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It's made it's rounds in Clayton. The week before last I got a call to pick up my kiddo from school. I've never seen her so sick before. She was laying all over the bathroom floor and vomiting every 20 minutes which slowed to once an hour and than every few hours. A few hours later. My husband came home from work sick with the same thing, but wasn't vomiting as much. This is a man who hardly ever gets sick. Both of them were burning up with 102 fever. How did I not get this from taking care of the both of them, I'll never know.
What really helped my daughter who is a teen, were the Pedia Lite pops.
If you get this virus, take sips of Gatorade, plain water or Ginger Ale in between vomiting and I really do mean sips. Don't chug it even if your so very thirsty.
When I picked her up from school, The lady in the office handed me a bunch of trash bags and said that she was the 4th to go home sick with the same thing.
It would be helpful if the OP would define "in the area". Norovirus outbreaks are common pretty much everywhere if you look in enough places. Anywhere with lots of people in confined spaces are at risk (schools, nursing homes, cruise ships, etc.).
It's pretty unlikely for the disease to spread much once it's outside of one of those locations. ie. If the outbreak was at a school, it'll probably stay there, along with possibly some family members of the kids who go there. It's no surprise to me that it's found on cruise ships, since I've seen my fair share of idiots sticking their fingers in the buffet food to taste it *smack*. Just having hundreds of people all touch the same buffet utensils, and then eat with their hands is risky enough. It's this reason alone that I sanitize my hands before and after going through a buffet line. Protect others with the first use, and then protect yourself before you eat.
"In the area" in this case means the Triangle and beyond. It's out in the community, not just in a specific area. (think schools, Walmart, Kroger, Trader Joes, World Market, the malls, bathrooms, restaurants, the doctor's office, etc.)
Working in health care, I get the latest news from the CDC on what's going around and how it may impact my staffing needs and patient population. We educate our patients as much as we can but I thought it would be nice to open it up as a topic on here so others besides just my patients would know to actually wash with soap and water after being out and about in the community. First thing I do after running errands when I get home is wash my hands. I don't even carry the antibacterial gels.
Oh, it's been around....and lingering. Got the call from school today to pick up a sick kid. Same call, different kid 3 weeks ago. I will never understand how they can leave the house fine and be home sick 2 hours later!
This is sweeping through the nursing home facility in Harnett County where I work like wildfire. Patients AND employees are sick. I sure hope I don't get it! I felt nauseous on Saturday, but I took probiotics on the advice of a friend, and I felt better. Don't know if I had the "crud" or not.
Our family had it over X-mas and of course we got it immediately after getting home for New Years. I pity all future victims.
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