Noro or man flu?

[winnybella]

Not that I'm sympathizing...And anyway it's probably to early to tell anyway.
DP said he had a diarhhoea(one trip to the loo) an hour ago. No fever, no vomiting. He's in bed now.
So...does it sound like a noro or similar? Is immodium advised? Perhaps just a food poisoning? He reheated rice last night that's been sitting on stove top for few hours...I seem to remember reading here that rice is the most common cause of food poisoning...
I wonder how he'll feel in the afternoon, when Chelsea will be on...

Not that I'm NOT sympathizing...oops, a subconscious slip

It's true that you could get food poisoning from eating reheated rice. But it's not actually the reheating that's the problem ? it's the way the rice has been stored before reheating.

Uncooked rice can contain spores of Bacillus cereus, bacteria that can cause food poisoning. When the rice is cooked, the spores can survive. Then, if the rice is left standing at room temperature, the spores will germinate into bacteria. These bacteria will multiply and may produce toxins (poisons) that cause vomiting or diarrhoea. Reheating the rice won't get rid of these toxins.

So, the longer cooked rice is left at room temperature, the more likely it is that bacteria, or the toxins they produce, could stop the rice being safe to eat.

It's best to serve rice when it has just been cooked. If that isn't possible, cool the rice as quickly as possible (ideally within one hour) and keep it in the fridge for no more than one day until reheating.

Remember that when you reheat any food, you should always check that it's steaming hot all the way through, and avoid reheating more than once.

Thanks Attila, I think it could be the rice- he has vomitted a few times now. It should resolve on its own, do you think?

Really, don't take immodium unless you need to (need to go out/travel).

Cos if you stop the diahorrea then the bugs multiply in the gut! I had to take immodium once for a trip on a plane home form Central America when I had Amoebic Dysentry - the 14 or so hours with no "evacuation" meant I ended up with amoebic cysts in my liver and was ill for months!

(not that your dh has amoebas!)

I woudl doubt (from personal slightly slatternly habits in the housekeeping department!) that rice that had only been sitting for a couple of hours woudl cause food poisoning, but I might be wrong!

Yes, that's what I was thinking re immodium. Thanks.
The rice might have been sitting out, covered, for 3 hours. I overcooked it and then left it thinking I'll probably throw it out and then when DP came home I did't even notice that he started eating it. Another thing was that I left barely rinced broccoli out, that in the end I didn't cook for dcs supper- perhaps that could have been it? Dp had a bit of it raw.
Oh, well, I think he'll be ok, but he's laying in bed, dcs are, well, just themselves, and I was hoping for a bit of respite today.
He doesn't have fever, just feeling queasy and had three trips to the loo. Is there anything else that I can give him that might help?

Keep him hydrated as much as you can. Flat coke can be good as it has a lot of sugar which can give him energy. Ginger and lemon is good for nausea. Water. Ice pops or sucking ice cubes.

When he's not been sick for 2-3 hours try something dry to eat lie dry toast or a digestive biscuit or dry cream crackers or breadsticks.

Just enough sympathy to keep him happy! But no more