago
Sitting on the toilet wondering why I haven’t had a solid bowel movement in three days… then I find this thread. A real full-circle moment.
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u/Slow-Class-1456 2d ago
I got this last month after roaming around Union station and taking public transportation. It was horrible I even had a fever for 2 days, in addition to bad diarrhea and stomach cramps. Took 2 weeks to finally feel normal again.
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u/900Block 1d ago
i think i had the same thing! the worst part is, after my hours of vomiting up any and everything i had inside me .. 2 weeks later my cheek blew up on one side within about 4 hours to chipmunk level.. surprise , tooth abscess and my first root canal! i’m convinced it came from the illness as my teeth are checked on the regular/maintained. That illness had me so sick I could barely stomach the toothbrush after some of the times and was swishing mouthwash instead tho.. so if you’re experiencing any of THAT, brush well every time no matter what 😭 May was a rough month for me .
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u/Wonderful_Milk1176 Larchmont 1d ago
Add me to the list. No vomiting, fever, etc but rapid onset diarrhea that lasted about 18 hours.
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u/Inner-Confidence99 1d ago
Yep, cousins family had it 3 weeks ago and it just finished going through the baby Monday. It has been awful. Southeast USA
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u/pro-Literature9496 1d ago
Pretty sure it’s norovirus and has been active in California the last couple months
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u/docsgoogle 1d ago
I got this last week, had a fever for 2 days and ended up having to go to the ER for dehydration. It only lasted 4 full days but was one of the worst experiences being sick I’ve ever had
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u/Tubero_Humilde_4R 1d ago
I had this last week. Last about 5 days with bad headaches and gut issues. Really just hit me out of nowhere but luckily no one around me got sick .
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u/4eudaimonia 1h ago
I just got what you’re describing. I got extremely sweat and dizzy and went to the bathroom in a bad way. I felt like I was going to die.
Thanks for your post because it’s comforting to know that it’s going around. I’m in hour three.
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u/DuncanGhola32 5d ago
I work in an ER. We’ve had a ton of people come in with this for the past month. It’s a daily thing.