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A tummy bug or something more sinister....

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BistoBear · 09/06/2010 20:34

Evening all

I was sitting watching TV studying last night when my stomach sort of flipped and I had to run to the toilet where I had a * TMI Warning * soft stool - not diarrhea but not fully formed. Felt fine although my stomach was a bit growly. I went to bed at 10.30pm, stuggled to sleep as my head started to hurt and I was burning up, really hot and my skin was burning and my whole body aching. I was running to the loo all night with full on diarrhea. This has continued all night and day and I still feel dreadful. I can handle the diarrhea, it's the stomach cramps/aching body/burning skin that's really irking me.

I just assumed it was a tummy bug that I'd picked up but when I phoned a work colleague he was concerned. I went for a run on Monday, the rain was really heavy resulting in flash floods and at some points I was up to my knees in flood water. The water was mucky but not smelly but my colleague is of the opinion that there will have been raw sewage in the water

I'm guessing if I had picked up something from the water it would just run (pardon the pun) its course in much the same way as an airbourne virus/bacteria?

Should I be worried? What kind of things are lurking in manky water?

Pretty bummed as I missed the last day of college lunch AND the X Factor auditions

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CastleDouglas · 09/06/2010 22:44

I'd give it a day or so and if you're still suffering, get a phone appointment with your GP. I picked up a stomach virus after swimming in dodgy seawater - boak - and the doc gave me Ciprofloxacin which worked a treat. Hope you're not feeling too rough today

Keziahhopes · 10/06/2010 00:58

Like CastleDouglas, if it doesn't improve seeing a Gp would help - they can give you a pot for stool sample to identify anything and treat accordingly (I got cryptosporidium and had your symptoms for 10 days - diagnosed this way) - or they can treat you maybe without diagnosing this way.

Dioralite can help replace lost fluids and help in other ways. Lots of fluids helps recovery etc as am sure people know (but I always forget when ill, oops).

Hope you feel better on Thursday.

BistoBear · 10/06/2010 07:58

Thank you! Feel a bit more human this morning, was only up 3 times in the night so I had a better sleep.

I hope I clear up for the weekend, I'm going to see Snow Patrol at Bellahouston Park - I don't fancy having to stand in a queue for the portaloos in this state! Think I'll phone the docs after lunch if I'm still the same.

I'm pushing fluids but struggling to eat, managed two slices of toast yesterday!

Thanks again

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