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Posted on 01/02/2025 5:10:43 AM PST by BenLurkin
Cases of a wretched stomach bug are surging in parts of the United States this winter, according to government data.
The most recent numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show there were 91 outbreaks of norovirus reported during the week of Dec. 5, up from 69 outbreaks the last week of November.
Numbers from the past few years show a maximum of 65 outbreaks reported during that first week of December.
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There are about 2,500 norovirus outbreaks reported annually in the United States. The outbreaks can occur throughout the year but are most common from November to April.
Along with with vomiting and diarrhea, common symptoms include nausea, stomach pain, body ache, headache and fever.
How do you get it? Most norovirus outbreaks occur when people who are already infected spread the virus to others by direct means, such as through sharing food or eating utensils. Outbreaks can also be spread through food, water or contaminated surfaces.
How long do people who contract norovirus stay sick? Illness caused by norovirus typically starts suddenly, with symptoms developing 12 to 48 hours following exposure to the virus. Most people get better within one to three days and recover fully.
But with 19 to 21 million illnesses each year in the United States, norovirus nevertheless causes on average 900 deaths and 109,000 hospitalizations annually, mostly among adults aged 65 and older. It also leads to 465,000 emergency department visits, mostly involving young children.
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I’m currently sick with an unknown virus, but it’s not norovirus.
Last Friday, I began to wheeze and couldn’t walk without my walker. I occasionally use my walker for my back pain. Last weekend, If I attempted to walk without assistance, I would wheeze violently and lose my breath.
Monday, I started to feel better. Yesterday, I started wheezing again, along with violently coughing and violent chills. I am so weak, I can barely get out of bed., which is not good considering that I am the sole caretaker of my crippled mother.
I’m wondering if I have Pneumonia. My brother-in-law is currently hospitalized with pneumonia and covid. Pneumonia is spreading fast in Alabama.
I hope you are feeling better.
I’ve had pneumonia. You feel like you’ll have to get better to die.
Hubby and I had bad pneumonia at the same time about 10 years ago. If it weren’t for the fact that we had to take care of the cats, we would’ve welcomed death, I think.
Our neighbor’s homemade chx noodle soup turned the tide.
Got my cold or whatever it is on Dec 26. Tested myself and it wasn’t covid. No fever,Runny nose, post nasal drip, sore throat,deep cough that wasn’t productive to start. Lots of mucus now from throat and nose.
Urgent care actually sent out suggestions they apparently are swamped with patients. Due to hacking up mucus not best company but feel pretty good. Reports are cough can last for weeks.
Chicken soup ranks up there with antibiotics.
My 24 year old daughter and her boyfriend are sick with a rona.
Both in the health field and fully vaxxed as required by their schools and employers.
They were here for Christmas.
Everyone I know that has had a cold for the last 2 years has been fully vaxxed up.
The last 3 times I have seen a doctor, they all had the sniffles.
I am pureblooded doing just fine.
When I was in first grade, I was hospitalized with Double pneumonia. Don’t want to experience that again.
So does garlic.
Just getting over this, flat ginger ale helps with the nausea.
The tale is apt,when told as a children's story.
Henny-Penny: The Sky is Falling!
While the human race has indeed survived, along the way, all the "hyperventilating" has taken many victims, quite in the manner of the "innocent" tale.
It is no wonder why fables from Aesop and Grimm to classics like the above are suppressed in favor of modern "sky is falling" books which the "foxes" want kids to read. And then lure them into the lair.
The tale is apt,when told as a children's story.
Henny-Penny: The Sky is Falling!
While the human race has indeed survived, along the way, all the "hyperventilating" has taken many victims, quite in the manner of the "innocent" tale.
It is no wonder why fables from Aesop and Grimm to classics like the above are suppressed in favor of modern "sky is falling" books which the "foxes" want kids to read. And then lure them into the lair.
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