Mucous in Diarrhea - listeriosis? Posted: 08-28-08 01:05am
6 days ago I got a terrible sore stomach,
and then diarrhea. I thought it was just a
virus but I've never had a stomach bug
thats lasted 6 days. Just recently I
started taking note at what stool looks
like and it has yellow stuff throughout
it. It is very bad at night and in the
morning, giving me terrible stomach aches,
but when I don't need to go, my stomach is
pretty much fine and it's a just a little
ache, sometimes no ache at all. I feel a
bit under the weather because I also have
a little bit of a sore throat, sharp
headaches (although they only last a
minute or 30 seconds usually) and feel
very tired and my limbs, back and neck are
sore. This is very annoying and painful at
times and I just want to know if it will
pass soon and when (if it doesn't stop) I
should see a doctor. Right now there is a
bit of an outbreak of listeriosis.
Symptoms include high fever, severe
headaches, neck stiffness, nausea and
diarrhea for listeriosis, but I read that
it's recommended you don't get checked
unless you have the fever, which I don't
(no vomitting either). I am a bit worried
because apparently 15 people have died
from this and I'm not sure what to do!
According to your symptoms (diarrhea and
abdominal cramps) you are probably
experiencing an intestinal infection.
Listeriosis is possible but very uncommon.
Some other infective agents (viruses and
bacteria) are much more common provokers
of intestinal infections than Listeria
monocytogenes. More vulnerable to
listeriosis are pregnant women,
immunocompromised people and newborns.
