Exclusive | Im in the hospital with the explosive diarrhea parasite I wouldnt wish this on my worst enemies

On the last Thursday of June, Cristy Cooper sat down on the toilet and immediately realized something was terribly wrong.What followed was unlike anything the 51-year-old had ever experienced.“The amount of pressure when it comes out,” she told The Post on a phone call from the hospital.“The force is crazy.”The Texas native is one of more than 140 people across the US who have recently contracted cyclosporiasis, an intestinal parasitic infection that causes, among other symptoms, explosive diarrhea and vomiting.Chatting to The Post from her hospital bed, she candidly revealed exactly how bad her bout of illness has been, Between May and June, 145 people ages 5 to 86 years across 20 states contracted the illness, according to the CDC — with New York reporting the highest number of cases, followed by Texas and Illinois.

The disease, caused by the Cyclospora cayetanensis parasite, is likely linked to various fresh, imported produce — but experts are not sure exactly what food exactly has led to some of the biggest clusters of cases.While no deaths have been reported, 40 people have reportedly been hospitalized, Cooper included.“I really didn’t do anything about it for the first few days, and then it just was unbearable,” she said, recounting her days and nights spent blasting the loudest farts of her life while enduring a relentless rush of poopy water.“Normally diarrhea would never send me to an ER.”Her first symptom was what she called “unbearable” diarrhea, which began on June 25.

It started with “a lot of, like, just basically water coming out the back end.” Cooper said she was stunned by the sheer force, speed and volume.“You know, like when you flush a public toilet, how it goes, ‘WHOOSH!’ That’s what I would liken it to, coming out of you.”Even sleep offered little relief.

“Here’s the bad part,” she recalled.“I shat myself twice in my sleep.

That was fun.”She felt it coming, but the force was simply too much....