Touch Me I'm Sick

Turns, out, I didn't have food poisoning. I only thought I did. I got a good tip off today, and it turns out I most definitely had Norovirus, or a stomach flu.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norovirus

The disease is usually self-limiting, and characterised by nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain; and in some cases, loss of taste. General lethargy, weakness, muscle aches, headache, and low-grade fever may occur. Symptoms may persist for several days and may become life-threatening in the young, the elderly, and the immune-compromised if dehydration is ignored or not treated. When a person becomes infected with norovirus, the virus begins to multiply within the small intestine. After approximately 1 to 2 days, norovirus symptoms can appear.

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Norovirus causes acute gastroenteritis that develops between 24 and 48 hours after exposure with a median of 33–36 hours, and lasts for 24–60 hours.

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Norovirus is extremely infectious, and without special precautions, each person with gastroenteritis will infect on average an additional 14 people.

Check! A friend had identical symptoms and sent me the info. And then the housemate of the person I'm saying with in Athens said "oh, I had food poisoning the day before you got here but I'm _sure_ it was food poisoning!" Yeah, I was sure I had food poisoning, too.

Ruh roh to my teammates on their way to Joe Martin right now, and anyone I might have made out with last week. Gut flu. Better than pig flu, I guess.

Thanks to Pete Rumsey for the 1000 mile diagnosis.