My father-in-law called one Sunday saying he felt strange after eating prawns at a buffet restaurant. I drove over and found him pale, sweating, dizzy, and unable to stand properly. He had ignored the signs of food poisoning for several hours, hoping the symptoms would pass. We called for medical help and he was treated
It was a Saturday evening after eating chicken salad from a deli counter. I felt unwell by nine and sick by eleven. By one in the morning the symptoms of food poisoning had arrived, and I was lying on the bathroom floor feeling miserable. Nausea came first, followed by cramping. My husband kept asking about
My friend Dario bet me twenty dollars during a late night drive home from a camping trip We stopped at a gas station and there was packaged sushi beside the hot dog rollers Dario said I would not eat it and I accepted the challenge I ate three pieces of spicy tuna sushi that had
Thursday morning I woke at 5 a.m. with stomach pain I could barely stand. I stayed on the floor questioning everything. My wife became sick afternoon and my daughter Nadia followed Saturday got infected inside our house over six days. We had underestimated how quickly stomach flu spreads within families and how easily contact passes
My daughter called me nights in a row January. Her baby was fevers and refusing feeds. Her husband had confirmed strep after holding the baby weekend. She kept asking can infants get strep throat because answers felt unclear. I drove over while she called for advice. The nurse explained calmly and clearly. The baby was
I want to start with the part where I was wrong because I was wrong. My son Rayan was fussy Wednesday; he did not finish his bottle at the feed. I thought it was teething because I had seen behavior before with my daughter. I gave him a teething ring and told my husband he’d
My daughter is fifteen Last March she came home from school saying her throat was hurting badly I assumed it was strep because many students were sick The rapid test was negative We went home but she became worse By Monday she was exhausted and her lymph nodes were swollen Another test was negative The
Four times I had positive strep tests in fourteen months January April September November Each time the same pattern throat pain fever positive test antibiotics recovery then it returned By the fourth visit I was not surprised The doctor suggested ENT referral to understand why do i keep getting strep throat I had been asking
My kid got strep last winter and I had no clue it was coming He seemed fine at dinner ate his whole plate and asked to watch TV before bed Then around midnight he was in the doorway crying with one hand against his throat I felt his forehead really hot We went to the
It was Thursday I woke up and my throat felt off just off I kept swallowing to check I had a cold two weeks before and thought it was leftover Friday it was worse no runny nose no cough just throat I searched normal throat vs strep throat and thought no white patches meant not