Why is noro so violent?

[sage]

Jelly is referring to an article link by another member but I deleted the post as it was far too frightening (and not even scientifically accurate) for posting here.

secondly, norovirus is not "violent." That's just an unhelpful way of referring to it. Hurricanes and tornadoes are violent. The guy who shot 20 children was violent. Norovirus is just a normal harmless virus. Yes, it causes vomiting and sometimes that can be quite forceful because you're sick with billions of viral particles and you need to get them out. I had noro and did not vomit 10x, or 30x or anything like that. That's because I did not try to drink water until vomiting had stopped for 2 hours. If you take a sip every time you're sick you will get sick again. If you don't once your stomach is empty you won't be sick again.

As well, there is no such thing as another type of stomach virus. Norovirus is the term now for all Norwalk-like viruses, or all "stomach bugs."

i know the press particularly in Britain are going crazy reporting noro this year but we should really all thank God they haven't had a school shooting. If they did, you wouldn't hear another word about it. Honestly guys, the more you obsess over this the worse your phobia is going to get. I understand the fear, I really do. But all this anxious focus on norovirus isn't helping.

[JellyBn83]

Jelly is referring to an article link by another member but I deleted the post as it was far too frightening (and not even scientifically accurate) for posting here.

secondly, norovirus is not "violent." That's just an unhelpful way of referring to it. Hurricanes and tornadoes are violent. The guy who shot 20 children was violent. Norovirus is just a normal harmless virus. Yes, it causes vomiting and sometimes that can be quite forceful because you're sick with billions of viral particles and you need to get them out. I had noro and did not vomit 10x, or 30x or anything like that. That's because I did not try to drink water until vomiting had stopped for 2 hours. If you take a sip every time you're sick you will get sick again. If you don't once your stomach is empty you won't be sick again.

As well, there is no such thing as another type of stomach virus. Norovirus is the term now for all Norwalk-like viruses, or all "stomach bugs."

i know the press particularly in Britain are going crazy reporting noro this year but we should really all thank God they haven't had a school shooting. If they did, you wouldn't hear another word about it. Honestly guys, the more you obsess over this the worse your phobia is going to get. I understand the fear, I really do. But all this anxious focus on norovirus isn't helping.

So that is probably why it didn't bother me! Oye! I thought that the parts that I didn't "know", was just that, I didn't know it, but maybe it is the fact that it is wrong.

[AoD]

Jelly is referring to an article link by another member but I deleted the post as it was far too frightening (and not even scientifically accurate) for posting here.

secondly, norovirus is not "violent." That's just an unhelpful way of referring to it. Hurricanes and tornadoes are violent. The guy who shot 20 children was violent. Norovirus is just a normal harmless virus. Yes, it causes vomiting and sometimes that can be quite forceful because you're sick with billions of viral particles and you need to get them out. I had noro and did not vomit 10x, or 30x or anything like that. That's because I did not try to drink water until vomiting had stopped for 2 hours. If you take a sip every time you're sick you will get sick again. If you don't once your stomach is empty you won't be sick again.

As well, there is no such thing as another type of stomach virus. Norovirus is the term now for all Norwalk-like viruses, or all "stomach bugs."

i know the press particularly in Britain are going crazy reporting noro this year but we should really all thank God they haven't had a school shooting. If they did, you wouldn't hear another word about it. Honestly guys, the more you obsess over this the worse your phobia is going to get. I understand the fear, I really do. But all this anxious focus on norovirus isn't helping.

That's not exactly true, while they did classify all Norwalk-like viruses as norovirus these are just a class of non-enveloped viruses with similar properties and genetic makeup. There are several other viruses of much less intensity which are also considered to be stomach bugs (the medical term is viral gastroenteritis). These will include rotavirus, adenovirus, etc. which typically cause mild illness in adults (v* once or maybe not at all and some d*) and are less virulent. The term "stomach bug" can also apply to other pathogens such as bacterial infections (salmonella) or protozoans (cryptosporidium). Norwalk-like viruses are extremely hardy and virulent partly because they are non-enveloped viruses. The others cause the milder types of stomach flu.

[gumdropper1]

it causes vomiting and sometimes that can be quite forceful because you're sick with billions of viral particles and you need to get them out.

That is not quite right. The vomiting is not to eliminate the virus particles. The vomiting happens because the virus inflames the GI tract. Neither vomiting nor diarrhea eliminates the virus. It only spreads them further. Doug