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Hi
I’m not usually ill.
This is now the fourth day of my having the runs.
What I want to know is if I take something like immodium, will it actually work?
I was originally thinking of taking a spare set of clothes into work, just in case, but realistically, I’d need a shower as well.
So, if it doesn’t get sorted out, I’m going to phone in sick. I know that there is a rule at work that if you take a day off next to a Bank Holiday, then you lose that day as well, but I don’t know whether that applies to all staff, or just agency staff.
if you have had the runs for four days the least of your worries will be missing work.
Get to yout local walk-in centre to get checked out!!!
The Imodium should do the trick though avoid eating for today. To prevent dehydration you’ll need to drink plenty of tepid water for the next 24hours. If you must eat just have some toast. If the Imodium capsule (take as per instructions) doesn’t seem to be working try phoning NHS Direct.
There’s a lot of verbal diarohhea on this Forum at present so you might have caught the bug, Gamble.
Cheer Up.
It could be worse.
KenThis is now the fourth day of my having the runs.
What I want to know is if I take something like immodium, will it actually work?
Not as well as a cork.
gc
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
Probably need Dioralyte as well, Gerald, but lemonade with a bit of salt added may help. If you phone NHS Direct, at least it will be on record that you are ill today, in case work query it.
Thanks guys, I’m off to Boots now. I don’t think I’m too ill, as the slight fever I had for the first couple of days disappeared. I tried having a couple of cans of lager last night, in the belief that the alcohol would kill the bacteria, but I think the liquid made matters worse . . . and I was better off being dehydrated. At least I haven’t been throwing up, which is worse.
Ken’s mention of toast reminded me that I hit upon the idea of eating cream crackers when I had a dodgy stomach as a student. I’ve gone a bit upmarket on this occasion, opting for Krackawheat and Melba toast.
I think there could be light at the end of the tunnel.I have always been told by doctors that Immodium is not good for diorheaa as it stops your body getting rid of whatever its trying to get rid of, and think a few have used Jeremy’s Cork analogy. Would agree with Moe about the Dioralyte, it help your body replace the lost fluids.
I had Diorhea for 4 days in 2003 (carried on binge drinking throughout those 4 days though) but on the fifth day it was mostly blood and bits of intestine, on the sixth day i went to my GP who gave me immodium and dioralyte. On the 9th day I checked myself into A and E as was white as a sheet through blood loss, and getting paralysing cramps and dizzy spells. Spent next 3 days in a ward with all the Bowel Cancer people before being diagnosed with Ulcerative Collitis. Went on a course of steroids and some other tablets, and bada bing, I was back drinking the next weekend as if nothing had happened. Subsequently went back to specialist and was told that I didnt have any signs of Ulcerative Collitis and that it must have just been an infection.
My advice would be to take the dioralyte and give the Immodium a miss, and cut out the drinking for a bit. Your immune system may just be running on alcohol fumes at the minute, and taking that bit longer to clear a bit of food poisoning. If it gets any worse and you have to go to A and E, then get an ambulance or you may have to wait 14 hours behind those who did get ambulances and the "my child has grazed his knee and Im too retarded as a parent to know that TCP and a sticking plaster is the cure" brigade.
(Apparently under some hospital rules, children have to be seen in like 2hours or something, regardless of whether anything is wrong with them.)This thread is a curse. I was brand new until i saw this thread, now i have the runners aswell. Now, i dunno about a cure, but i’ve bought a whole bundle of san miguels and i will tell you if it has worked some other time (genuine story btw).
There’s things you can buy in holland and barrett, called pysillium husks. If it persist Gerald, buy em.
and, when you’re on the mend either buy some acidophilus tablets or eat lots of bio yoghurt to replace the good bacteria…..when my grandson started nursery we all kept catching virus’s and the staff told us to take acidophilus tablets; it was very odd because I have worked in a medical centre for @ 15 years without catching anything…[touch wood].
When my Mrs had a really bad tummy (both ends) a few years ago and was getting dehydrated I rang the doctor and he said to give her 15ml of flat cola every half hour. Funnily enough it worked, it was the first fluid she had kept down – previously even water was coming straight back up.
Erm, Moe I’ve already started on the probiotic yoghurt a couple of hours ago. It must be like a warzone down there.
oh yes, acidophilus gives you terrible wind..glad I’m not working with you tomorrow, Gerald!
No wind, but maybe I should lay off it for a while. Might be Jackson Pollock fireworks. I’ll go back to the Krackawheat.
Seeing as you live in Dover can you not just point your bottom over the White Cliffs and colour them in a bit.
Erm, Moe I’ve already started on the probiotic yoghurt a couple of hours ago. It must be like a warzone down there.
Inevitably…
"I met my local vicar today. He told me never to eat probiotic yoghurt. Well, his actual words were, ‘don’t dabble in the Yakkult’".
gc
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
(Apparently under some hospital rules, children have to be seen in like 2hours or something, regardless of whether anything is wrong with them.)
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