Doctors report spike in Norovirus cases during warmer months

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AROUND 5 MPH.2-ROBERT:AN
ALARMING HEALTH TREND IN
WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
PEDIATRICIANS ARE REPORTING A
SPIKE IN THE NOROVIRUS. IT'S
THE SAME ILLNESS THAT STRUCK
THE ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL
BASEBALL TEAM EARLIER THIS
MONTH.2-SYDNEY:AS OUR GIGI
BARNETT EXPLAINS HEALTH
WORKERS SAY PARENTS OFTEN
MISTAKE THE HIGHLY-CONTAGIOUS
VIRUS FOR ANOTHER COMMON
SICKNESS.JOANNE PEACOCK IS ON
HIGH-ALERT.HER DAUGHTER'S
PRE-SCHOOL SENT HOME LETTERS
THIS WEEK WARNING OF A
NOROVIRUS OUTBREAK. "SHE WAS
IN CLASS WITH A FRIEND WHO HAD
THE NOROVIRUS. AND, IT WAS NOT
GOOD." SINCE THEN SHE'S BEEN
DOING EVERYTHING SHE CAN TO
KEEP THE VOMITING, STOMACH
CRAMPS AND DIARRHEA AT BAY.
"ALL WE CAN DO IS SANITIZE AND
CROSS OUR FINGERS." DOCTORS
HAVE CONFIRMED SEEING A SPIKE
IN CASES. DR. GODDY CORPUZ A
PEDIATRICIAN WITH BAYLOR,
SCOTT AND WHITE SAYS HE'S
TREATED TWO TO THREE EXTRA
CASES EVERY DAY THE LAST FEW
WEEKS. AND, THIS STOMACH BUG
IS OUT OF SEASON..."WE SEE
THAT MORE DURING THE WINTER
SEASON." // "IT'S USUALLY
PASSED FROM BAD HYGIENE
PRACTICES...CONTAMINATED FOOD
IS THE NUMBER ONE SOURCE."
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER
THIS MONTH WHEN SEVERAL
PLAYERS ON THE ROUND ROCK HIGH
SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM BECAME
SICK AFTER AN AWARDS BANQUET.
TURNS OUT NOROVIRUS WAS THE
CULPRIT.THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
SAYS IT'S AVERAGING ABOUT ONE
NEW CASE OF FOOD POISONING
EVERY WEEK.TO TELL THE
DIFFERENCE, DR. CORPUZ SAYS
THE NOROVIRUS CAN LINGER...
"YOU MAY BE SICK FOR 2 OR
THREE DAYS AND UP TO SEVEN
DAYS...BUT YOU CAN SHED THE
VIRUS IN THE STOOL A LOT
LONGER THAN THAT."WHICH MAKES
HAND WASHING THE BEST DEFENSE.
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Doctors report spike in Norovirus cases during warmer months

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