Dealing with IBD: Any advice?

So, a few days ago—right after I polished off two eggs, though maybe that’s irrelevant—I ended up puking four times (twice it was just water, which is wild if you think about it😁). My stomach was killing me, I had a fever, my limbs were aching like crazy, and then there was the diarrhea.
Honestly? It felt way worse than the flu.

Anyway, I somehow managed to crawl through Friday, but it's Sunday now and I'm still running a fever and feeling pretty wiped out. Everything else seems fine, I guess.

I tried Googling it, but I can't figure out what kind of intestinal bug this actually is or if I even need to see a doctor at all.

So, if anyone knows, please let me know.

🙂
thnx
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It honestly feels a bit like salmonella to me,😢
you should probably check in with a doctor just to be safe.👋

Amanda Booth64 said:It smells like salmonella to me.😢
You should probably check in with a doctor.👋

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. But for salmonella—I actually saw a segment about it on CNN today—the incubation period is longer (like 12 hours, and I didn't eat anything sketchy during that window) and there's another detail I can't quite remember.
Still, I've got a fever.😁

Well, maybe it's just a fast-acting strain.😁

I really don't feel like hitting up the clinic, especially since the worst part is already over (back then I was actually ready to call 911)
but I'm dying to know what this actually is.

Anyway, Amanda Booth64, thanks for the tip.🙂

You really should have brought a stool sample to the urgent care when you had the diarrhea; that's the only way they could actually figure out what was going wrong.
I had a similar disaster one year where I practically lost my soul, and the staff at the ER basically gave me attitude because I couldn't even stop vomiting and running to the bathroom long enough to get them any useful info.
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It might be worth picking up some activated charcoal to help soak up those bacteria and flush everything out of your system.

It’s definitely not salmonella...
What you’re dealing with here is basically just "dirty hands disease."
To put it bluntly, while you were munching on those eggs, you probably picked up some random bacteria or an amoeba—stuff that’s floating around in the air and environment all the time anyway, but the heat probably turned those eggs into a little petri dish for them to multiply. Once that stuff hit your stomach or guts, it irritated everything, and your body just decided to kick it all out ASAP...
You’ll be fine in a few days, it’ll pass on its own. Just stick to light, easy-to-digest stuff that's cooked through properly... like rice, maybe. Stick to mild teas without a ton of sugar, some honey, or some plain toast...

Lisa Adams said:You really should've brought a stool sample to the clinic when you had the diarrhea—that’s the only way they could actually figure out what was going on with you.
I remember one year I was absolutely losing it—total disaster—and the ER staff basically gave me attitude because I wasn't showing up fast enough while I was busy puking and running to the bathroom. Like, sorry if my gastrointestinal crisis is inconvenient for you!
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Maybe grab some activated charcoal from CVS to soak up those bacteria and flush everything out.

Wait, so I can't just tell them my symptoms and have them know exactly what illness it is?

Activated charcoal... great advice. 👍
thanks

I'm feeling fine now—just waiting for this fever to break and then it'll be like it never even happened.🙂

It's crazy how quickly you forget—one minute I genuinely thought I was dying😁 and that I'd never eat eggs again (I was convinced they were the culprit)

Mark Lee65 said:That’s not even salmonella... seriously.
What you’ve got there is just a classic case of "dirty hands syndrome"—and honestly, it's pathetic.
Look, regarding those eggs—you probably picked up some bacteria or an amoeba too. It’s everywhere in the air and environment, but honestly, with this heat, they probably just multiplied like crazy on the food itself. Once that hits your stomach or gut, it irritates everything until your body just forces it out.
It’ll pass on its own in a few days—just stick to light, easy-on-the-stomach stuff like rice. Maybe some mild tea without all that extra sugar—use honey instead—and some plain toast.

Could be—but I wash my hands constantly, honestly. I don't even touch my face unless they’re freshly scrubbed—period.

I can eat normally now—not that I usually go overboard with heavy junk food anyway—so I don't really see the difference.😁

Back when that was happening, I couldn't even look at food—let alone eat it. I could barely get any water down, too—and man, the fever was so intense I felt like I was actually going to pass out from dehydration.
And all that water I drank? Yeah, I ended up throwing it right back up—and it was hot.

Heh, how am I supposed to go into all that detail?
Look, I’m posting this just so anyone else going through the same thing knows it'll pass—I stayed completely calm, and honestly, I was already feeling better by the next day.

Mark Lee65, thanks for the advice.🙂

Don't take me too literally here...
I'm talking about some microscopic amoeba or bacteria just floating around on a speck of dust in the air before landing right on those eggs. If there was enough time for that little bugger to multiply into a full-blown colony on them...
then you're looking at a situation where the diarrhea and vomiting are basically just your body's way of staging a violent coup to kick that sickness out...

Mark Lee65 said:Don't take me literally here...
that little microbe or whatever could have just drifted in on a speck of dust and landed right on those eggs--and if they sat there long enough, you've got yourself a full-blown colony right on the food.
Plus, vomiting and diarrhea are just the body's way of fighting back against that kind of junk...

Look, I didn't misunderstand you for nothing—I know exactly what "dirty hands" diseases are and where the infection comes from--
it's usually just unwashed hands.

🙂

Wait, isn't "dirty hands disease" just Hepatitis A?

nimblecobra79, if you’re feeling better now, then you're in the clear. Your body basically just fought it off on its own.

But if that fever is still hanging around, you really ought to go see a doctor.