Ep 150 Norovirus: Tip of the poop iceberg

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Health & Fitness, Science

4.8 • 17.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

“Is it gonna be poop or is it gonna be barf?” It’s the question we all fear during a bout of food poisoning when time is of the essence and a decision has to be made before it’s made for us. Often, the germ forcing this question upon us is none other than the dreaded norovirus. First called “winter vomiting disease” for reasons obvious to anyone who has been unfortunate enough to become infected, norovirus now conjures up images of puking passengers aboard cruise ships or oysters on the half shell secretly harboring a vomiting virus. In this episode, we delve into the world of norovirus, examining what qualities make it spread so rapidly and sicken us so quickly. Our tour of norovirus history takes us down some surprising roads, where we meet Vomiting Larry and chat about vulture vomit. We round out the episode by looking at norovirus by the numbers, dispelling the notion that norovirus can only be found aboard cruise ships. Spoilers: it’s everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is exactly right.
0:03.2	Listen up. I'm Lisa Traeger.
0:08.8	And I'm Kara Klank and we're the hosts of the True Crime Comedy
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0:12.5	that's messed up, an SVU podcast.
0:14.9	Every Tuesday, we break down an episode of Law and Order SVU,
0:18.2	the True Crime it's based on,
0:19.6	and we chat with an actor from the episode.
0:21.7	Over the past few years, we've chatted with series icons like Beatty Wong, Kelly Giddish, Danny Pino, and guest
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0:38.0	Dun done!
0:40.0	When I was nine months pregnant, I woke up one morning and felt really off. I was nauseous and could only eat peanut butter toast.
0:48.0	Being nine months pregnant I figured it had something to do with that so I just continued on to work where I was in a rheumatology clinic during my pediatrics residency.
0:56.8	After about a half hour in clinic I felt like I might vomit so I apologize to the team and I went home.
1:02.3	Luckily I made it home before the vomiting started. Once it started it was pretty
1:06.8	continuous and I could not keep down even sips of water. I started having abdominal cramping as well, which started to be more worrisome especially since I was nine months pregnant.
1:16.5	I reached out to friends and family who thought it could be signs of labor so we
1:20.3	went into labor and delivery floor to get checked out.
1:23.0	There they determined I was not in labor.
1:26.0	They did some labs which looked good
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