>>>>Stomach flu
>>>>Temp going back and forth between 102 and 104
>>>>Only thing I can tolerate is saltines and Gatorade.
>>>>What fun
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>>>I don't think a flu shot would prevent stomach flu, which I'm pretty sure isn't actually influenza. A lot of what we call stomach flu is really food poisoning.
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>>>Tamar
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>>I don't think that's right. Bad food and a virus are things that the medical community seems to be able to tell apart. Besides doesn't bad food usually result in a bacterial issue rather than viral?
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>Yeah, bad food is generally bacterial. But most folks with what they refer to a "stomach flu" don't bother going to the doctor.
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>Regardless, the flu that flu shots prevent doesn't present as a stomach bug, AFAIK.
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>Tamar
I think you're right on both those points, but I really do believe that there is such a thing as stomach flu. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that the flu virus generally presents either in the respiratory system or in the intestines and I'm assuming the intestinal variety is what we call stomach flu.
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