The stomache virus has been going around my sons daycare, he's gotten it 3x's this winter. How do we stop it?
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the good new is that winter is over. you may want to look into a different daycare or smaller one.  THere is something kids and adults can take that is supposed to prevent you from getting sick even when everyone else around you already is sick.  It is called Air Borne.  You just put it into a cup of water and let the tablet dissolve.  Then drink it.  Adults take one tablet and kids take half.  It tastes good too surprisingls.  And has worked great for my kids. and myslef.  You can get it just about anywhere.  I think it costs like 5 or 6 dollars at walmart.  Easily worth the money.
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OMFG! Employees at the restaurant had gastroenteritis and they still came to work?!? That's TERRIBLE!!! Most restaurants have policies to keep employees off work if they have diarrhea or vomiting. Problem is, without sick pay, people who live check to check have to come in anyway to make ends meet. Then customers get sick.\n\nI'm am epidemiologist, and I do norovirus control at a health department. norovirus is the virus that causes the stomach flu. Read about it in this Best Answer I gave a while back: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aj0uiEtpYNlsH1slWnn3HlXsy6IX?qid=1006040916466\n\nBut in your husband's case, I don't think he fits norovirus too well. Norovirus' predmoniant symptom is vomiting, then diarrhea. Seems like he only had diarrhea. So it could be the peppers.\n\nBut to be safe, clean your bathroom with a bleach solution like Clorox cleaning spray to avoid spreading virus particles if they're there. Also wash your sheets and hubby's clothes with hot water.\n\nAnd if you would like to complain about the restaurant, don't forget to tell them when you ate, what you ate, when symptom onset was, and how long he was sick. check out your health department page http://www.ci.woburn.ma.us/index.asp?NID=76
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LEMON JUICE WILL STOP IT.  THE ACID IN LEMON JUICE WILL KILL THE GAS BUILD UP IN THE STOMACH JUST ADD LEMON JUICE TO HIS TEA OR MAKE LEMON COOKIES AND USE REAL LEMON JUICE OR LEMONAID WITH REAL LEAMONS   THATS THE CHEEP WAY WITH OUT GOING TO THE STORE TO GET BEANO.
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SEE A PEDIATRICIAN! thast's first of all, also you may want to start keeping a journal of everything worn, eaten and done by him. Include what you washed the clothes in, how the food was prepared, where he goes, anything you can think of....Record also when he gets the hives, then show it to your pediatrician, and this will help them figure out what's wrong faster, b/c each time a reaction occurs it gets worse.
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Please do not dismiss this complaint. I do not want to scare you but I don't know how else to make you take this seriously. Take him back to the doctor and insist on a complete physical.\n\nThere is an extremely rare childhood cancer of the abdomen called desmoplastic small round cell tumor. It predominately strikes boys and young adults and occurs as multiple masses within the abdominal cavity. Feel his tummy all over for lumps or anything hard. If you find something, get him to his doctor today. Family doctors can miss this type of cancer because it is so rare. They can also misdiagnose the cancer because there may be few or no symptoms. \n\nAs I've said, this is a rare cancer but you need to find out exactly what is going on with him. It needs to be checked out, just to be sure.\n\nDSRCT patients\nhttp://www.dsrct.com/patients.htm\n\nI didn't listen to my son when he was complaining about similar symptoms. When he was finally diagnosed  he was already a stage IV.
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mono or a stomach virus...go see a doctor as soon as possible
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I would see a nutritionist about this.  I would think their should be a high protein soy formula out there.  I hope he is not allergic to that.  Good luck.  Are you feeding him jarred food yet.  If he really likes your milk you can puree fresh veggies and add your milk to it to give him more calories.  Have you tried that.\n\nI made my son's baby food.  All you have to do is steam the veggies and put them in a food processor to puree.  You can do a lot at one time and freeze them in ice cube trays or baby jars.  You can also use the first years small containers.  The breast milk might make him eat more of it.  Just mix it in.  I hope this helps some.
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Stop cooking or buying soy sause and rice and noodles. \nYou're the parent, you take control of what he eats.
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You get a stomach virus from not washing your hands after touching something that has been contaminated by someone who is sick, and you touch something you eat or touch your mouth. Or, if someone with the virus vomits in your vicinity, the virus can be aerosolized, and you can breathe it in. Generally, though, the most common route into the body is hand-to-mouth contact, and less commonly the airborne route. \n\nA lot of what people consider to be a stomach virus is actually food poisoning.
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Sorry to say, not really. This is one of the most common viral infections kids pass around, increasingly so over the past several decades as more and younger kids have gone into daycare with less prepared immune systems. But it isn't really harmful, has no long term side effects and runs its course in 6-9 months. Just wash your hands, make sure he washes his, which is always good practice anyway, as you know.  Keep the sheets clean weekly, probably no overnights with non - infected friends.\nCheck with your doctor to be sure what I am saying is correct, and don't be too upset over it all.\n\nI just did a rapid google check and came up with a lot of sites purporting to have miracle cures for molluscum contagiosum. I would be very careful before investing in or using any such remedy. That is why I won't list any of the sites I came across here b/c I don't want to seem as if I am somehow endorsing them. I will tell you that my son had this also when he was four and I took him to the dermatologist who put freezing drops on each wart and froze them off. I had to bring him in every week for about a month til we got them all and this was over 15 years ago. I am glad that I was using a licensed dermatologist though, you know why?????\n\nBecause at the very end of his treatment, my son and two year old daughter came down with chicken pox which initially looked exactly like the molluscum to me and if I had been treating them MYSELF, being a DR. MOM, I would have put something for warts on a chicken pock and maybe really scarred them for life. Of course the real doctor recognized immediately what was wrong.\n\nGo see a skin doctor. That would be best.
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Contact poison controll. The surfactant might give you diarrhea, but the other two are what i would be concerned about.
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A stomach virus is not contagious, except through the gut.Your Dad and nephew acquired it from something they ate or drank. Stomach viruses have a short incubation period. Your son probably did not eat the same thing, or he would have got the infection by now. Those who have it should be careful about hand- washing and washing of utensils and dishes.\nThe flu shot will not help. Food poisoning is almost the same.
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Please consult a doctor if your condition persists!\n\nBut here are some recognized home remedies to help in the meantime.\n\nNatural Home Remedies For Diarrhea\n\nSome common food substances have proven remarkably useful against diarrhea.\n\nCarob powder\n In a Canadian study of 230 infants with diarrhea only three were not cured by the addition of carob ‘powder to their formula. The treatment apparently worked because carob contains high levels of fibre which, as recent research has shown, can clear up digestive problems including diarrhea. \n\nApple cider vinegar\nFor a preventive measure start taking a teaspoon of vinegar and a teaspoon of honey in a glass of water half an hour before each meal a few days before your trip. Continue this regimen during your trip.\n\nYogurt \nThis seems to be beneficial in maintaining or restoring the health of the intestinal tract. ‘In many countries along the Mediterranean Sea and in the Balkans, yogurt has been used for years as a remedy for infantile diarrhea by both laymen and physicians,’ wrote Dr Molly Niv, Walter Levy and Nathan M. Greenstein in Clinical Pediatrics. \nThe three doctors fed yogurt to half of a group of children hospitalized with severe diarrhea. Those in the yogurt group ate a little less than 4 fl. oz three times daily, while the rest of the children received an anti-diarrhea drug. More children in the yogurt group than in the drug group recovered within three days.\n\nGinger - \nGinger tea can stop cramps and pain. Or take Ginger in capsules. Take a teaspoon of paste made from equal parts powdered ginger, powdered cumin, and powdered cinnamon mixed with honey three times a day.\n\nBran \nThe normal functioning of the intestinal tract depends upon the presence of adequate fibre - the kind that absorbs water and forms soft bulk. Fibre like bran. Bran relieves both constipation and diarrhea. It is not a laxative; It is a normalizer of bowel functions. Transit times - the amount of time it takes for food to pass through the body - are lengthened in individuals with chronic diarrhea who eat bran, but they are shortened in those with constipation. Bran thickens the loose, watery stools of diarrhea and softens the hard, dry stools of constipation. A few tablespoons (less for a child) followed by a glass of water should do the trick in a few days. If diarrhea persists, see your doctor. \n\nLemon juice\nDrinking the juice of a freshly squeezed lemon in a large glass of water three to five times a day will kill off the pathogens causing the diarrhea. For prevention in case there is a stomach virus going around, take 1-2 tablespoons of juice before meals.\n\nSubodh Jain is a freelance writer with more than 25 years experience as a health care professional. He is a contributing editor to natural remedies, a site dedicated to the home remedies for common ailments.\n\nCheck out this site for more information on home remedies for diarrhea\n\nGood Health!\n\nThat's My Best Answer! Hope it helps!
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How old is your son? (Could be "mono" if he's a teenager). Did they do any throat/NP cultures? Any respiratory symptoms? What was the differential cell count? This time of year (depending on where you live) respiratory viruses get started. If it is a virus, antibiotics won't help. If it's something like strep throat or "walking pneumonia" then antibiotics will kick it pretty quickly. Could also be a secondary bacterial infection following a viral infection. Just make sure he takes the whole course of the antibiotics - failure to do so is one of the leading causes of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Good luck!!
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what i did for my son grab a couple of towels & soak them down with cold water have him to lay on the floor when doing this keep replying cold towels. once his back starts cooling down crab a clean dry towel have him to lay flat on his tummy than grab a wash cloth & soak it down with alcohol & rubbed him down what it does it draws the heat from his sunburn its also good for fevers as well which i had always used for my sons fevers when he was little he had his share of fevers beleive me.
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Food poisoning for sure-- you dont state his age but if he's under 5 you better really watch that he doesnt get dehydrated.  Get him to drink some gatorade in sips one hour after he has stopped vomiting.  If he continues to vomit, get emetrol from the drugstore- it  makes you stop vomiting- follow the instructions-- if he continues to the point he is dry heaving- ER!!
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After you touched the mouse with your hand, did you stick your hand in your mouth? Or did you wash your hand after? Stomach viruses are usually bacteria, that is transmitted through contact and it has to get inside your system. If you wash your hands regularly then you probably don't have to worry. Take plenty of Vitamin C and wash your hands a lot.