Hi! I hope that you are feeling better,
it sounds like you went through hell this
summer!
Here's some information for you, that you
may find useful in figuring out what made
you sick over the summer:
i wasn't sure if you were referring to
your food poisoning as as symptom. From
my understanding, food poisoning is not
something you can get from being sick, it
is something that you get from eating bad
food, that makes you sick. It is very
rare to have food poisoning 5 times within
a summer but not impossible... Are you
handling and cooking foods properly?
Especially chicken, beef fish... Meats
generally. But also peanuts, beans, home
preserved foods (canned)... From the
websites about food poisoning, it seems
you had basically all the symptoms,
besides the pain during urination and
ejaculation. So it is possible for this
to be the cause for your illness.
Also, keep in mind, if there is one food
in your house that is contaminated with
say, salmonella, it is easy to contaminate
other raw, and cooked foods, if not stored
properly, or if you touch the contaminated
food, and don't wash your hands before
handling other foods... I would suggest
re-stocking your home, and getting rid of
foods that may have been contaminated
during this time, to prevent getting sick
again.
As for your question about ecoli.
Information I got from
http://www.About-ecoli.Com states
that one of the main symptoms of ecoli
infection is hemorrhagic colitis. Which
is...
"characterized by the sudden onset of
abdominal pain and severe cramps, followed
within 24 hours by diarrhea. As the
disease progresses, the diarrhea becomes
watery and then may become grossly bloody
- bloody to naked eye. Vomiting can also
occur, but there is usually no fever."
although ecoli is a form of food
poisoning, from the looks of it, it is
unlikely that your illness was caused by
the ecoli in your water supply.
Go to the site and read up on it, there is
some useful information there including
prevention.
I hope that you are feeling better.
~qriosity~
