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Stomach bug rising culprit in Midlands misery index
Posted: Sunday, February 3, 2013 1:39 pm
By Julie Anderson WORLD-HERALD Service
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"We have seen a spike in what I would say is gastroenteritis," said Dr. Michael Greene of the Alegent Creighton Clinic in Omaha's Old Market.
While it's the season for such illnesses, he said, cases have been "a little more so than normal for this time of year." Alegent Creighton, in fact, has noted an uptick throughout its system.
At the University of Nebraska Medical Center's family medicine clinic, Dr. Mindy Lacey said she, too, had seen an increase.
Children's Physicians had some clinics seeing an increase and some holding steady, a spokeswoman said.
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So far this season, the state has received reports of 19 outbreaks, 13 confirmed with lab tests.
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http://www.norfolkdailynews.com/new...cle_40991b66-6e39-11e2-9db3-0019bb30f31a.html
Posted: Sunday, February 3, 2013 1:39 pm
By Julie Anderson WORLD-HERALD Service
...
"We have seen a spike in what I would say is gastroenteritis," said Dr. Michael Greene of the Alegent Creighton Clinic in Omaha's Old Market.
While it's the season for such illnesses, he said, cases have been "a little more so than normal for this time of year." Alegent Creighton, in fact, has noted an uptick throughout its system.
At the University of Nebraska Medical Center's family medicine clinic, Dr. Mindy Lacey said she, too, had seen an increase.
Children's Physicians had some clinics seeing an increase and some holding steady, a spokeswoman said.
...
So far this season, the state has received reports of 19 outbreaks, 13 confirmed with lab tests.
...
Full text:
http://www.norfolkdailynews.com/new...cle_40991b66-6e39-11e2-9db3-0019bb30f31a.html