Anyone else had a tummy upset that seems to clear up & then comes back?

[nomorewine]

Both DP & myself have been ill with an upset tummy (just diarrhoea & tummy cramps) which we had for 24 hours, then it would clear for a day, and then come back the following day. I had diarrhoea last Sunday, then again Wednesday & bad tummy cramps Thursday night, and DP had it Wednesday, seemed much better Thursday, then bad again Friday, ok yesterday & then woke up with diarrhoea again this morning!
Is there a bug like this going around atm? There really seems no end to it!

Just us then!

Yes, I had that a few weeks ago, took me a couple of weeks to get back to normal. My Step-Dad and sister also had it. Very Strange.

i did, it went on for a couple of months docter said i had food poisoning and told me to eat those yoghurt drinks probiotic?

could you of had food poisoning?

I've had the same!on and off last week- and feeling really sick as well...

Dh and dd had this too. Dh was in a LOT of pain. Nearly went to a and e.

I thought about food poisoning at first, but as I started on the Sunday & DP started with the same symptoms the following Wednesday, I assumed it was some kind of bug. Just seems weird that you can have a day or two of thinking you're over it & then it comes right back again.
Interesting that others have had similar. I have never had a bug that keeps reappearing like this before.

take nothing but boiled water for a day and that will defo kill any bugs in your gut - works every time

Without being too alarmist, I had this and it turned out to be giardia. I would be fine for a couple of weeks then gassy stinky poo for a couple of days, repeat the cycle. I should stress that we were living in a third world country at the time though.

Our old doctor usd to say that the cure for a dodgy tummy was to stop eating for 48 hours and just drink water or black tea.

Eating just feeds the bugs so they keep coming back. Got to let your system rest and deal with the bugs before putting food in again.

Maybe that is where the problem lies. I have been trying to eat when feeling better as I am also 9 weeks pregnant, so feel I should be trying to get something in me. DP ate nothing but toast for a day, seemed much better the next day so introduced more food into his diet, then was ill again the following day.

Both the DCs had one a couple of years ago when they were vomiting, for a day, got better, then two days later vomiting again.

I just assumed there was a teensy bit of the bug left in their tummies which spent the two days growing to the level to start the spewing again. They were OK after the second bout.