Norovirus is currently affecting patients on a ward at St Mary’s Hospital, the Isle of Wight NHS Trust has confirmed.
There are currently a small number of cases on one of the hospital’s wards, which has not been named.
Norovirus, also called the winter vomiting bug, is a stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhoea. It can be very unpleasant but usually goes away in about 2 days.
Islanders who have experienced illness recently are being asked not to visit patients at the hospital.
Check if you have norovirus
The main symptoms of norovirus are:
- feeling sick (nausea)
- diarrhoea
- being sick (vomiting)
You may also have:
- a high temperature of 38C or above
- a headache
- aching arms and legs
The symptoms start suddenly within 1 to 2 days of being infected.
For more information about norovirus and how to treat it at home visit https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/norovirus/.
Personal hygiene.. folk don’t all wash their hands after going to the loo.
Should nurses really be wearing their uniforms home and back to work again … it goes on and on!
Neither do many sanitize their hands with the free gel provided at the Hospital entrances.
You never did get better did you !!
Muppet.
don’t call people muppets what are you from Manchester or somthing
Norovirus is caused by direct contact with human poo
okay what ever trever
The “” hospital”” is like a over crowded community centre, people still smoking outside, popping in for a coffee etc
More bad cleeners.
Again u speak utter rubbish as always
stop MONING
Yeah now you go to get sepsis