Stomach virus new york

Vomiting and diarrhea are the most common. Other symptoms may include nausea, stomach cramps, fever, chills, aches, and tiredness. Noroviruses are spread through close contact with infected people. For example, noroviruses spread through changing diapers, sharing eating utensils, eating foods or drinking liquids that are contaminated with the virus, or touching infected surfaces or objects and then putting your hands in or near your mouth.

Stomach viruses can also spread quickly in group settings like nursing homes, schools, day care centers, and dormitories. People can spread a stomach virus from the moment they feel sick until at least 3 days after they get better. There are no specific treatments for noroviruses. Antibiotics do not work. Your doctor may give you medicine to stop the vomiting and diarrhea, but most people get better on their own within days.

If you have diarrhea or are vomiting, drink plenty of fluids to avoid dehydration too much fluid loss. If you think you are becoming dehydrated dry mouth, dry skin, dry eyes , go to a doctor or hospital immediately.

It is simply that the main medical establishment has no treatment for the waves of new bugs and viruses which are hitting us.

ZRSA - I used to work with doctors who went to medical school before there were antibiotics, at least in common use. The problem is, when the Pandemics hit, the hospitals will shut down. All these debates on stomach flu, will be a moot point.

A doctor against a virus with no known vaccine or treatment is impotent. A hospital against a virus which is highly infective is a death trap. The only intelligent approach is to minimize social contact, stay home SIP , prep and fight it off, because there will be no one with white coats and a little truck with supplies to help you.

You cannot even hope to address huge population centers. We won't be discussing this on the Internet, because you won't have lights or power. Plans are already in place for relocation of government to safe areas, and the states will turn over the brunt of dealing with the Pandemic to local government.

I don't know about this particular story. I do know that what is being said it not the spin that is desired, then you attack the person putting up the information. It is information control 1a.

Destroy credibility. How can one not follow the evolution here of a series of Pandemics and disease spread which is being openly acknowledge by the U. Laymen speak in laymen terms. And when they used to come to the clinic I supervised, under proper authority they would say 30 years ago - God I have the stomach flu - again..

Well then, gastro-intestinal inflammation and norovirus are spreading rampantly For that matter, our whole family has "something" and it is not in the lungs, and my son has a fever and almost had to go into ER last night. They didn't know it was lo path.

And to every sense of human logic.. This is not directed to any individual, but most of us, I especially am especially diligent in trying to sort out the truth and at the same time we must deal with public announcements at times by people with lots of letters after their names, experts, authorities, who are not being accurate.

Please give a link on this one To understand their epidemiological relationships, viruses from 22 outbreaks 15 from one hospital were subjected to nucleotide sequencing. All outbreaks were caused by a genogroup II norovirus related to the Lordsdale virus GII 4 , common in healthcare settings.

The norovirus mutation rate was sufficiently high that the 3,nucleotide sequences allowed separate and potentially connected outbreaks to be identified, since all outbreaks with identical sequences were temporally or geographically linked.

The high mutation rate was further indicated by four mutations and three microheterogeneities in 3, nucleotides during 17 days of norovirus shedding by an immunocompromised patient.

The data suggested that multiple virus introductions from the community, occasional transmission among wards, and one instance of ongoing environmental contamination had occurred. The accumulation, or lack, of mutations within an outbreak was also used to indicate the predominant transmission route.

In an outbreak where person-to-person spread was thought to predominate, six mutations were detected throughout the genome, whereas one mutation was detected when point source infection was suspected. This norovirus epidemic strain differed from its closest previously described relative by Alterations to the capsid structure compared to previous noroviruses may explain the increased number of outbreaks during and Noroviruses are recognized as a worldwide cause of epidemic acute nonbacterial gastroenteritis.

Noroviruses frequently cause outbreaks of gastroenteritis in settings where people congregate, such as hospitals, hotels, cruise ships, and schools 4 , 12 , 19 , Transmission occurs fecal-orally via aerosols, fomites, food, or water, and the attack rate is high, with the virus affecting all age groups 5. Outbreak control is hampered by the low infectious dose and environmental persistence of the virus It is estimated that in the United States 23,, infections, 50, hospitalizations, and deaths are caused by noroviruses each year An epidemic is an epidemic no matter who is right or wrong here Loribearme wrote: An epidemic is an epidemic no matter who is right or wrong here Bottom line The news media, as opposed to the scientific community is targeted towards the laymen.

I find it incredible with a massive amount of scientific information, sequencing, and hard core science, that no one has commented on this at all. The second point is that credibility or not, in the lab, we are seeing a jump from respiratory to intestinal symptoms. Remember to wear gloves and wash your hands after cleaning. For more information on noroviruses, please visit NYC. Full Story. Eyewitness News First at 4. Watch Now. Local News.

Station Info. Follow Us:. Health Dept: Stomach virus circulating Visits up 19 percent in past two weeks. NEW YORK According to the department's surveillance system, visits to the city's emergency departments for vomiting and diarrhea have increased 19 percent in the past two weeks, to about per day. New Yorkers can take basic steps to prevent the illness, such as washing hands thoroughly and regularly.

People can become sick with this stomach virus in several ways, including: Eating food or drinking liquids that have been contaminated by a person with norovirus Coming into contact with vomit from an infected person or a recently contaminated surface Having direct contact with another person who is sick Sharing foods or eating utensils with someone who is sick Changing a diaper of a sick child How to prevent stomach viruses: Wash your hands often, especially after using the bathroom or changing diapers, and before touching food.