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Originally posted by Dionysus
Disclaimer: I'm NOT asking medical advice for myself, I'm asking it for my mom, who refuses to go to the ER or call her doctor...
She's been throwing up since like 12 or 1, I think her last time was 6 am. We don't know if she has a stomach virus or food poisioning. She doesn't have and pain nor fever, just digestive upset and fatigue. The last thing she had was Quizno's. Has anyone ever gotten food poisioning from any sub place? I wouldn't be surprised, because sub places tend to be unsanitary by my standards.  If she doesn't get any better within a few hours, I'm calling her doctor anyway.
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Could be a stomach flu. Those suck just as much and there's no drugs to make you feel better since it's viral. The stomach flus I've had involve just throwing up and not...ahem...disposing of your waste from your other end like you would with food poisoning. They usually do not come with a fever but I would still advise your mom to go to the doctor and get it checked out.
I've gotten a stomach flu twice and it is AWFUL! Most recently, I was plagued with it the summer before my senior year in college. I was working as a Public Relations intern at Siemens. My boss and I had a meeting with the CEO. We were sitting in the conference room and I just felt like absolute crap. My boss wrote on a piece of paper 'You look green. Are you ok?'. I just tried to get through the meeting but I was completely out of it because a) I was trying to keep myself from barfing and b) I felt very lightheaded. I had all these bigwigs asking me questions and I had to try so hard to concentrate on getting the words out rather than vomiting. As soon as that meeting was over, I made a mad dash for the bathroom. I probably sat in there puking for 30 minutes straight. My boyfriend came and picked me up. He even brought a plastic bag for me for the car ride. He's so sweet!
For the next 3 days, I didn't move from the bathroom floor. I felt like death.
I found that Pedialyte is God's gift to humanity. When I was finally able to hold some liquids down, that stuff made me feel 10 times better.
My boyfriend ended up with Salmonella poisoning from some eggs a few years ago. It really did him in. The doctors gave him Cipro to help kick it.