tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338298233588226936.post2737549371944904401..comments2024-02-24T14:34:12.527-08:00Comments on Surviving In Sweden: Winter Puking DiseaseSurviving Swedenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10144843041249993603noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338298233588226936.post-2171898524005242872012-03-02T16:43:40.807-08:002012-03-02T16:43:40.807-08:00Im 21 and lived in sweden my whole life. and even ...Im 21 and lived in sweden my whole life. and even i didnt hear of the winter vomit disease until a few years ago. everyone i know had some puking disease a few times as a child (for like 2 days), but that name is just freaky. sounds crazy and scary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338298233588226936.post-50968751788244011552012-02-07T07:56:06.527-08:002012-02-07T07:56:06.527-08:00Er, sorry, I meant Saltistjejen. Don't know wh...Er, sorry, I meant Saltistjejen. Don't know where I got Desiree!sparklesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338298233588226936.post-48327220689851036672012-02-07T07:01:15.066-08:002012-02-07T07:01:15.066-08:00Oh, it's the same stomach flu that existed in ...Oh, it's the same stomach flu that existed in the 70's and 80's. It's just the evening papers making into this shock thing. They make it sound like EVERYONE is projectile vomiting.<br /><br />http://www.familjeliv.se/Forum-24-95/m57491293.html<br /><br />"Är vinterkräksjukan samma som kallades maginfluensa när jag var liten?<br />Ja! det var norovirus, eller möjligen sapovirus, astrovirus eller adenovirus, den gången också. Ordet vinterkräksjuka som började ersätta maginfluensa i Sverige i början av 2000-talet, kommer från engelskans winter vomiting disease som beskrevs första gången 1929 av forskaren J Zahorsky."<br /><br />Familjeliv might not be the best source but this is a pretty good fact thread.<br /><br />I do think, like Desiree said, that outbreaks could be worse now because of bigger groups at daycares, worse hygiene routines at hospitals, and some years, more potent virus strains.sparklesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338298233588226936.post-84730294717326650402012-02-07T02:54:36.384-08:002012-02-07T02:54:36.384-08:00Interesting, I didn't realize that. I live in ...Interesting, I didn't realize that. I live in fear of the candy dispensers and loose candy because of this wacky 'disease.' Glad to hear you don' have to struggle with it, I will try to avoid contaminating an entire cruise ship, so far my stomach is still hanging in there. Little Swede is still not a happy camper.Surviving Swedenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10144843041249993603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338298233588226936.post-87236721095278290002012-02-06T10:44:58.708-08:002012-02-06T10:44:58.708-08:00No, same with me. That disease did not exist when...No, same with me. That disease did not exist when I was a kid in the 70's and early 80's. Sure, we had the stomach flu every now and then, but not WVD. NOT at all. I grew up in Stockholm.<br />That is some kind of new phenomena. You are right, it is always called the Norovirius here, and cruise ships seem to be a good breeding ground for it. However, it hardly exists in the schools. I am very happy that it is not so widespread here.<br />GROSS, GROSS...I feel for you! WASH your hands!Annikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01167225462089870755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338298233588226936.post-78986246721326110522012-02-06T07:43:52.500-08:002012-02-06T07:43:52.500-08:00Well, I guess them most strange thing of all is th...Well, I guess them most strange thing of all is that I have no memory what-so-ever of this disease when I grew up. And neither do my friends the same age as me. People sometimes got a stomach bug but not regularly every year. This annual puking seems pretty new and modern. Have no idea why i started? Have discussed this with some of my friends but neither of us can come up with an explanation. To much indoor activity? More kids in each group at daycare? New and more potent viruses? More people commuting and spreading the virus on buses, trains and subway? Who knows?<br />Just hope you will make it this winter without catching it.<br />And b t w, here in US I think most diseases always are called some kind of abbreviation. Like so much else. Mostly a short version made of 3-4 letters.... ;-)<br />Keep clean and hand sanitized now!<br />:-)Saltistjejenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01442558537705396813noreply@blogger.com