Am I going to get gastroenteritis?

[dktekno]

I am very afraid now. Tonight I ate a clementine. While shelling
shrimps on it I touched the clementine itself WITHOUT HAVING WASHED MY
HANDS BEFORE!



Not only that but the finger I touched that clementine with was also
used to scratch my feet. That means I have first touched some socks
which has touched the floor. Then touched the clementine.



Is that enough to get stomach flu?

[futuredr]

No, don't worry. I am sure it will be fine. Try not to think about it!

[s0ccer_princess]

I know shellfish are particularly nasty, but you must remember that people eat sushi- which is entirely raw fish (although I don't do this myself lol), and my Grandmother sees it as perfectly normal to eat raw frozenprawns (we witnessed this last Christmas and I must say it was rather dicsoncerting :P)

Anyway, I've never heard of anyone getting ill from sushi, and she never got ill from eating the prawns and she is 89 odd!

Try not to worry and do something like read a book or watch television to keep your mind off it.

[kellybean]

I'm sure you will be fine, don't worry. Plus don't forget that our immune system fightslittle things that we don't even know about. That's what it's there for!!!

[liriodendron]

[img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]Huh?

Do you mean clementine- a fruit?

[raindrop]

[img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]Huh?

Do you mean clementine- a fruit?

As opposed to clementine, a sausage? [img]smileys/smilies_05.gif[/img]

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[one who squeaks]

Not all shellfish are contaminated with norovirus, so I wouldn't worry.
:} Besides, raw molluscs are usually the cause of the "seafood
gastoenteritis," though not all of them are contaminated, either.