Stomach bug going around, so worried I might get it

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Somebody at work has 2 kids that have come down with a bad stomach bug, and I'm worried that she might be a potential carrier of the virus, and spreads it at work. We work in a care home so we are dealing with elderly patients with fragile immune systems, so I'm worried it might turn into one of those 2-week epidemic of vomiting and diarrhoea, which makes the job of working in a care home become the worst job in the world. This has happened once before, and it took 14-16 days for the horrible bug to get around the building, affecting about 98% of the patients.

Also a friend of mine (in her 20s with no kids) has wrote on Facebook that she's been vomiting all day and she added that she doesn't usually be sick. Then a friend commented saying "I had a bug for 10 days, so you probably got what I had".

So it looks like there's some sort of nasty stomach virus going around. I haven't vomited since I was 10, but I have a life-afflicting fear of vomiting, especially if it's from a bug. I hate it. What if I happen to pick it up? I can't cope with vomiting for 10 days! I would commit suicide.

Oh no!! ! I hope it doesnt make its way to eastern Canada. I dont want to be sick for that long. Thats way to long. I cant afford to get sick! Lets pray. Im not even religiouse.

Someone please talk to me and calm me down. Im terrified by this.

I read that drinking 3 glasses of grape juice a day can help prevent you from getting it. That sounds like complete pseudoscience to me, but I'd try almost anything once.

Unfortunately I don't really have any advice to give, but I understand - I also have a major fear of digestive upset (although personally, I'd rather be vomiting than have diarrhea). I can't even imagine trying to deal with working in a care home when almost all of the patients have a stomach bug, that must have been horrible. Sending good, anti-illness thoughts your way, and big dragon hugs - and for you as well, Sarahsmith.

I'm sorry to have frightened you,

I'm sure it won't make it's way to canada. It's just around Essex in the UK. I'm just hoping to God it will pass soon. The last thing I need is for it to start going around at work. If I don't turn up for 2 weeks because of this fear, they will most likely fire me, and I can't afford to lose my job.

I really don't know how people can survive when vomiting for 10 days. I've had influenza in less time than that! I do wish they'd find a vaccine for these stomach bugs. I'd have it, even if it cost £1,000.

Just because you have a bug for 10 days doesnt mean you would vomit for 10. I could be wrong.

Yep, that's true - there could be some time of milder nausea without vomiting, or just having a fever, or recovering strength afterward, that your friend may have factored into the 10 days. I've been fortunate enough not to have had a stomach bug since I was fourteen, but I believe most of them are only really bad for a day or two.

Admittedly I didn't think it is humanly possible to physically keep vomiting for 10 days. Surely you will get malnutrition and end up in hospital on a drip.

Hopefully the woman from work's sick children only had one of those 24-hour bugs what most adults can fight off, as she said that the children are eating again. And as far as I know she hasn't caught it.