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Diarrhea and gas for about 5-6 days straight. drinking lots of fluids. wife similarly sick-3 days later. just came back from croatia. normal bug?
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Gastroenteritis or?: Virus perhaps vs food borne illness.Outbreaks may involve bacteria (salmonella, shigella, c.Perfringens, c.Botulinum, b.Cereus, v.Parahaemolyticus, campylobacter, staph aureus), virus (norwalk, hepatitis a), chemical (ciguatoxin, scobrotoxin, mushrooms, heavy metals), water contamination (giardia, s.Typhi), others. Consider "traveller's diarrhea" (especially etec strain). See doc since persistent.
Answered 10/5/2015
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Undoubtedly a bug: But some are not so normal as has been pointed out! Next trip, take along activated charcoal. It gets many bugs out of your system and you don't have to guess which antibiotic to take. It will help with your symptoms now as well. But agree that you should probably be seen now, especially if any fever or blood.
Answered 10/5/2015
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