# I have Norwalk virus

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-norwalk-virus/625542>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 18, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-norwalk-virus/625542 "2012-06-18T17:12:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-norwalk-virus/625542/41 "2013-01-19T13:49:57Z")

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> [@Zabali\_Clawbane](#):
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> This is why I keep a large mop bucket in the bathroom! Head over bucket, butt on toilet.

^ That is my strategy

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**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-norwalk-virus/625542/42 "2013-01-19T15:54:52Z")

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I think my family may have had that last weekend. Wife and toddler son were squirting out of both ends, all 3 of us had the aches and fever, and while I never puked, I had the squirts something awful.

The good news is that it does go away in a little less than a week.

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**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-norwalk-virus/625542/43 "2013-01-19T16:03:35Z")

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I’ve already been called out for telling our family’s story about it more than once on the Dope, so I’ll try to be creative… we had it in October and I threw up for the first time in twenty years. It was AWFUL. And yeah, fever and body aches. It seemed to improve on a twelve-hour clock though, as in, every twelve hours I suddenly felt better than I had.

It was a week before I felt hungry, though.

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**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-norwalk-virus/625542/44 "2013-01-19T16:20:17Z")

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Twice in 7 months? Feel really bad for you. I had it 3-4 years ago (around Thanksgiving, no less) and it was probably the most sick I’ve ever been.

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**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-norwalk-virus/625542/45 "2013-01-19T17:07:33Z")

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Noros been touring the U.K. recently, can’t say that I’m a big fan, give me Asian flu anytime!

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