Explosive diarrhea parasite sufferers detail horrific realities of infection: Pure water coming out of you

Thousands across the US have caught the “explosive diarrhea” parasite this summer.Folks who have caught the bug are sharing what it’s actually like, from feeling nauseous for weeks on end before “living” on the toilet, expelling “pure water” nonstop.“It’s bad.

Literally just pure water coming out of you,” user Brixie02 wrote on a New Jersey Reddit forum.“Not like regular diarrhea.

You feel super weak.”As of Monday, 4,173 people across the US have gotten cyclosporiasis, and it’s sent 308 people to the hospital.At least 41 states are reporting cases of the food poisoning parasite.

Some people have dealt with it for over a month.User LeadingCommon2239 said theirs has lasted that long.

Now they’re on antibiotics, which helped, but they could tell it’s far from over.“The cramps are still there and the gas IS INSANE,” they wrote.“I feel so uneasy every day.

Like gas gets trapped in places I’ve never had issues before and it is scary because it is painful.”User m_alice88’s husband had a similar experience with diarrhea in “bouts” over many days.“It’s not always severe and ‘explosive,'” they said.“For him, the diarrhea was on and off but for like 10+ days in a row, plus bloat, weight loss, etc.

and when he did have a bout, it was very watery.”Labretrievermom says they had two weeks of diarrhea before people at work started testing positive for it.The user says they went on antibiotics after testing positive for cyclospora and two strains of E.

coli.The CDC says cases are only expected to rise.That’s because cyclospora can incubate in a person for weeks before they start showing symptoms and seek help.But also because even at the doctor’s office, it’s hard to diagnose.

Routine stool tests miss the parasite.Anonniemuss has dealt with cyclospora coming and going three times over the last month.Their first wave landed them in the ER with an $850 copay, they said.“It was the worst stomach cramps I had ev...