{"id":29115,"date":"2024-02-27T13:11:33","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T07:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/cases-of-norovirus-or-stomach-flu-climb-steadily-across-us-this-is-the-season-for-it\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T13:11:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T07:41:33","slug":"cases-of-norovirus-or-stomach-flu-climb-steadily-across-us-this-is-the-season-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/cases-of-norovirus-or-stomach-flu-climb-steadily-across-us-this-is-the-season-for-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Cases of norovirus or stomach flu climb steadily across US: ‘This is the season for it’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Norovirus cases continue to climb across US<\/h4>\n

Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel joins ‘Fox & Friends’ to explain how norovirus spreads and how to treat it, and he discusses the growing frustration among diabetes patients as medications are in limited supply.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Cases of norovirus, also known as the stomach flu, are rising across the country.<\/p>\n

Specifically, in the northeastern U.S., positivity rates have hit 13.4% as of Feb. 17, as reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).<\/p>\n

Norovirus is very contagious, according to the CDC. It can cause diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and stomach pain.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The stomach bug can be spread through contaminated food or water, as well as through contact with sick people and contaminated surfaces.<\/p>\n

Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel addressed the uptick in cases during a Monday appearance on “Fox & Friends.”<\/p>\n

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Norovirus is very contagious, according to the CDC, and can cause diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and stomach pain.<\/span> (iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The NYU Langone physician said that while washing your hands is an effective prevention strategy, norovirus can still spread through food.<\/p>\n

“It gets in food, it gets in waste,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“People are touching each other\u2019s hands, food handlers spread it. It\u2019s spread indoors because everybody\u2019s indoors [during] the winter.”<\/p>\n

Siegel said he asked Mandy Cohen, the CDC’s director, on Sunday if the agency plans to test wastewater to examine virus spread, and her answer was “no.”<\/p>\n

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Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News medical contributor, joined “Fox & Friends” on Monday, Feb. 26, to discuss the spread of norovirus cases that is occurring right now.<\/span> (Fox News)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“That surprised me because we\u2019re starting to use wastewater analysis everywhere,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I think that that\u2019s probably a good idea.”<\/p>\n

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The “biggest problem” with norovirus, according to Siegel, is that it causes dehydration due to symptoms like vomiting and diarrhea.<\/p>\n

“The elderly end up in the hospital \u2013 100,000 of them a year,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s the most common kind of stomach flu we have [and] this is the season for it.”<\/p>\n

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Consuming electrolytes is “key” to preventing dehydration caused by norovirus, according to Dr. Siegel.<\/span> (iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

He added, “If you have these symptoms, it\u2019s norovirus.”<\/p>\n

To ensure proper hydration, Siegel recommended taking “something with electrolytes,” such as Gatorade or Pedialyte.<\/p>\n

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“Drink plenty of it,” he said. “That\u2019s the key to the treatment. [There’s] no vaccine, no pill for it.”<\/p>\n

There is no medication available to treat people with norovirus illness, the CDC stated on its website.<\/p>\n

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Angelica Stabile is a lifestyle writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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