{"id":1972,"date":"2023-03-23T12:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T12:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2023-03-23T12:06:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T12:06:03","slug":"shigella-vs-norovirus-whats-the-difference-between-these-stomach-bugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=1972","title":{"rendered":"Shigella vs. Norovirus: What&#8217;s the Difference Between These &#8216;Stomach Bugs&#8217;?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-54.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1973\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-54.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-54.png 750w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-54-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-54-370x247.png 370w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-54-293x196.png 293w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-54-120x80.png 120w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-54-240x160.png 240w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-54-390x261.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Francesco Carta \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-1\">If you\u2019ve come down with a gnarly stomach bug recently, you\u2019re not alone. The United States currently has a surge of infections by two pathogens that can cause uncomfortable digestive-related symptoms:&nbsp;<em>Shigella<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/sanitize-how-to-get-rid-of-norovirus-3987373\">norovirus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-3\">Norovirus cases hit a 12-month high in recent weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).<sup>1<\/sup>&nbsp;The agency has also reported a rise in&nbsp;<em>Shigella<\/em>&nbsp;infections (shigellosis)\u2014particularly those that are alarmingly resistant to antibiotics.<sup>2<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-5\">While both\u00a0<em>Shigella<\/em>\u00a0and norovirus are commonly referred to as \u201cstomach bugs\u201d\u2014as they do bear some similarities\u2014they have some core differences in terms of transmission, symptoms, duration, and treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/shigella-vs-norovirus-7368516\">https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/shigella-vs-norovirus-7368516<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve come down with a gnarly stomach bug recently, you\u2019re not alone. The United States currently has a surge of infections by two pathogens that can cause uncomfortable digestive-related symptoms:&nbsp;Shigella&nbsp;and&nbsp;norovirus. Norovirus cases hit a 12-month high in recent weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).1&nbsp;The agency has also reported a rise in&nbsp;Shigella&nbsp;infections (shigellosis)\u2014particularly those that are alarmingly resistant to antibiotics.2 While both\u00a0Shigella\u00a0and norovirus are commonly referred to as \u201cstomach bugs\u201d\u2014as they do bear some similarities\u2014they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conditions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1974,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972\/revisions\/1974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}