Originally Posted By melekalikimaka I had eaten canned tuna tainted with fecal matter. (I don't believe it was the e coli strain though.) I was sick enough to go to the doctor and to get tested but it was common enough. I did have to fill out a questionaire for the CDC, I believe. I agree with SuzieQ. I don't think someone needs to describe their vomit and diarrhea for us to get the point. LOL
Originally Posted By lilprincess I studied foodborne illness and intoxication for over 5 years, along with a career in this field. I know all about all the various kinds of intoxications and organisms. when a foodborne illness investigation(FBI) is done the most closely looked at information is the food approximately 3 days before your illness begins.
Originally Posted By atinkfan About 10 yrs ago, my husband and I went with his family to Lake Tahoe. We all went to dinner at a mexican restaurant and my husband and I both had blackberry margaritas. By the time our dinner arrived, he and I were both feeling terrible...stomachs churning, vomiting, and diarrhea! It lasted several days, even a couple weeks, before we felt normal again. My husband even had a fever during this episode. Everyone told us that it was something just he and I ate a few days before since no one else got sick. But he and I were the only ones who drank those blackberry margaritas too. We will both swear to this day that we had some bad berries in those drinks!!
Originally Posted By DyGDisney My mom got food poisoning in Reno from eating bad clams. The symptoms came on after a couple of hours. She was severly sick. I got this of a medical website: "The main symptoms of viral gastroenteritis are watery diarrhea and vomiting. Other symptoms are headache, fever, chills, and abdominal pain. Symptoms usually appear within 4 to 48 hours after exposure to the virus and last for 1 to 2 days, though symptoms can last as long as 10 days."
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka Sometimes I wonder how many times our bodies get sick because they are overloaded with processed high fat foods. It's like a forced detox. (This could just be a leftover theorty from my health-food nut mother's upbringing. LOL)
Originally Posted By OceanSpace I think it's really interesting to hear how many opinions and experiences there are with these different distinctions. It's easy to get sick when going to any crowded place where you have people from all different places bringing in germs from all over the world. I usually just make sure I've got my Purell (in addition to washing my hands regularly), take some Airborne, and put Neosporin in the front of my nostrils periodically throughout the day. The Neosporin thing sound weird, I know, but my mom does it every day and never gets sick because it helps ward off the infections you might be breathing in. I drink out of water bottles instead of drinking fountains, stay away from First Aid if I can, never touch the escalator railings and open all doors with my sweatshirt sleeve or my shoulder instead of my hand. Oh, and according to surveys done, most people don't use the first bathroom stall (unless there is a line), so often that very first stall is the cleanest. People also tend to walk to their right because the majority are right handed, so try the left side instead.
Originally Posted By OceanSpace Oh yeah, and the trams are awful too, I avoid touching them at all costs.
Originally Posted By dlkozy I have visions of you, OceanSpace, of rolling around DLR in this enclosed plastic bubble! LOL!
Originally Posted By dlkozy But to comment on SuzieQ's original post-I am so sorry that you were sick on your DL trip. Nothin too magical about bein' sick!
Originally Posted By sweetpea70 Sorry SuzieQ! I've had a couple trips ruined during 'flu season' its so unfair We leave next Thursday and now I'm just paranoid, the flu is also going around my daughter's school. I swear I usually get a cold from the plane but getting the stomach bug is not an option! Love the Neosporin idea, I will try anything. We also drink pure Aloe Vera juice, found at health stores, right before a trip and it seems to help the immune system. Looks like I'll be taking down my huge bag of OTC drugs just in case!
Originally Posted By jonvn "read the original post. We'd had flu shots." I must have glossed over that.
Originally Posted By MomofPrincess Interesting article regarding how widespread this particular stomach flu is: <a href="http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/health/news-article.aspx?storyid=73086" target="_blank">http://www.firstcoastnews.com/ news/health/news-article.aspx?storyid=73086</a> (I have Type B blood. I wonder if that's why I didn't get it, even though it's highly contagious and I was the one cleaning up after my daughter the most. Of course, I also was up to my elbows in bleach and Lysol, trying to decontaminate every possible surface in our home!)
Originally Posted By MomofPrincess Yeah, thank GOD it'll be over soon (according to what the article says). Sheesh!
Originally Posted By jonvn Oh, you know, you might have had norovirus. It's all over the bay area right now. "take some Airborne" The only thing in Airborne that actually does anything is the zinc. Ther rest of it does nothing.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 I'd never heard of putting neosporin around your nose before either. Anything is worth a try. I'm one that goes ahead and uses airborne, whether it works or not who knows but it makes me feel like I've tried Last year I noticed a friend of mine had a full size Purell pump in her car. She said as soon as she gets in the car she puts some into her hands and hopes that it takes off some of the germs that she has just picked up. She said that the little purse size ones can be forgotten but when that pump is sitting in your cup holder it's pretty hard to ignore. So now I have one in my car too
Originally Posted By knoxvelour Personally, I don't mind exposing myself to germs and bacteria...how else are you going to build up your immune system?
