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Got stomach virus?

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You don't need to suffer with that! take vitamin C, 500 mg, every 15 minutes for 2 and a half hours. this is a water soluable vitamin so its just about impossible to overdose. take that, and then you don't need to do anything else. overnight, the vitamn C will kill the virus, and the next day you feel just about back to normal!

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Amazing Comments By: Sarah Clenents I did not think anything could kill a stomach virus.   Vitamin C? Comments By: Alexandra Even though Vitamin C is a good source to make you health, I highly don't recommend taking it every 15 mins for two and half hours. The best thing you can do is get plenty of sleep, rest, and water. Take Gravol if you are feeling sick and dizzy. Don't eat any fat foods, dairy foods, and spicy foods. You will feel better. If it goes on for more than five days, go see a doctor and get proper medication to relieve it.   So far so good! Comments By: spatch I took your advice yesterday and today the cramps have subsided considerably. I'm hoping it will stay that way.   Doesn't work Comments By: James It Doesn't work.   baking soda Comments By: Elaine Had a virus today and my husband made me drink water with baking soda in it. It tastes horrible but i have to tell you, i was absolutely fine after that so just hold or pinch your nose when drinking it. It worked for me thank god... had bad cramps from the virus.   sure u have one? Comments By: Moses if you have cramps, its most likely not a stomach virus. if your throw up every hour and are throwing up bile, then you probably do.   Killing The Stomach Virus Head On Comments By: Norman I have been prone to stomach virus' for many years.I have did some personal research on the virus, to learn through experience, vitiman c and echinecea and acidophilus or Immunasure will kill the virus, when taken in small dosages.   Open to suggestions Comments By: Joanne I will have to give that a try.   Almost anything can appear to work Comments By: Mo As most stomach viruses only last for 24 hrs anyway, whatever you take could appear like a cure. Just don't eat anything until everything settles, but ensure that you don't get dehydrated by drinking small amounts of clear fluids frequently. If symptoms persist longer that 3 days, or get worse, see a doctor.   are your sure its not a parasite? Comments By: will are you throwing up? loss of appetite? losing weight? Diaheria? tired, muscles ache? light fever? Could be a parasite found in basil in florida.   help Comments By: baby_rogue but i already had it for almost a month and it is not getting better.. infact i feel that my headach is getting worst n i vomite easily.. please help!! TipKing says: You need to see a doctor as soon as possible!   greatest tip ever!! Comments By: Roni I took Vit C (300 mg.) about every hr for about 5 hrs, and it did wonders!!! Thank God cuz I couln't afford to miss work! Also, I drank plenty of water...that is a must!   SICK IN TEXAS Comments By: CYN I FELT ILL ON FRIDAY...VOMITTED ON FRIDAY NIGHT, AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.. HAD CRAMPS LIKE SOMEONE WAS SQUEEZING MY ENITRE STOMACH... I WAS STILL SICK ON SUNDAY, WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON MONDAY, HE DIAGNOSED ME WITH GASTROENTERITIS, STOMACH FLU, AND TOLD ME TO DRINK LIQUIDS... I FOLLOWED THE DR'S ORDERS, BUT IT IS NOW WED, AND I STILL FEEL ILL... CRAMPS HAVE SUBSIDED A LITTLE, BUT STILL EXIST... AND QUEEZINESS... I READ IT TAKES ANYWHERE FROM 1-10 DAYS TO REALLY GET THRU IT ALL... GOOD LUCK TO ANYONE WHO GETS THIS VIRUS... ITS AWFUL...   this works sometimes Comments By: anon i have had the stomach virus and i have took a damp wet rag or washcloth and breathed throught my mouth and breathed out my nose and sometimes it works   Vit C works Comments By: Dee Most people in the medical profession will (without fail) stay away from vitamins/minerals/herbs until they are diagnosed with something modern medicine cannot touch! I am an EMT and try not to take any drugs...herbs can be dangerous but they have worked better for me than drugs. Taking vit C and acidophilus in small quantities will do the job unless you drink soda..I just got the "bug" thismorning and have taken only 2 acidophilus and the cramps have subsided. Try not to eat, water is great! Prayer is always appreciated.   Nothing cures a stomach virus Comments By: sick My daughter got this stomach virus on tuesday last 24 hrs. and now she is fine. I started throwing up and going to the bathroom uncontrollably and i am 22 hrs into it... with no end in sight. its like clockwork every 30 mins or so. its awful...   virus plus multiple stomach ulcers Comments By: Mom question, my daughter has a stomach virus. She is also being treated for multiple stomach ulcers. She needs relief of the cramps. Will the vitamin C hurt her stomach more?   Different Types Comments By: Cindy Three out of four people in my family have have viruses in the last week. Mine and my son's were mostly diarrhea, with vomitiming only a couple of times. My boyfriend has vomited already 6-7 times, and his just started a few hours ago. The only thing that I've found to work is drink liquids to avoid dehydration (sip). Buy some with electrolytes, and get in the bed. If you feel like you can eat try some soda crackers, or dry toast. The only real cure is time.   Apple Cider Vinegar/ Comments By: Guy I suffered with this terrible virus. I was told that apple cider vinegar would help the naseua. I then took two table spoons of it and it took my stomach pain away.   Stomach virus Comments By: Pamela I have the stomach virus. Ive had it for 2 days now, tomorrow will be the 3rd. The pain comes and goes, but when it comes, its pretty bad. I had to run to the bathroom non stop, i was vomiting. Im hoping by tomorrow the virus will be almost gone. I read on the computer the virus lasts 1-3 days, but your bowels might not return to normal intill 2 weeks, and once n awhile, the stomach virus can last to 10 days. Im praying mine only lasts for 3 because tomorrow will be the 3rd day. Thank god. The cramps are horrible. Feels like buring too. Sorta feels like gallbladder attacks, i had my gallbladder removed when i was 18. Im now 20. The pain is similar. I wish you all luck on this virus, get better soon!   not sure about Vit. C dosing Comments By: chevy I got this virus two days ago and only into the 2nd day could I vomit. The dirareha is awlful. I'm going every 30 minutes and it won't stop. The more I drink, the more I go. and it's uncontrollable (meaning I got the bed and pants a few times - yuk). I'm 46 and not that old but can't shake this. My stomach is cramping like crazy. This is a bad bug. I've had these before but the bug only lasted 24 hrs max. this one I heard is worse. Good luck to anyone with this.   where did this new stomach virus come from? Comments By: pam I awoke around 4 a.m. on a Saturday morning and made a mad dash for the bathroom.. made it to the hall... vomited there, and when I finally got to the bathroom I had to reach the tub to vomit while on the pot! vomiting went on every 15 minutes. finally stopped around 3 something that afternoon. Diarrhea lasted until the following Tuesday noon. Left me with leg cramps and feeling like someone put a hose in my mouth and washed everything out the other end. I was able to go back to work on Wednesday, but still feel so weak. When will this go away, and where did this horrible thing come from? Any Ideas???   It usually works Comments By: HyPnOtIzE Just drink ginger ale and crackers and that will settle your stomach well enough   The Bug Comments By: Rich My 5 month infant had stomach virus and now it has ran through the rest of the family. It has came out both ways. Currently my son and my other daughter has been vomiting. I tried crackers, gingle ale, 7up, watered down gatorade, and motrin for the headache. Nurse told us to wait 2 hours after vomiting before giving fluids. Not sure about the one!!!, However, plenty of rest, cold rags on the forehead, gatorade, disinfected spray, washing hands and clothes, and alot of praying help me. The bug lasted about 24 hours for me.   stomach flu relapse Comments By: Nancy Is it possible to have this flu...severe headache, nausea and vomiting for a week? Then I felt better for 1 wk., returned to work, yard work, etc, just to come down with this awful thing again, though not quite as bad this time. Please advise.   Just got over Comments By: jamesscott23 I started vomiting Monday morning around 7 a.m. and didn't stop until 10 p.m. I drank Sprite and Apple Juice, the apple juice helped. I also tried "EMETROL", it was awesome!!! When I did eat, I only had chicken noodle soup and crackers. I still feel a little uneasy, but for the most part it is gone.   throwing up Comments By: brendan well to take the vitamin you have to keep it down, which is impossible when u r throwing up everywhere...nice try but u still should go to the doctor.   the stomach virus Comments By: Molly This is my second time having the virus. The first, i started throwing up every hour or so, and the more i threw up the less time until i did again. Eventually i was throwing up every 15 minutes, and couldn't eat/sleep. The vomiting went away in a few days, but i still felt weak and hungry for at least 2 weeks after. I attempted to keep hydrated even though moments after i would drink something i would throw it back up.. This time, I have thrown up twice in the past 3 hours, but it's still the same feeling in my stomach. I just took a pill for the nausea that i didn't try last time...so i will have to get back to you on that. i doubt there is really anything you can do during this virus to help, but i guess the pill i took is worth a try. if you do have the virus, keep away from other people because it is VERY contagious!! especially people with diabetes.   The nausea pill Comments By: Molly The pill i took worked. it stopped the vomiting, but the stomach ache remained for the rest of the night. When I woke up today though i was feeling much better. I've been drinking water and juices high in vitamin C and i'm beginning to feel back to normal.   bad stomach bug:( Comments By: Anna Everyone in my house had this awful stomach flu last week. First, I contracted it at work. I started feeling queasy and just plain gross at work and I felt like I really needed to use the toilet, but I work at a grocery store and I was one of the only casheirs at the time and the store was extremely busy. I was also kind of embarrassed to go and use the one and only bathroom we have for employees because everyone is always using it throughout the day and I didn't want anyone to know I was being sick in there. I thought would probably be fine if I waited until one of the other casheirs to come back from her break to go and use the bathroom, but just as I had finished helping a line of customers go through my till, I had to very, VERY quickly RUN to the bathroom (and I mean *run* as fast as I could. I honestly didn't think I was going to make it, and I just about didn't). As soon as I reached the bathroom, I pushed open the door and let it all out my back end. I felt better, so I washed my hands and just as I was about to leave, I threw up, and then had to poop again. I must have spent a good fifteen minutes in the bathroom, and I was worried that my boss would be wondering about me. After I came out of the bathroom, I proceeded to walk and find my boss. I found him and explained to him how sick I was and he let me go home. Well, I started driving home and actually had to pull over twice on the highway because my stomach felt so disgusting I felt like I was going to be sick while driving. I got home without being sick, but as soon as I walked in the front door, I went to the bathroom and stayed there for about 45 minutes, sitting on the toilet. After that, I went to up to the bedroom and layed in bed, but every half hour or so I was running to the bathroom in our bedroom to either throw up or let it out the other end (I should have just stayed in the bathroom). Well, around four, the kids came home from school (ages 7, 9, and 10). I felt so weak and ill that I couldn't even go down to greet them. My oldest daughter came in my room and I had to tell her to leave because I didn't want her getting sick. Well I stayed upstairs until my husband got home from work. When I wasn't in the bathroom, I was lying in bed shivering with a fever and feeling like I was going to be sick again any minute. Well my husband took care of the household chores and tucked the kids into bed. Finally around 10 PM, I had stopped throwing up but I was still going to the bathroom like mad. I finally, FINALLY fell asleep around 11:30, but woke up around 5 AM just to be sick again. I couldn't make it to the bathroom once, and litterally leaned over the bed and threw up a little bit on the floor. I fell back to sleep around 6. Well, the next day I wasn't feeling better at all, and neither were my two youngest. My 9 year old son threw up about 10 times, and my 7 year old daughter soon followed. By Sunday morning (I had fallen ill on Friday morning), everyone in the house was sharing the two bathrooms we have, either throwing up or having ugly, ugly, UGLY diarrhea. Well, I stayed sick the longest (5 days to be exact), and everyone else was finished throwing up in 2 days max. My husband had steady diarrhea for three days, but the kids were better and back to themselves quite quickly, considering the bathroom was my home for nearly a week. Well finally, I started feeling back to myself on Wednesday night, but my stomach hasn't completely turned back to normal. I haven't thrown up, but I seriously haven't pooped this much massive, explosive diarrhea in my life! I've never been that sick before, and I hope to never be again. It really stinks, being cooped up the bathroom (no pun intended!!), I'm soo glad it's over with!!   omg!! Comments By: angie I have been experiencing the same.. Last wednesday 5th september, I started feeling queezy. Stomach pains and feeling nausea. Thought I was going to hit the bathroom but was in town and would have meant diving into the nearest pub or cafe. Took some immodium and felt a little better. Next day was out in town again and all of a sudden i had the most excruitating stomach pains. Ran into the nearest pub and had an explosive time in that loo. Good job there were only men in that pub, it smelled foul. Must have used half a bottle of deodorant spray. (srry..too much information..) Any way left that pub and then 5 mins later started again...dived into another pub and off we go. Got home and was feeling ill..never out the bathroom that evening and all through the night. Did not have any vomiting though mainly explosive diahrea and nausea. Still going through this ...been 9 days now . off work and signed off another week. Doctor took a stool sample so waiting for the results of that.. I made a mistake in taking pro biotic drinks even though they made me feel better. I was told it keeps the virus alive?? does it? Anyway been taking loads of fluids and now gonna starve my body for 24 hrs but drink loads. I am also taking dioralyte for dehydration, to replace my body fluids just in case. Will let u guys know what i find out about this evil stomach virus.. Hope you all start to get well soon and kick that viruses butt.   strong imune system Comments By: Anon before i got this all i did was drink oj take pills and vit c pills plus immune bosster i got it at 11:00 pm to About 12:00 the next day my doctoer said u have the strogest immune system he has every seen bc he said most people have this for 3 days i had it for only 14 hours and throw up like 10 times and only went like 3. just take wat i took alot before flu season and u could fight it off like crazy.   Feeling Yucky, No Appetite, Constantly Nauseous. Comments By: Kimberley I started feeling pretty nauseous on Sunday Oct 21/07. Sunday I had my boyfriend over, and felt OK the whole time. Then when I had to drive him home, I had pains in my stomach (Also had them sunday morning).. I have pretty bad anxiety attacks, so that's all I assumed it was. By Sunday night, I didn't feel like eating, but ate some Pringles Sour Cream & Onion chips, and just went to my room, watched a movie and fell asleep at around 10:00pm. I then woke up at about 12:35am and feeling very nervous (Because my anxiety attacks make me fear throwing up) and was feeling very very nauseous. At one point I thought I actually had to go throw-up.. but I toughed it out. I read on a website that people with Emetophobia (fear of throwing up, rarely ever throw up, even when they have the flu).. odd, eh? It's now Monday morning and I felt fine the first 10 minutes of waking up, but I have no appetite and am just not feeling up to snuff and kind of nauseous. Hopefully this crap is gone by tomorrow or Wednesday. I wanna eat my cereal again! :) Good luck!   the nasty bug Comments By: michelle it all started monday 15th october 2007 and my 7 year old son threw up at 11.30 at night, i just thought too much chocolate before bed! boy was i wrong because no sooner had he got over that my 2 year old decorated the bedroom to, me and my husband spent the friday night cleaning her up.the next day she seemed ok,on the sunday we went to a party and when we got home she threw up again and we thought not another night or cleaning! the next day she seemed great so off she went to school,only for the teacher to phone me an hour later to collect her as she had the runs ( yuk ) by tuesday she was back to normal naughty self lol. on the wednesday i started to feel odd but just put it down to me tending to the sick all week. later that evening i drooped my son off at cubs and was due to pick him up at 8 but had the most terrible stomach cramps so my friend picked him up for me. well that was it my new home was the bathroom for the next 6 hours! to top it all my oter daughter started at 2 thursday morning, it is now friday and we are slowly feeling normal again but do u know my husband escaped all this as he works away in the week, maybe i should try and escape next time and leave him to it!   virus sucks. Comments By: Anon i felt sick saturday morning and i couldnt sleep for the rest of the morning so i woke up at 8. and it felt like i was gonna throw up any second, all day. after i took a shower i lied on the couch, and a few minutes later i threw up everywhere. now im eating toast and small sips of gatorade.   i can relate Comments By: Ryan I suffered through a stomach bug this past Monday. I had all the regular symptoms: vomiting, diarrhea, headaches, fatigue, fever chills. I was feeling just awful all day Monday. But now, two days later, the bug has pretty much gotten out of my system, although I still tire pretty easily and have very little appetite.   This is horrible Comments By: Brian Who knows if this is what I have. I have the diarrhea symptoms right now and that is happening right here, right now. I've gone to the bathroom several times tonight. Two nights ago I had chills, felt week and at times thought I might throw up but I fought that and never happened. The first indication of this was 3 nights ago when on a Saturday night I felt week and very, very, very tired. My body felt like it shut down and was out. I woke up and had cramps everywhere including a very sore back which I never have. This could be totally unrelated but I doubt it. Then at night I had some pizza and drove home and felt like I really had to go to the bathroom. I figured the pizza either was really bad or I got food poisoning. Then the headaches, fever of 99 degrees and the bathroom trips had me worried. I'm trying to take this Vitamin C. I even drank some Vinegar straight. I've tired Petmo Pismo and Tums and still feel aweful. I figure right now I should eat much of anything because all it's doing it making me use the bathroom and feel sick. My body tempature goes from very hot to freezing. This is horrible.   LEMSIP!! Comments By: julie My son 1 year old and husband came down with the bug but in different ways. My son was having diarreoh and my busband was vomiting and sure enough i caught it 2 days later. My husband claims the only thing that made him feel better was a warm drink of blackcurrent lemsip (full of vit c) water (boiled) best thing for you anyway and gives you a boost.   Same Bug here Comments By: alexier Yeah I really feel the same as most people on here. I was at work on Monday and one of the girls came in with strong perfume - suddenly I felt sick and then threw up.I went out for a meeting and came back and threw up again. I went home (even though my Manager thought there was nothing wrong!) and then on the drive home I really started to feel listless and sleepy - I just managed to get to mum and dads and went right to thier toilet to throw up.Sadly I lost my bowels then and since that moment I have been sick about 8 times (all with a horrid taste and green?) and watery poo! (cant spell the D word lol) Anyway I am in my 3rd day in now and just starting to eat - had some Chicken soup and a Banana as I was told they helped.I spoke to the Doc and he said there was alot around at the moment- all my family have now been going through it! But its the Listlessness and Sickness I hate along with a severe headache where I felt I had to just be in darkness. What a BUG!! and I'm normally quite healthy!   12/01/2007 Comments By: JJac I finally finished reading everyones comments. Everyone had some really good information and methods on how to combat this nasty bug. My young 16 month old daughter woke me up around 2am 2 days ago and was really crying and very sensitive(wanted to be carried and rocked back and forth). Soon she started vomiting every 15 minutes. I gave her water with a tiny amount of sugar every hour but she wasnt keeping anything in. By 6am she was still throwing up around 2 times per hour but only dry heaves as I had stopped giving her anything and just held her all night rocking her back and forth. She would only wake up to vomit!!! Stupid bug! By 7:30am we were at her Doctors clinic and we were told to just keep her hydrated and buy her pedyalite. We were given 2 syringes to feed her oraly about every hour although we dont need them as my little precious is still very active except when she has to stop and vomit. She only vomits once every 5 hours or if we give her any type of milk. Its hard not to give her milk as she constantly asks for it. Its been 2 days of hell for my little girl and just today my wife fell ill with vomiting. My little 3 year old or myself have not fallen ill but Im just waiting for it. Were stocked on chicken broth, noodle soup, pedyalite, grape juice, prune juice, and a bunch of other things. I guess all of our cases are different and some of us are tougher than others but its kind of nice that we share our experiences here to help one another out. Thanks from Seattle the Emerald City.   omg!!! continued Comments By: Angie Sorry I have not replied sooner with my findings guys...hope you are all better. Anyway I am still suffering stomach problems...now 3 months down the line. unbelievable. Had all the blood and stool tests done ,docs didnt find anything in there. Had a really bad night with bowels was taken to accident and emergency thought i was bleeding from the back end..pain was incredible.Thats what i get for gorging a huge pizza to myself lol!! anyway still constant diahrea. Went into hospital too to be tested for coeliac and crohns disease. Had been xperiencing stomach bloating for several months but nothing as bad as the original problem I experienced in sept (last blog)I reckon my immune system was so low that i got an evil stomach virus and it has left me with a major stomach problem. Reckon this has caused celiac disease to surface and possibly crohns, but i hope its not crohns, still waiting for tests yet.. .I have now cut out gluten in my diet and starting to feel a little better but still having those diahrea days.. Even now there are people around me getting stomach viruses but i am staying way clear of them incase i get really ill again.Thought id mention..take omega3 fish oils,,vit c, garlic. fennel tea and echinchea tabs..wonderful!! kicks those nasty bugs right where it hurts!! angie   my stomach bug might be different Comments By: mike i first experienced this at 4am when i ran to the toilet for a poo which was yellow watery. now i couldnt go back to sleep to i got ready for work whilst i was feeling cramps behind my belly. whilst i was at work for about 2 hrs i made a docs appt. he asked me my symptoms and everything pointed towards the stomach bug. all i can remember was that i had eaten a bit of cheese on a cracker and then a few hours later i become bad. on closer inspection i found out the cheese was out of date. i dont know if this caused this ? its been 3 days and i have not once been sick, am trying to eat fruit bananas and apples whilst drinking powerade and water. the doc gave me theses drugs. paracetamol buscopan dioralyte but there doing nothing. can i ask what u guys think this virus is ? am reading all ur comments and started drinking pure vit c drinks.   I feel so sick Comments By: Jessi Last night I started to get a headache behind my left eye. My first thought was oh my hear goes a migraine. Then around 10pm or so I started feeling REAL nauseous. I did not sleep any. My stomach really feels uncomfortable and I am really weak and tired. I really think I could throw-up if I put an effort to it but I dont want to. I am at my desk at work right now praying for this to just go away. Ughhhh I feel so bad. I am going to get some vitamin c in a little while and hope that fights off this so called virus.............   Yucky mess!!!!! Comments By: Anon Thursday morning I awoke at around 4am feeling quite yucky. I layed on the couch and tryed to sleep by the fire(because my basement room was freezing) I had serval close calls that sent me dashing to the bathroom. I managed to not be sick for 45 minutes after I had woke up. Finally the nastey deed was done. After I had vomited, I rinsed my mouth out with warm water, brushed my teeth(always helps get the taste out) and went to sleep on my couch bed. My mom woke me and asked me what was wrong. I had told her that I had been sick a few hours ago and she was disappointed I hadn't woke her up. But I ate some plain toast and orange juice and my bug passed only vomiting once and no watery poo. Lucky huh?   stomach flu Comments By: Kaylee Three nights ago, I awoke from sleep about 3:00 AM, with a very upset stomach. I couldn't fall back to sleep and I layed there for about fifteen minutes feeling very nauseous, but hoping it would pass. It didn't, and I had to make a mad dash to the bathroom and almost didn't make it. I threw up and felt better so I went back to bed. Not less then an hour later, I had to throw up again. And again. I was in the bathroom for about an hour and when I got out I felt so week, I litterally dragged myself over to the couch because the bedroom seemed too far away. I got my boyfriend to take my temperature, and I was 102 degrees. I had the chills and just felt like crap. I started feeling better after I woke up around 7 AM, and nibbled on some toast. BAD IDEA! I threw up everywhere, and continued to get sick all day. By nightime, my boyfriend had come down with a similar sickness (but his was accompanied by diahrreah as well). We spent two days in bed, and in and out of the bathroom. I have finally started to feel better, but I'm scared to eat anything big because everytime I do eat, I feel like I might throw up and litterally have to hold it back. My boyfriend hasn't stopped throwing up since he started, and he's been to the ER in fear of dehydration. doctor just told us that there is a really nasty tummy flu going around and vomitting is the main symptom. I swear I must have ran to the bathroom about twenty times or more in the past three days. I feel for anyone that has to go through this disgusting flu, but all I can say is hang in there, cuz it's a bad one!   72 hours... Comments By: Nat I'm pregnant, and for the past few weeks I've had very mild nausea on a morning, and threw up maybe once a week, but since Sunday night I've been throwing up several times a day, although no diarrhea (sp) ... hour 72 now. My doctor says I've got a virus, and I'm really worried that I'm going to get dehydrated, and harm my baby. Water won't even stay down. I've had people suggest flat cola, orange juice, bread, bananas, and none of these will stay down. I'm going to try the vitamin C tomorrow, hope it works. Thanks for all the tips on here guys, hope anybody who has it gets better, 'cause this is really nasty.   Fifth Day Comments By: Nessa I'm on my fifth day now (2.2.08). I went to London on Mon 28th Jan and the following day I started being sick and having the runs. Thought I'd picked up something in London but I didn't feel right then so could have been incubating in me for a few days. More worried about work than being ill - like most work places it's frowned upon to be off sick for too long. Sickness stopped Tues lunchtime but the runs continued. NHS Direct told me it all seemed pretty normal and that I had a bug, and to stop the runs I needed to eat high starch foods like bananas, white rice, pasta (not brown), potatoes (not the skins) and dry bistcuits, like Rich Tea. Plenty of water also. I did this and thought I was getting better - getting a bit more solid - but then it all started up again. I think it might have been because I had a Magnum (a moment of weakness and deprivation caused this!!!). I'm going to restart with the starchy foods as they began to work. If I can just get over the blandness of it all I should be ok. If anyone else has prolonged runs (can't spell the D word, sorry) and can't get to the docs, phone NHS Direct - they're brilliant - you speak (eventually) to the operator who asks a few questions and then get put through to a nurse who will help you and give loads of advice and reassurance. They can even arrange for an emergency doctor to attend if needed. I definitely feel better but I'm not 100%. I've never been this ill in my life and I must admit it's reassuring to read everyone else's blogs about this bug and to know I'm not the only one. My heart goes out to the lady who had to finish serving a long line of customers at her till before she could run top speed to the bathroom. My advice is, if you're in any doubt at all about how you feel when you get up in the morning - if something doesn't feel right, stay at home. Your health is more important than any job.   Throwing up every 15 mins? Comments By: jenni Some stories on here sound more like food poisoning than a virus. The stomach flu rarely ever lasts more than 24 hours, and if you're vomiting that bad, such as every 15 mins, then it's probably not a virus. Foodborne illnesses are the ones that last from days to weeks.   Coca Cola Comments By: Kelsey I had a terrible stomach bug, and had thrown up probably a good 20 times in about 2 hours. I had no idea what to do so i called the doctor and she recommended drinking 1 tablespoon of coke every 1/2 hour, and the vomiting completely stopped. You shouldn't drink too much of anything. Vomiting akes you thirsty and makes you want to get a huge drink of something cold, but those are the two worst things. Especially if you have a fever, cold things are not good because a fever is your body's defense system to kill anything that's in you. If you put something cold in your body, its going to want to get it out because its cooling your insides off. If you drink too much of anything, even if it's not cold, your stomach may not be able to handle it. So try the 1 tbsp of coke, and if that doesnt work take little sips of ginger ale every once in a while. not too much!   not sure? Comments By: Alexa I am 12 years old and i have the stomach flu. (i think) I tried the vitamin C thing and it did not work for me. i'm not sure what else i can do but please help me i am on spring break and i really want to get better so i can enjoy my time off!!!   Virus verry VERY badd Comments By: Phil i had this bug but i dident know what it was but i went to sleep about 10pm and woke up about 4am and i was felling relly sick i felt like i was going to throw up but i did not. i had a glass of pepermint water it eased it a alot but it was still there when i eventually got to sleep i woke up the next day and i was feeling better dident feel sick but i felt bloted and i chouldent eat so i had another glass of pepermint water it eases of the bloteness but i had a bad number 2 it only happend one but i dont know what made it happen it was all sudden so can anyone help to think what it is   BONINE Comments By: SHIRLEY MARTIN I TRIED BONINE TABLETS WHICH IS SUPPOSE TO BE FOR MOTION SICKNESS AND THEY WORKED WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF TAKING THEM. GIVE THEM A TRY.   help.. Comments By: mike i dont know whats wrong with me... i had the bug about 2 weeks ago...threw up 3 times at about 1 am and had the runs. ever since then, whenever i lay down, i feel strange and my stomach makes odd sounds. a few times i thought i was gonna throw up but i didnt. i think im obsessed because i dont eat half as much as i used to and i dont like going out in public anymore. i feel sick only when i lay down for some reason occasionally i lose my appatite but not always. please i need help how can i get rid of this   Virus Comments By: Deborah Phillips HOw do you get it out of the house.Once one of us get over it the other one gets it .My daughter had it twice now my 5yr old is getting it again.My son also has it.How can we get rid of it for sure.   Tummy Rumbling Comments By: rama Hey guys. got ill on saturday after eating some pasta from my friends house. I dont know if that was what did it but i reckon so. I am going to make sure I heat things properly next time I eat something from a friends house. Anyway I kept pooing on sunday and felt really really weak as i had totally lost my appetite. Sunday night was really bad. I woke up from my sleep and went to the toilet. I passed out on the toilet and woke up with a cold sweat. the weird thing is the cold sweat made me feel better for some reason. I went to the doctor the next day and he was no help at all. I even had to prescribe immodium to myself and he said yeh take immodium lol. Anyway he said time will heal things and he is probably right. I do not know about the vitamin C thing but drink lots of water and rest. Try sugary drinks like coke. I havent had any but I am sure chicken noodle soup would help as it keeps more salt in your system thus keeping your body hydrated. anyway i can control my shits now but i still do not have an appetite and my tummy keeps rumbling which is scary. plus i still have runny poo when i go to the toilet. hopefully it will all be over soon   i have a tummy bug Comments By: DAVE BROWRING iT STARTED WENESDAY 23 APRIL 2008 IN LONDON UK. WENT FLY FISHING COME HOME FELT TIRED NO MORE THAN MORMAL. WENT TO BED AT 10PM AWOKE AT 2.0AM THURSDAY FEELING HOT INSIDE SHIVERY COULD NOT GET BACK TO SLEEP UNTIL 7.0 AM RE AWOKE AT 7.30 TRIED TO GO TO WORK NEARLY CRASHED VAN FELT DIZZY BLURED VISSION AND FELT QUEEZY MANAGED TO GET BACK HOME IT WAS GETTING WORSE STOMACH CRAMP APPEARED. I JUST CRASHED OUT AND AWOKE AT 6.0PM THURSDAY. REALLY FEELING UNWELL JUST WANTED TO DIE. THEN I THOUGHT OF SAS ARMY DAYS I SQUEEZED MY SKIN ON THE BACK OF MY HANDS TOGETHER AND IT STAYED THERE FOR AGES REALISING I AM DEHYDRATING SO I PUT SOME VITAMIN C ORALY IN WITH AS MUCH CLEAR FLUID AS I COULD MANAGE WITHIN 4 HOURS WAS FEELING ALOT BETTER. DAVE BROWRING ENFIELD.   Food Poisoning? I doubt it Comments By: SickotusVomitus Its Saturday now (May), and on Thursday night I started feeling rather odd and nauseous. Went to bed at about 11pm, woke up at about 3am with very sore, bloated stomach and very sore back. I had explosive diarrea but it made my stomach feel better. Had water, and every hour or so I was up with more diarrea. In the morning I vomited because the pain in my back and stomach was so intense. Every time I dreank water after this I would vommit it back up pretty much immediately. I had fever, and was freezing, then burning up. My legs were cramping. Then Friday night, felt absolutely fine, so had a slice of pizza, and was sick 30 mins later. Last night more of the explosive diarrea. I feel fine now, although a little odd and very weak. Im not going to eat anything because that seems to trigger it about. Funny, I used to take acidophilus daily, but stopped about 2 months ago! Just goes to show you can get this 'winter' vommiting virus even in the warm months!