Stomach problems, vomiting, diorrhea for several days, food poisoning?!

Stomach problems, vomiting, diorrhea for several days, food poisoning?

So, on Wednesday night I start feeling sick and tired, getting occasional stomach cramps.

On Thursday night, I ended up vomiting. By this morning (Saturday), it was firing out my other end.

Now, I've had mild food poisoning symptoms before but after vomiting or a few trips to the bathroom, things usually clear up. The difference is this time that although the nausea has passed, I'm still getting stomach cramps and I have no desire to eat (or smoke, same part of the brain involved?).

So, if its still with me by Monday, I will be going to see the doctor but my main question is :

How long can food poisoning (assuming thats what this is) stay in your system like this? Or could this just be a stomach bug I picked up?

2 weeks ago
Well, its lasted longer than 48 hours now and the only symptom that has gone is the nausea so I will assume that I have some sort of food poisoning issue, will go see the doc on Monday.

Thanks for your replies.

sounds like norovirus. it is usually spread through hand contact , food, and can live for a long time on surfaces, even after they have been cleaned. do your best to take care of your immune system, drink lots of water, try to get some calories into yourself. DO Not have contact with anybody, especially children and the elderly, as it can be deadly to them. quarentine yourself as much as possible, and if you do have to go out for food or something, try not to touch anything and wash your hand a lot to not infect anyone. when youre feeling better, reallly clean your place. if you work in food service take as much time off as you can- you may still be contagious up to ten days. many people do not take it seriously, and that is why norovirus is so common and spreads so quickly. good luck! i know you're suffering, but itll be over soon