"Cyclosporiasis is caused by eating food or drinking water contaminated by feces containing the parasite. Historically, people would acquire it outside the United States.
However, of the 190 cases reported to public health authorities between the start of May and the middle of June, 145 involve someone who hasn't traveled beyond US borders in the last couple of weeks."
Just say it, the US is a shithole country now so of course we are starting to get awful diseases locally.
Does this have anything to do with how we deregulated all the food production and gutted the FDA and replaced everyone there with lobbiests from the companies that produce food? Or something like that?
5th dimension antimatter fluoride worms. I'm calling it now. That's why CERN moved the antimatter across campus to flush it into the underworld system.
I didn’t think “explosive diarrhea” was a real term. Not surprising though, water treatment has been failing infrastructure for many years. Flint Michigan put it in the public eye, and it’s gotten much, much worse.
My tap water goes through months of smelling funny at a time where I get nervous that it is unsafe to drink. I thought about buying a filter for the tap like a Brita filter or something...but my (admittedly very minimal) research showed that these only filter out things like mineral contaminants. Bacteria and other pathogens don't seem to get filtered out by most standard filters that people are using. It's just that they filter out the hard water.
I'm not Chief O'Brien but I use a reverse-osmosis water filter installed under the sink, that has its own drinking water tap. It has 6 or 7 stages of filters and a pressurized tank to hold a few gallons of filtered water. And it does remove bacteria, chlorine, fluoride, lead, and pretty much everything but water. I installed it about 10 years ago and it was a fantastic investment. It cost under $200 if I recall, and the yearly cost for filters is about $50 to $100 to have unlimited pure water. Filters must be replaced every 6-12 months, except for some like the RO membrane that lasts 2-3 years.
I used to live outside of Dallas and they had an algae bloom during the summer in whatever reservoir that would make the ice maker reek of garlic for a few months a year in the summer.
Yeah I suspect it is something benign but similar like that. Problem is that I really don't know that I have a way to know for sure. And anecdotally, my recurrent stomach issues significantly reduced once I stopped drinking my tap water. Mine smells like pond water tho instead of garlic lol.
No, it's not my water heater. I had it replaced and the new heater smelled the exact same even when brand new before any possible sediment accumulation.
A reverse osmosis system is probably your best bet. You can pour pond water in them and run lab tests with the results. Its basically distilled water though, so you want to make sure you get your minerals somewhere.
I don't really think the origin of an outbreak that is spanning a third of the continental US, with the speed it apparently is, as geographically scattered as this seems to be, is a "water system" issue.
Cyclosporiasis is a disease caused by infection with Cyclospora cayetanensis, a pathogenic apicomplexanprotozoan transmitted by feces or feces-contaminated food and water.^[1]^Outbreaks have been reported due to contaminated fruits and vegetables. Because the oocysts of Cyclospora must sporulate in the environment for 1–2 weeks before they become infectious, direct person to person transmission is very unlikely,^[2]^ but it can be a hazard for travelers as a cause of diarrhea.
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Cause
Cyclosporiasis primarily affects humans and other primates. When an oocyst of Cyclospora cayetanensis enters the small intestine, it invades the mucosa, where it incubates for about one week. After incubation, the infected person begins to experience severe watery diarrhea, bloating, fever, stomach cramps, and muscle aches.^[citation needed]^
The parasite particularly affects the jejunum of the small intestine. Of nine patients in Nepal who were diagnosed with cyclosporiasis, all had inflammation of the lamina propria along with an increase of plasma in the lamina propria. Oocysts were also observed in duodenal aspirates.^[3]^
Oocysts are often present in the environment as a result of using contaminated water or human feces as fertilizer.
66 Comments
HeyJoe@lemmy.world · 161 pts · 46d
"Cyclosporiasis is caused by eating food or drinking water contaminated by feces containing the parasite. Historically, people would acquire it outside the United States.
However, of the 190 cases reported to public health authorities between the start of May and the middle of June, 145 involve someone who hasn't traveled beyond US borders in the last couple of weeks."
Just say it, the US is a shithole country now so of course we are starting to get awful diseases locally.
Pinkie_Toe@lemmy.world · 62 pts · 46d
...sharting to get awful diseases...am I right?!?
foxwolf@pawb.social · 27 pts · 45d
Does this have anything to do with how we deregulated all the food production and gutted the FDA and replaced everyone there with lobbiests from the companies that produce food? Or something like that?
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 45d
Couldn't be.
snoons@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 45d
Yeah, that's just the free market. The invisible hand.
DisasterTransport@startrek.website · 11 pts · 45d
See? Not the first time. Last time it happened was 2 years into-
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 45d
The fuck are you doing, America?!
CannonFodder@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 45d
Washing hands is woke!
stick2urgunz08@lemmy.zip · 60 pts · 46d
A true shitpost. As I’m taking a shit, no less. Bravo.
toynbee@piefed.social · 20 pts · 45d
In all honesty, you should probably leave it behind.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 45d
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 45d
Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 41 pts · 46d
Oh nos, better ask RFK what we should do. I'm sure he will know the answer...
ccunning@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 46d
Go for a swim in a cesspool to build up your tolerance
Obviously
Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 46d
Hmm, thought for sure there would be some racoon dick involved but a nice swamp swim sounds about right.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 45d
Quick everyone jump in the reflecting pool
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 45d
Build up his tolerance so that he can poison us all
markz@suppo.fi · 12 pts · 45d
Build immunity by snorting the leftover sprays from the seat.
rounding_error@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 45d
Better load up on more horse paste…
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 45d
Wait but this exact disease is literally what ivermectin treats successfully lol
snoons@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 45d
Well now I don't want it! >:(
rounding_error@lemmy.today · -2 pts · 45d
Yes, in horses
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 45d
And in humans, it's one of the most essential medications in developing nations
peripheralneuropathy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 45d
5th dimension antimatter fluoride worms. I'm calling it now. That's why CERN moved the antimatter across campus to flush it into the underworld system.
thorhop@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 45d
This was the worms plan all along...
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 45d
Swim in it!
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 24 pts · 46d
Even Mother Nature is exposing the US is a shithole.
cattywampas@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 45d
Wouldn't this be mother nature helping the US to be a shithole? The disease is nature.
Paddy_NI@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 45d
Hasn't there been a "surge of explosive diarrhea" running the country since the 20th of January 2025?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 45d
that's technically a bolus of explosive diarrhea
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 21 pts · 45d
At this point, the shitpost comm is going to be able to just actually focus on literal shit related stories.
reality is enshitttifying aughguhah!
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 45d
Headline hits differently if you read it while on the toilet.
HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 45d
Especially if you have diarrhea 🤣
HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 45d
Who needs a poop knife, I have diarrhea!
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 45d
It's and old reference, sir, but it checks out.
Gates9@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 46d
I didn’t think “explosive diarrhea” was a real term. Not surprising though, water treatment has been failing infrastructure for many years. Flint Michigan put it in the public eye, and it’s gotten much, much worse.
BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 45d
That and decades of deregulating and vertically integrating the food supply.
Sirdubdee@piefed.social · 13 pts · 45d
The Noah Kahan concert I incident makes more sense now.
AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 45d
SARGE@startrek.website · 10 pts · 45d
cattywampas@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 45d
Idk what kind of water filter you're using, but it's probably not filtering out bacteria.
SARGE@startrek.website · 4 pts · 45d
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 45d
You might filter small quantities expensively that way, but not your bathing water.
Nindelofocho@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 45d
Good thing drinking bathwater isint a thing…right?
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 45d
water filters won't filter out bacteria or viruses. Most of them just remove chloride ions, which then encourages bacterial growth.
dingus@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 45d
My tap water goes through months of smelling funny at a time where I get nervous that it is unsafe to drink. I thought about buying a filter for the tap like a Brita filter or something...but my (admittedly very minimal) research showed that these only filter out things like mineral contaminants. Bacteria and other pathogens don't seem to get filtered out by most standard filters that people are using. It's just that they filter out the hard water.
What do you use?
KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 45d
I think the only real answer is RO and UV filtration.
RO won't remove everything, but UV will kill everything.
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 45d
Great, time to reroute the house plumbing through the aquarium UV.
RaoulDook@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 45d
I'm not Chief O'Brien but I use a reverse-osmosis water filter installed under the sink, that has its own drinking water tap. It has 6 or 7 stages of filters and a pressurized tank to hold a few gallons of filtered water. And it does remove bacteria, chlorine, fluoride, lead, and pretty much everything but water. I installed it about 10 years ago and it was a fantastic investment. It cost under $200 if I recall, and the yearly cost for filters is about $50 to $100 to have unlimited pure water. Filters must be replaced every 6-12 months, except for some like the RO membrane that lasts 2-3 years.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 45d
RO water is not sterile.
You need RO + UV , but most people don't change the UV bulbs frequently enough.
BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 45d
I used to live outside of Dallas and they had an algae bloom during the summer in whatever reservoir that would make the ice maker reek of garlic for a few months a year in the summer.
dingus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 45d
Yeah I suspect it is something benign but similar like that. Problem is that I really don't know that I have a way to know for sure. And anecdotally, my recurrent stomach issues significantly reduced once I stopped drinking my tap water. Mine smells like pond water tho instead of garlic lol.
No, it's not my water heater. I had it replaced and the new heater smelled the exact same even when brand new before any possible sediment accumulation.
BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 45d
A reverse osmosis system is probably your best bet. You can pour pond water in them and run lab tests with the results. Its basically distilled water though, so you want to make sure you get your minerals somewhere.
SARGE@startrek.website · 2 pts · 45d
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 45d
or, aside from removing chloride, you didn't need it.
Railing5132@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 42d
I don't really think the origin of an outbreak that is spanning a third of the continental US, with the speed it apparently is, as geographically scattered as this seems to be, is a "water system" issue.
Darkard@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 45d
It's just Trump on a rally tour again. Explosive Diarrhea is his SS codename.
grte@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 46d
Make America healthy again, huh.
haha
HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 45d
That really is an unfortunate title.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 4 pts · 45d
Huh... I thought that was just people setting off fireworks early.
Edit: So immediately after posting this comment, I got a text from my apartment management about not setting off fireworks in the complex. Spooky.
snoons@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 45d
WE'RE ALWAYS WATCHING, CITIZEN.
sirico@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 45d
Fire in the hole
RaoulDook@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 45d
Don't forget your raincoat or umbrella when you go out!
Archimedes@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 45d
Everyone get inside!
Hikermick@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 45d
Can confirm had diarrhea this morning
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 45d
norovirus? implosive diarrhea.
Saapas@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 46d
Shart in the mart wasn't a meme after all
PostsFromWikipedia@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 43d
diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 43d
Top tier shitpost