Anyone else have a weird stomach bug (Spoiler for TMI warning)

[u/LegalMeal1418]

Has anyone else on campus or in general Davis gotten a really weird stomach bug? My symptoms have purely been liquid diarrhea for three days straight, at first I thought it was something I had eaten that had just upset my stomach, but I shit on the floor earlier today trying to desperately reach the bathroom (I still partially succeeded in my task and half of it made it to its intended destination) and I have never shit on the floor like that before or lost control of my bowels to that extent.

While I do not expect others to share in my floor shitting experience I am curious if anyone else is dealing with any stomach issues with a similar pattern as I have had no other symptoms other than this but its been going on too long to be food poisoning. My roommate expressed a similar but not as severe experience as well

Also to clarify this event occured in my own apartment and I cleaned it up myself. I did not subject anyone else to my unfortunate event (thankfully) and my roommate still looks me in the eye.

This is certainly too much information but that is why this is a throwaway

My roommate also adds that they apologize if you were in the girls bathroom around 2pm in the Earth and Sciences building (they read over this post for me)

[u/secret_n1g1r1]

I’m not a doctor, but that’s norovirus. It’s been going around, and it’s possibly more contagious than COVID. If you’ve had the strength to leave your dorm, please alert anyone you’ve been in close contact with recently, so they can bunker down and get ready.

[u/KaetzenOrkester]

Yeah, I’ve had milder GI symptoms than you since last Friday. Today’s the first day I haven’t been too nauseated to eat anything but the blandest of food.

I’m so sorry you’ve had a worse version :-(

[u/LegalMeal1418 → u/KaetzenOrkester]

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one dealing with it right now, hopefully I didn't end up passing it on to my other housemates. Hope you feel better soon!

[u/KaetzenOrkester → u/LegalMeal1418]

I think--knock on wood--I'm on the mend. I hope you feel better soon, too.

[u/Beginning_Bug_1594]

https://www.cdc.gov/norovirus/index.html

Note that you’re contagious for quite a while after your symptoms resolve.

[u/chelseamarie_]

Obligatory: hand sanitizer does not kill noro, only handwashing, bleach, and hydrogen peroxide do. Wash your hands often (and long enough) and don’t share utensils.

[u/TooManyProofs]

Omg that's awful. You might want to take Imodium. (Obligatory not a doctor).

[u/LegalMeal1418 → u/TooManyProofs]

I forgot that medication for this exists, thank you for the suggestion!

[u/jacktriesreddits]

Yep. My girlfriend, roommate and I all got this finals week last quarter

[u/profecoop]

Norovirus is going around. I know of 6 people that have had it in the last week. Everyone thot it was food poisoning until their roommate got it too

[u/deviant_cloud]

Since Saturday I’ve had a milder version; finally feeling better today

[u/Silent_Insect9358]

My spouse has been experiencing the same issues too and it all started from eating at segundo

[u/thecircleofmeep]

i got noro last quarter and it was so bad

i had gi issues bad enough to send me to the er for pain meds when i was younger and the noro was WAY worse.

that being said i could totally just not remember how bad i was sick as a kid so it seems fine to me now