My symptoms usually last about a week, maybe longer. And that depends upon how soon I can see my Dr. for him to prescribe an antidiarrheal, anti spasmodic and pain reliever. Librax helped, but made me pretty dizzy & a bit groggy. Levsin also helped quite a bit. I chewed Maalox chewables for the incredible belching. That worked pretty well. When the cramping, diarrhea and dry heaves were over, the pain sometimes persisted as well as a lot of shakiness. I took Ativan that worked well for the shakiness. Published: September 11 ::

Mine started at 5:30 am with some fierce diarrhea. Then I started getting nauseous during the diarrhea episodes and wouldn't know which end it was coming out of first. The forceful vomiting caused the diarrhea to squirt out everywhere and I had to throw away my pants and get in the shower. The vomiting lasted a couple more hours. Then it was nausea, heartburn, stomach gurgling/noises for the next week. Horrible time! The only thing that helped was drinking tiny sips of ice water and Propel water. Published: September 11 ::

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. Published: November 16 ::

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 Published: November 16 ::

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. Published: October 23 ::

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. Published: October 12 ::

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. Published: October 07 ::

Mine started end of February 2009 and is still severe. No medications seem to be helping me. The only relief I get is when I use a hot water bottle on my aching stomach. Anything I eat upsets me and I feel like throwing up and immediately run to the washroom. My stomach keeps making a lot of noise all the time. Its now Sept. 2009 Published: September 22 ::

The diarrhea started on a Wednesday and lasted for 2 days. On Friday, one tablet of antidiarrheal seemed to clear up everything and I rested through the weekend. I continued to have some loose stool through the remainder of the next week. On Friday (9 days after start) diarrhea worsened again. I'm not sure why. Planning to stick to bed rest and gatorade and take the antidiarrheal medication again. Published: September 22 ::