Doea this sound like a stomach bug? I was away at a conference for 3 nights. Ate some prawns on night one. The next morning, I realised I was very gassy and at one point, had some explosive semi- runny poo. Day 2 also gassy but by day 3, I had diarrhea and went to the toilet 5 times in the morning. No fever, no nausea or sickness. But very gassy. When I got home, I had diarrhea the next day, but just once, with some lower stomach cramps (mild). However the morning after, I had diarrhea again, but this time it was mixed with blood (not bright red, not dark red, just red). That was 4 days ago. Since then, the diarrhea has stopped, no blood, but my stool is still very soft/mushy. I am also getting a lot of gurling/gassy noises in my lower abdomen which I never have.
GP sent off a stool sample, saying he thinks it's a bug, but I don't feel sick or have a fever so can this really be a bug/food poisoning??
Of course, I'm worried about the blood but GP said this could be due to the diarrhea irritating the bowl..
Just to note, on day 1 of the conference, a colleague who I shook hands with came down with a stomach bug and left early, but we didn't eat the same food.
Anyone experienced anything similar??