HS readers tell about their fierce norovirus experiences

Norovirus cases are Currently on the rise in Finlandand the epidemic peak is expected in March, HS told HS on Friday the Department of Health and Welfare (THL) Haider al-hello.

However, the situation is calm compared to last year.

There were 217 cases statistics statistics in January and 328 in February, compared with 498 and 888. There were 955 cases in March last year.

However, the actual amount of disease is significantly higher, as only about 10-20 % of cases of disease end up in health care statistics.

Norovirus The cause of the disease usually begins suddenly with nausea and vomiting. Symptoms of the disease also include diarrhea and abdominal pain, as well as rarely fever or muscle pain.

HS interviewed two readers who caused the virus to have severe disease.

Helsinki Kirsi Manninen Feeling ill in Norovirus in late January.

She got the disease from her daughter who became ill a day earlier. Manninen suspects that the virus grabbed an 18-year-old daughter at school.

Next up was Kirsi Manninen himself. The disease began with vomiting, and soon an invitation to the table was also an invitation.

« It was that when you vomited, you couldn't prevent it from coming from the other end, » Manninen describes.

The situation continued to the same from ten to 10am to the morning.

“Then I really spent my time over there. At some point, the bowl was so weak that I was wondering if it was fainting. That the knock on my head to the floor of the toilet. ”

Manninen says he was trying to sleep on the toilet floor whenever he was not in the box or vomiting.

“The next day was pretty reported then. Had to sleep. ”

The feeling of being weak continued for a few more days at Manninen. Even the food began to taste until Monday, when the disease had struck late Friday night.

Manninen says he noticed a bruise in his eyelid on Sunday evening, to which he did not come up with an explanation. Later, because of another thing, he went to a doctor where the bruise came up.

The doctor thought that the hemorrhage had probably been caused by the pressure caused by severe vomiting in the head area.

Frenzied The recently suffered from stomach disease from Helsinki to Espoo Lasse Viljanenwhose norovirus infection began to symptomatic last Sunday and Monday night.

The virus infection hit a particularly bad time as it was « disgusting » and had to be an important week in a fresh workplace.

According to Viljanen, the move went « everything wrong ».

“A big truck was ordered, but there was an old transit (package car) and a trailer,” says Viljanen.

« After all, that move turned into a four -hour well -planned change into a hell of at least eight hours and another week, because not all the goods were made. »

Viljanen says she was tired on Sunday after moving to midnight on Saturday night. When he woke up, he noticed how « nothing in the body acted and stayed inside. »

« At that point, when that twig started to come out very carefully, then I realized that now things weren't good at all. »

Monday morning Viljanen had to get out of the recent work because of her illness.

« It doesn't sound nice to call a new boss on Monday morning that it is a bit confusing that I can't. »

As Viljanen had just moved, she had to get sick in the midst of migration.

“Everything was lost. There was no TV or remote control. Only a cellphone, where I watched the news and spun somebody. ”

Viljanen's home did not operate either the Internet or the microwave oven.

« The food did not stay inside and the lamps were not properly installed. »

« When you hug the porcelain on both sides and, after all, lie on your knees in a fiery shower when you feel so terrible, it comes to mind very gloomy thoughts. »

Cereal says he couldn't sleep for three nights at all because he « weighed on the bathroom floor ».

« Then I was messed up like a wall clock, » he says.

On Thursday, Viljanen visited occupational health, where he was able to sleep with the help of his sleeping pills. In the evening he was also able to eat.

Viljanen says that during her illness, her blood pressure was clearly overwhelming at higher readings. The doctor estimates that this was due to migration stress, illness, eating and supervision.

An avid athlete also noticed that his power level decreased as the illness dried the body.

« You will notice that the muscles become atrophied and the forces go. »

On Friday, Viljanen was able to return to work. Now life looks brighter. He was about to return to sports as early as Saturday.

Norovirus Viljanen describes as a horrible illness.

« It was a pleasant experience once and for all, » he throws sarcastically.