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fromtheuk · Joined: 31 Mar 2007

Okay I went to the gym yesterday afternoon. I felt warmer than usual.

I went home afterwards and felt shivery.

For lunch, earlier, I ate egg cobs and the eggs were most likely out of date.

Last evening I puke and go to bed.

I get up in the early morning with runny poo (gross) and I puke still feeling slightly feverish.

I go back to bed, get up later on, puke and have runny poo again.

I was thinking about trying to get diarrhea pills but because I am puking too I don't know if that would help, or if you can get diarrhea pills without a doctor's prescription.

I phoned severance hospital, of which I'm a member, and they tell me they have 24 hr emergency rooms, but they don't know how busy it will be.

Any advice is appreciated.

crazylemongirl · Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Location: almost there...

go to the doctor

mrsquirrel · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

Don't be a wimp.

DO NOT take any loperamides (imodium) it will just keep whatever bacteria is causing the infection inside. Let your body do it's thing.

Antibiotics are never very good for food poisoning anyway.

If you have no electrolyte solution drink coke with salt in it.

Don't eat anything for 24 hours and drink lots of fluids.

adeline · Joined: 19 Nov 2007

the only think the hospital would do IMO is put you on an iv. If you can drink then you don't really need to go. Just drink lots, and agreed with above poster, electrolytes needed.

blondieLass · Joined: 30 Apr 2007 Location: Yongin, South Korea

When my mum was suffering similar symptoms the doctor adviced drinking flat coca cola - so that you are still getting calories in but you aren't adding gas to the equation.

The_Eyeball_Kid · Joined: 20 Jun 2007

You big puff.

What are egg cobs, anyway?

kimchi_pizza · Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:20 pm Post subject:

I feel for ya as I went thru the same spell as well recently...

Lotsa water, yogurt (real yogurt, not that sugary drink crap) and fruit and veggies. Avoid processed food and anything with oil for a while. Korean Samgyetang (Korean version of homemade chicken soup) is good which is what I had last night with my girlfriend since my gf and I have been unusually ill this month.

Oh yea, persimmons! They're supposedly good for hangovers and bad stomachs. I like'em just for the taste. The softer they are, the better they are for your stomach I guess.

Justin Hale · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Location: the Straight Talk Express

kimchi_pizza

sojourner1 · Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:55 pm Post subject:

Sounds like a classic case of salmonella to me. You probably have painful stomach cramps as well. I had it 2 weeks ago from being served up a contaminated chicken in a ginseng chicken soup restaurant that was probably sitting out from the previous day.

Eggs are said to also cause salmonella, especially if they are raw. Don't eat raw eggs. If making eggnog, make sure it's a recipe where you get the egg mixture hot before chilling it.

I did go to the doctor and got 3 doses of some pills to take for 1 day, but I don't think they did anything for me as you just have to let this illness run it's course. They told me if I have diarrhea for more than 3 days, it's serious which requires going to the hospital. I was sick for exactly 3 days.

You typically have to go through 1 to 3 days of this crapola to flush out the infection via diarrhea poo and sipping water to keep you hydrated. When all the contents of your 20 foot long small intestine are emptied out, then you will start feeling better and be able to eat again. This involved a 3 day fast for me.

I was very disappointed as this is a result of unsanitary carelessness to be sickened by a restaurant as I have never had problems with my own cooking due to using only fresh ingredients and being clean about it. I was a military cook for several years serving 500 people at a time and never had a complaint of making people sick so I know my food P's and Q's.

crazy tigger · Joined: 06 Aug 2006

Drink lots and lots of fluids and just let your body get rid of it naturally,and be grateful you aren't sufferingthis on an18 hour bus ride! Try and get hold of some dehdration salts, but I'm not sure they are available here, I wasn't able to find any. The flat cola is a good one, as are anysugary drinks, but sip them slowly, don't g
ulp them down, as this gives your body chance to absorbe some of the sugar before throwingit out again.

yakey · Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Korea

That's probably the most central location there in the foreigner's market.

You can get imodium or whatever you want.

I usually take one and it plugs me up for a day, then my system is all back to normal after 18-24 hours.

It has never failed me, but everybody is different.

I'd say pick up some cold medicine while you're there too if you go because Korean cold medicine just doesn't do it for me.

And I always pick up some Alka Seltzer for the kind of headachey, hangoverish or just nauseous feeling.

I always feel like just having some meds on hand helps because to me it kind of psychologically makes me feel better rather than being sick and without.

Atavistic · Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:19 pm Post subject:

I agree with not taking medicine unless you absolutely must! You've GOT to let it run out of your system. Sometimes...literally.

Drink a shit load of Pocari sweat. It's got electrolytes in it and I think it's flat (or mostly flat?), so it won't add gas.

Yesterday

fromtheuk · Joined: 31 Mar 2007

I didn't go to the hospital. I've been taking a few regular sips of water and rested in bed, almost the whole day.

I haven't had any diarrhea or sickness for a few hours and I feel a bit better now.

Thanks for your help.