Resort staff have been very helpful, bringing medicine and extra blankets, but even getting up to use the bathroom has become a Herculean task and I can’t keep anything down more solid than tea lol
the most exotic place i ever got acute food poisoning was north Georgia (the one in the US). before i realized it was food poisoning, i just thought i was maybe dying… like this overwhelming sense of doom crept up my spine like i was approaching the end. i felt cold and weak and wondered if it was some kind of cerebral event like a stroke or an aneurysm.
when i feel awful, my go to move is to get into a warm shower.
and luckily, that’s where i was when i abruptly exploded from both ends simultaneously. and i was relieved, because at least i understood what was happening. also grateful to be in the shower at that moment lmao.
RIP your doodoo ass
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jk, but feel better my dude. That’s rough.
Thank you
I bet you could have gotten some food without poisoning a Vietnamese person for it
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hope you feel better
There was a major case of mass food poisoning from a banh mi chain in Vietnam recently
The legacy of French imperialism can still be felt in modern day Vietnam.
It’s almost inevitable when traveling out there (honestly you can try eating only super cooked stuff when you get there but you’ll still get it eventually). Hope you come out the other end fine
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Why is this?
Microbes from the local environment are just way different from what you’re used to. Even if you heated really well cooked food (like curries and stuff), you will get exposed to small amounts of local water no matter what. Eventually you’ll get some kind of stomach bug resulting from the exposure, though maybe being careful for awhile can help with the severity when you get it. I dunno, I got through 2 months without getting anything but I spent my first month in SEA almost always eating curry, lol.
dirty water
not even necessarily dirty water but also just different microbes that you’re not used to
It’s your xenophobic gut bacteria pulling the Samson option as soon as they hear bacteria speaking with an accent. I was embarrassed to play the host for this sort of reactionary behavior but my system is now more diverse and tolerant. I hope.
It’s almost inevitable when traveling out there … you’ll still get it eventually
ime not really. but it probably depends on what kind of food you eat in your home country
What did you eat, do you remember? That sucks, such a beautiful country to be cooped up sick.
Most likely culprit was a salad, apparently uncooked vegetables are a big risk factor.
You sure it wasn’t a Banh Mi?
Well, it certainly wasn’t the cones
Scones would never
you don’t win friends with salad
You’d all be my friends if you tried my roasted corn salad :kitty-birthday-sad:
Really? I thought it was safe to eat most veggies raw?
Only if well washed. Especially good at keeping bacteria on them and eating raw without being washed basically brings it directly to you
see this is why I never wash my vegetables, i’m constantly training my immune system like I’m goku in the hyperbolic time chamber
I got an intestinal amoeba one time. You cannot get immunity to a parasite
What if you’re built different tho
Good luck. I had to go the hospital and get IV fluids for 28 hours
Shoulda said something before, you’re good
It is and it isn’t a terrible strategy
Nah, in locations lacking widely available public water treatment veggies are a problem because they are often washed in contaminated water. If you are visiting a developing nation do not eat anything that hasn’t been heated to boiling temps, drink from sealed bottles, and do not have anything with ice.
Also …if you’ve had a questionable meal drink some Pepto right after. It can really help kill bad gut bacteria, especially ones that cause diarrhea like e coli.
cold foods are a big danger because they need to be handled properly and kept clean
if you have a poorly trained cook who scratches his ass and touches food that’s going to be cooked, that’s gross but at least the cooking will kill most of any bacteria introduced
if the same poorly trained cook scratches his ass and prepares a salad, well…
this is in addition to any bacteria or parasites the ingredients might have been exposed to while being grown or harvested
Not to mention your digestive/immune system may not be tuned to accommodate local pathogens when traveling.
Once several months ago I was helping out an elderly neighbor who told about going #2 while working in the family garden as a child, to not have to walk all the way to the outhouse (yes, they are that old) so they could get the crop in before dark. I was so gobsmacked I didn’t ask if or how they cleaned themselves or their hands or if anyone got sick.
that is a really weird thing to just bring up and tell a person, I’m not gonna lie (them telling you not you telling me)
also their “family garden” must have been fuckin’ huge if they needed to worry about getting the crop in before dark
but yeah I think that’s why there are so many frequent recalls for e. coli contaminated lettuces, greens, etc. (not people pooping in the fields but bad hygiene)
but yeah I think that’s why there are so many frequent recalls for e. coli contaminated lettuces, greens, etc. (not people pooping in the fields but bad hygiene)
it’s actually because of the animal waste they use on the fields
I mean you brought up a cook scratching their backside. Idk how big the garden was, I wasn’t even born then. I can tell you a lot of family gardens now aren’t in the yard in my town, more on family owned property a road or two over, to keep rodents and snakes away from the homes.
Eta: underpaid farm workers absolutely will go wherever.
I mean you brought up a cook scratching their backside.
no yea I get it I meant them deciding to tell you, lol, like I just dump my life on people because what else am I gonna do with it, but I still know it’s kinda weird to be like “so I took a shit in my family’s garden when I was a kid because like fuck walking to the outhouse, am i right” yknow
it could be anybody really
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Oh no! Hope you feel better soon!
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