Norovirus & Flu Outbreaks in Victoria
#1
Posted 26 January 2013 - 11:39 PM
'Winter vomiting disease' is apparently not the flu, but rather one of the main causes of food poisoning, otherwise known as gastroenteritis. Perhaps I experienced the new fast-acting Sydney strain?
Apparently Stephen Colbert made a recent quip about it: "Remember, if you're in public and have the winter vomiting bug, be polite and vomit into your elbow."
#2
Posted 26 January 2013 - 11:52 PM
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#3
Posted 27 January 2013 - 01:06 AM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#4
Posted 27 January 2013 - 08:24 AM
So far this winter one of us has had the noro, the flu and several colds. I personally have been pretty lucky at staying healthy. (Just got sneazed on by my toddler.) I am convinced my semi-success is mostly due to daily doses of acidopholis, quality vitamins and semi-healthy eating. *knocks on wood*
#5
Posted 27 January 2013 - 08:29 AM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#6
Posted 27 January 2013 - 08:47 AM
#7
Posted 27 January 2013 - 09:57 AM
This one for me was
1-very different than a cold. I get nailed bad by colds, usually, 2-4 weeks before they're gone... quite brutal. But I had no respiratory issues at all - no stuffiness, trouble breathing, mucus, etc.
2-pretty fast-acting. 48 hours later, I seem to be 95% better.
3-very smelly. The wife chose the spare room last night to avoid my gut-rot... Aw.
#8
Posted 27 January 2013 - 01:09 PM
#9
Posted 27 January 2013 - 01:16 PM
Last time I had food poisoning I also had a fever and felt terrible. 48 hours later I was totally fine.
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#10
Posted 27 January 2013 - 02:46 PM
I don't think it was food poisoning as my family has been fine and I ate a home all week.
#11
Posted 27 January 2013 - 02:48 PM
#12
Posted 28 January 2013 - 09:36 AM
I've had cold symptoms for two weeks, and just when you think your're feeling better it strikes again. Lots of handwashing, fluids and rest is the advise. My friends who have had it says it took them 5 weeks before it was totally gone.
ˆThis is going around my community and I have it. In my spare time, I'm a triathlete, and my training has been all but wiped out for two weeks. I just can't get ahead of this thing. But I'm not horrifically disgustingly sick. Just run down and have a cold I can't shake.
I got a flu shot early in January and have wondered whether this is my immune system doing battle with something that would be a lot worse if I hadn't primed it.
#13
Posted 28 January 2013 - 10:34 AM
#14
Posted 28 January 2013 - 03:21 PM
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#15
Posted 11 June 2014 - 11:57 AM
Yeah, stop right here if you're eating lunch.
- See more at: http://www.timescolo...h.rwBFC7mY.dpufNorovirus is being blamed for a severe bout of gastrointestinal illness suffered by about 80 people after they swam at Thetis Lake in recent days.
...Millions of particles may be spewed when a person vomits or has an attack of diarrhea or coughs, and it only takes contact with a few such particles to transmit the illness.
Edited by Holden West, 11 June 2014 - 11:57 AM.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
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