StomachBug the Reminsect

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StomachBug
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Stolen
15 Sep 2022
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8 Jan 2024
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What is a Stomach Bug?
Norovirus, sometimes called the “stomach flu” or “stomach bug”, is a very contagious virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea. Anyone can get infected and sick with norovirus. Keep in mind that norovirus illness is not related to the flu, which is caused by influenza virus.


How Do You Get a Stomach Bug?
You can get a stomach bug by accidentally getting tiny particles of feces (poop) or vomit in your mouth from a person infected with norovirus. If you get norovirus illness, you can shed billions of norovirus particles that you can’t see without a microscope. It only takes a few norovirus particles to make you and other people sick.


The Most Common Stomach Bug Symptoms
Diarrhea 💩💩💩💩💩💩🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️
Vomiting 🤮
Nausea 🤢
Stomach Pain 😖

A person usually develops symptoms 12 to 48 hours after being exposed to norovirus. Most people with norovirus illness get better within 1 to 3 days, but they can still spread the virus for a few days after.


How Will I Feel with a Stomach Bug?
Norovirus causes inflammation of the stomach or intestines. This is called acute gastroenteritis. If you have norovirus illness, you can feel extremely ill, nauseous, light-headed, and vomit or have diarrhea many times a day. This can lead to dehydration, especially in young children, older adults, and people with other illnesses.


What is the Treatment for a Stomach Bug?
You should drink plenty of liquids to replace fluid lost from vomiting and diarrhea. This will help prevent dehydration. Sports drinks and other drinks without caffeine or alcohol can help with mild dehydration. However, these drinks may not replace important nutrients and minerals. Oral rehydration fluids that you can get over the counter are most helpful for mild dehydration. Dehydration can lead to serious problems. Severe dehydration may require hospitalization for treatment with fluids given through your vein (intravenous or IV fluids).


Tip for Avoiding a Stomach Bug
If no food or drink is allowed in your workplace because you work with medical electronics, and you've followed this rule for the two years you've worked there so far, and you've just started training a new employee (who seems a little nasty and unhygienic at times and gets around), don't decide to have a snack and break that rule right now and sneak in a Hershey's Kiss, because this new employee was apparently sick with a stomach bug and apparently she has not been washing her hands and she is touching the equipment you're touching and training her on and that means her feces (HER LITERAL POOP) got on the equipment, the robots, the computers, the same stuff you're touching, and then you go to grab a sneaky chocolate from your work smock's pocket, and unwrap it, and touch it with your apparently poopy fingers (I mean I guess it could be latent vomit, I think she said she was throwing up too), and then you put... it... in... your... mouth. And then you get a stomach bug. And you're in the bathroom stall with your back pressed up against the wall for a few minutes, then you need to crouch down on the ground in the stall for two minutes, and repeat, and repeat, breathing heavily, looking up at the ceiling like why, why, why, what is going on... with severe nausea, and every time you start to leave the stall, your bowels beg you to go back in, you get on the toilet, but nothing is happening, you get back up, and you feel dizzy, so unwell, and you're in the stall for OVER AN HOUR and when you are finally okay enough to come out, after having excavated nothing from either end, your other co-worker states, "I was wondering where you were, I was like, where'd she go?!" and you end up leaving work two hours early because you feel so sick and so unwell but you can't even drive home yet so you just sit in your car moaning in agony, letting the cool outside air caress you, and your boyfriend comes out to comfort you, and... not sure if I took the next day off, but I felt better maybe a day later. THANKS, disgusting new employee! 😊 Well. The ONE time I had a lil snack on the floor. That's my fault. But, other people did it often (shame on them, it's medical equipment!), so in comparison, I was fine. And then a week later the person you were training asks if you're okay and where you were and you explain and they say, "Ohhh I was feeling the same way a week ago!" And then you realize. And you discover what you had. And how you get it. And you are like... yeah I ate your sh*t.

Information provided by cdc.gov

About Reminsect Eggs

In keeping with ancient tradition, Reminsect eggs are commonly gifted to friends and newcomers to local communities, serving as a reminder of the kindness, generosity, and community that has kept Arkians together throughout their history.

About the Reminsect Creature

Despite their relatively recent rediscovery, Reminsects are symbols of the past. These ancient creatures have remained elusive for the past several centuries thanks to spending much of their time airborne. Before their existence was forgotten, Reminsect eggs were once believed to bring good luck, and ancient Arkians bestowed them as gifts during festivals. As this superstition faded, keeping Reminsects in captivity fell out of practice. The creature’s existence was never officially recorded until recently, after old documents alluding to this tradition were unearthed and sparked a new search for Reminsects. This also reignited the once-forgotten practice out of nostalgia for both Ark’s past and each Arkian’s humble beginnings.

Interestingly, these beetles retain the memories of their ancestors, meaning that even young Reminsects possess ancient knowledge of early Ark. This makes them a valuable asset for archaeologists hoping to uncover more about the island’s past, but studies are difficult because there is no direct means of communication. Archaeologists therefore study Reminsect behavior and songs—created with the faint humming of their wings—to make historical inferences, although they may never learn the full truth.