At this point, I have no idea what Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. meant by “Make America Healthy Again.” In recent weeks, there’s been an outbreak of cyclospora, a parasite that causes explosive, watery diarrhea. Since the federal government has done literally nothing to address it, we figured we’d do our part by telling you everything you need to know about the parasite and how to avoid it.
What is Cyclospora?
Cyclospora is a parasite that causes a gastrointestinal illness called cyclosporiasis. According to NBC News, cyclosporiasis is a foodborne illness that causes vomiting, nausea, and severe watery diarrhea.
Essentially, it is far more aggressive than your average bout of food poisoning.
“If you get norovirus or something, you might have a rough 24 or 48 hours, but people with this parasite can be sick for weeks or sometimes even months with a sort of relapsing pattern, and so that can really wear down your body,” Dr. Caitlin Rivers, a public health researcher and senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, told CNN.
This aligns with an account given by Galenn Sekulich, a mom in Michigan who told USA Today about the symptoms she’s still enduring two weeks after being diagnosed with the illness.
“It felt like I had COVID fatigue because my body felt so weak, but then it also felt like I had norovirus that wasn’t ending,” she explained. “This has just lingered and lingered. It’s really hard to be sick for two weeks … You can’t stand up because you can’t eat, and your body’s so tired and fatigued.”
Source: Everything You Need To Know About The Cyclospora Outbreak
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