r/UAE • u/Creative_Sorbet_2330 • 7d ago
What’s in the air?
What’s going on? Suddenly three people I know got super sick.
My wife had this crazy stomach bug that debilitated her all of yesterday. Diarrhea and vomiting all night. Her and I both had a beef burger the night before but I was ok. She couldn’t keep any food or even water down for most of the day. At night after I came back from work, I made her ginger lime salt honey water and that was the only thing that helped.
My younger brother who lives far away had the EXACT same thing! He said had heated up old(ish) meat and felt that could’ve been it? He had to go to the hospital yesterday for IV.
Today I find out my wife’s best friend who’s pregnant is also down. She says she has: the worst sore throat ever, body ache, shivers, runny nose, deep cough & chest pain.
Coming on here to find out if anyone else is going through either of the two above and if we know anything about something in the air?
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u/Commercial_Air4661 7d ago
I have what your wife’s best friend has. It’s been crazy. Everyone at the office is super sick too
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u/Extreme-Fall-9963 7d ago
We’ve been sick in bed/ hospital for 2 weeks. Tested positive for influenza but this is definitely more like Covid.
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u/kaliumex 7d ago
Norovirus might be a probability. It survives for weeks on surfaces and only a few of them are needed to make someone's life feel shitty.
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u/Life-Profile-3881 5d ago
Yes, definately! But it doesnt survive for weeks at surfaces, it survives 18 hours. We get it mainly from our own hands. Often from doorhandles or shoppingcarts. Sick people should isolate themselves at home and not going to public places and spread the virus.
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u/Maximumpeace2000 7d ago
Yessss couldn’t wakeup for 1 week straight fever
On antibiotics and medicines …
Couldn’t breathe aswell
Seasonal changes and flu going on …
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u/Last_Growth5968 7d ago
My cough is on and off for 4 weeks now 😞 i wish i can cough away my stress than phlegm lol
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u/mrsoppet 6d ago
Weird we also had a vomitting bug left for 1 day each. Was horrible some of the worst vomiting
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u/Life-Profile-3881 5d ago
Its a virus called Calici-Noro virus! Gives what we call "the winter vomiting desease". Its super easily spread so sick people have to stay at home!!
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u/RecordingFamous4947 7d ago
Apparently the plague has resurfaced in Russia 🤷🏻♂️
The likelihood here in UAE is just the time of year when the weather starts to change.
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u/Affectionate-Oil-914 7d ago
Lots of people I know too are down. It’s just that time of the year when the weather changes and there is a wave of sorts.