Re: Question on "stomach flu"

From: Jeff (kidsdoc2000_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/14/04 

Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 22:57:33 -0400

"dhess" <dhess31IHateSpam@comcast.net.invalid> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.06.13.13.29.53.515000@comcast.net.invalid...
> Last Sunday, I had a period of vomiting. Since then, I have had a fever,
> chills, and loose bowels. I went to see my doctor and he said a virus (it
> has been epidemic here for some reason). I have an appetite, but after I
> eat my stomach, particularly in my intestinal area, gets a not in in. No
> pain anywhere (I had cramps at first but they are gone), just a knot. How
> long does this type of thing last? I'm getting hot flashes, and still
> have loose stools. Crimany, it's almost been a week!
> DHess

It depends on what bug you have. Some of them can cause one loose stool
while others can cause loose bowels for a couple of weeks or more. Most of
them cause loose stools for one or two days. I have had some illnesses that
lasted for a few hours and others that caused my bowels to be loose for two
or three weeks.

You may want to try some yogart and try to eat a light diet. The yogart may
help reestablish the bacteria in your colon. I would avoid fatty foods. If
the fat is not well absorbed, it can cause diarrhea (and really stinky
diarrhea, too -- not that poop smells ever smells good). You may want to
avoid milk for a while, too. The intestinal cells that make lactase (the
enzyme that breaks down lactose) is often the last cells to come back.
However, fiber may help firm up your stools.

Don't worry, this, too, shall pass.

Did the doctor say how long the virus lasts?

Jeff

PS, this is why you should wash your hands after every time you use the
restroom. Not only does washing your hands remove the germs from your
intestines that you might have gotton on your hands, preventing your illness
from being passed to others and removing the germs that others got on their
hands and left behind, say on toilet and door handles.

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