Winter Vomiting Bug returns?

[Indiana]

I cam down with this Sunday night - was ill all night (on the loo whilst simultaneously vomiting) through to Monday morning and have then felt DREADFUL and weak for 3 days - only feeling normal again now and have been unable to go to work or look after my baby!

I went to a regular playgroup today and it seems it has affected 4 other mums I know of this week.

Interestingly most said their little ones had a mild case before they then got it...and my little lady vomited up her dinner in her sleep Friday night followed by diarrhea but was then ok - I then came down hard Sunday night

Therefore as the virus can be spread by nappies or airborne bacteria after vomit I would suggest you be really careful if your little one is sick at the moment - take extra care washing your hands after changing nappies etc....it's a very debilitating and unpleasant.

Joy!

[Saila]

All three of us are suffering with it now.

Here's what we had

12 hrs of being sick every hour

12 hrs of nausea and occasional sickness

Incubation period of 1.5 days post exposure to infected person

I spent the whole night up with our son (the dad was too poorly himself to hlep)

I then went into work the next day exhausted but feeling fine

... Just had an email from my colleague and he's just come down with it too

This is highly highly contagious and pretty miserable

Nothing u can do except sip water

:(

[Indiana]

Sounds exactly the same Saila - I hope you all feel better soon.

One of my NCT friends in the area just emailed and she too came down with it early this morning.

1.5 days sounds about right too as I was exposed to my baby's vomit etc in the early hours of Saturday morning and it struck me Sunday night

Definitely sip water regularly if you can - I think my slow recovery was partly due to my dehydration - can't stomach dioralyte etc and was not forcing myself to drink fluids.

4 days on and feeling 'ok' but shattered

[buggie]

There are a few things you can do - but mainly to prevent it spreading.

The obvious thing is handwashing - with soap and water rather than just alcho-rub after all nappy changes/cleaning vomit etc.

The thing that often gets missed is to steer clear of work/activities until 48hrs after symptoms stopped. Until this point it can still be passed on.

Unfortunately there are always gastroenteritis bugs around - the frequency lessens slightly over the summer but is still around, am sure if more knew/stuck to the 48hr rule there'd be less around.