I find it odd that most emets are female. I'm one of the few male ones. And oddly, the emet females tend to disproportionately be very attractive. I noticed this because we had a thread awhile back...

I've crossed a new threshold lately. I've been able to watch vomit videos on youtube without turning away. Mainly been looking at food challenge type videos and also some ipecac challenges. I've been...

Let's not give a false sense of security. Noro can be contracted at any time of year. My dad got it last May. Noro doesn't just give up and quit because of the date on the calendar.

I love to travel, but I wish I didn't have to eat. I have a buddy that travels to many poor countries. He gets food poisoned almost every time he goes somewhere. Sometimes bad enough to need...

I remember when I was in high school and the virus would be going around like wildfire. Those were some of the darkest days of my life. I didn't even want to wake in the morning and have to go to...

I work in my city's downtown. There is a very beautiful neo-classical symphony hall with nice fountains in the front, benches and shade trees. When it's a beautiful day out like it's been the last...

Does anyone here have this condition? I'm quite sure I have it based on symptoms and the fact that I had an endoscopy some years back where I didn't eat for 12 hours before the procedure yet the...

I recently had surgery. I did wake up rather nauseated, but nothing I couldn't handle. When you go in for surgery your stomach will be empty so that helps a lot. There's really nothing in your belly...

A few years ago I took a quick long-weekend trip to Puerto Vallarta. I didn't do anything risky. My last day I went to a restaurant and had an American style breakfast. It was a really nice and clean...

Next week I'm taking a trip to central Mexico. As an emet, I feel a bit paranoid about eating when I go to poorer countries. I can deal with diarrhea from Montezuma's revenge. It sucks and it's...

I'm a male, age 36. Yeah, that was one of the first things I noticed, it that it was mostly girls and women in this forum. And when they posted their photos they were disproportionately great looking...

I have some Celebrex tablets for my painful herniated disc. Celebrex is an non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug(NSAID). These type of medicines are known to be harsh on your stomach. The side effects...

The reason I found out the word emetophobia exists and thus found this forum is because I was googling some travel info about avoiding getting sick while abroad in poor countries. Somebody was going...

I would love to try an authentic ceviche one day as I hear it is amazing, but I'm paranoid about eating it.

In my opinion ginger tablets work just as good as pepto. Pepto used to be my go to medicine of choice when nauseated, but I hated the side-effect of constipation. It also turns your stool almost...

I have a herniated disk and I'm going to the doctor next week. I while back I went to a doctor about this and I think he prescribed me some sort of internal medication that would be steroid...

My concern is my phone. Say I'm at the gym touching all kinds of things like machines and barbells after god knows how many people have touch them. I then check my phone after getting a text. So now...

Is spoiled milk any different than eating cottage cheese, regular cheese or yogurt? I think we are already used to that sort of bacteria.

And I was hoping we'd dodge the bullet this winter.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/01/25/170249648/new-norovirus-strain-rips-through-the-u-s

From what I hear, it seems as though the UK is particularly prone to Noro outbreaks.

I don't know, but whenever I'm in a store and I hear that announcement, "we need a mop on aisle 4", you guys know what I'm thinking! ;)

I don't think I would bother taking it. I don't get flu shots either. But if it was offered, I could only hope that it would diminish the amount of noro cases so that outbreaks would be far less...

I'm not as emet as I used to be and I've noticed I don't get many vomit dreams anymore. I remember my most graphic one some years back where I was at a school of some sort. And there must have been...

Informative article about how people infected with noro must be quarantined:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/10/31/141859199/stomach-bug-has-a-field-day-at-nba

It seems you can be infected...

The first time I ever caught noro was in November when I was in 3rd grade. I then caught it two more times within a few weeks. It was going around my small private school like wildfire and kids kept...