I went out and ran my usual two miles at the track and then I ate dinner: turkey hot dogs, potatoes, salad and asparagus. My gastroenteritis started with bloating, then I was vomiting later that night until my stomach was empty. I also had some stomach cramping like my belly was in knots and I had a slight headache, some chills and of course, anxiety. Now I'm drinking plenty of fluids and I'm eating toast, soup and other light things. I can't stand to look at food commercials on TV and I may never eat hot dogs again.

The gastroenteritis lasted about 8 hours. It began with nausea, trembling, then vomiting. And then later is when both vomiting and diarrhea. What helped was getting out of my system what was causing the situation. Then after, I had finally stopped vomiting, I had some soda crackers and clear soda and it seemed to settle my stomach.

One week ago after dealing with a day of a sour stomach in my one year old, I awoke with severe vomiting and diarrhea. For 10 hours I could not budge from the bathroom floor for any reason. The onset was rapid with no warning signs whatsoever. Finally after 10 hours, I managed to call 911 and was administered nearly 1 gallon of IV fluid before being released to home partially due to an 8 hour hospital wait to even be admitted to the ER for the flu in our area. During the next 4 days, the illness spread to my husband, then to my two-year-old daughter. The husband and baby got better, but my daughter and I are still having bouts of vomiting and diarrhea that come and go unexpectedly. Nothing at all helped except for rest and fluids. It appears to just hit some people harder than others.

It's New Years Day, 2010. I wanted to start my New Year off on the right track...but my intestinal tract is not cooperating with me! I thought maybe I ate something that didn't agree with me about 5 days ago. It started with a stomach ache that progressively grew worse by the hour. Then I got a headache, fever, chills, and intense nausea. I hate vomiting so I chewed Tums (which helped) until my body settled for runny diarrhea. I'm back on my feet, and able to eat, but I'm still battling abdominal discomfort that doesn't seem to want to cease. Chewing Tums helps temporarily. Judging from other viewers comments, this appears to be the norm. I suppose the bacteria hang around in your system for awhile. It's hard to determine the difference between food poisoning and a stomach virus when the symptoms are so similar. I hope we all recover soon!

Gastroenteritis. This is what the doctors said about my six-year-old. Her condition has been going on for nine days and now they have treated her with an antibiotic and sent her home. She still has a pain under her belly button. The doctors are saying that the gastroenteritis also caused the tip of her appendix to become inflamed. Something doesn't sound right about this. I mean, I understand they are supposed to be doctors, but I know my child and something is not right. My mother thinks I should take her to another doctor. I think she's right. In fact, I know she is.

My six year old woke up Friday for school with a pain in her stomach and some runny stool. She ate some toast and felt better and went to school but about an hour later she came home with more of the same. After a visit to children's hospital we found she had gastroenteritis. By Saturday morning she was back to normal but now my wife has the same thing. Gatorade, water, toast, Tums and mint tea all seem to help. -Chazz

Into my fourth day and the cramping is thankfully less severe. First day was several soft bowel movements with minimal cramping. Day two was a whole new nightmare. Severe intestinal cramping with diarrhea, vomiting, extreme sweating (more than I ever sweated in boot camp) and very near hyperventilating. I have never had this happen and it really scared me.

This severe upset is now in its fourth day. As recommended by the pharmacist, Anagraine was helpful in preventing any further vomiting, after the initial 7 hours of repeated bouts; and Immodium has been useful with the follow-up sessions of diarrhea.

I'm living in Asia we often have bouts of gastro- enteritis. The last one was today, with severe diarrhea, and stomach pain. As soon as I get diarrhea or bad stomach cramps I take 4 cloves of raw garlic chew them and swallow them with some sugar. I continue doing this till I am better. Usually I need to do this for only a day (I am already better), but sometimes I need to continue this for 3-5 days. If you start this immediately it even works for some bacterial and protozoal diarrheas like amoebas. Since we started "the garlic treatment" our need for taking medicines has decreased significantly.