I woke up around 3am with severe pains in my stomach this morning. Strangely my hands were all red and itching like crazy. Nothing I did would stop the itching, it was like hives or something. Eventually I began to feel nauseous and sick. I spent the next hour running back and forth to the bathroom vomiting and passing watery diarrhea.

I suspected it was a pizza I had eaten earlier, on which I had used some cheese which I'd had hanging around for a while and had left out overnight on the side. I thought it possible a bacteria colony might of been in it perhaps and given me a dose of gastroenteritis.

My temperature shot up such that my face and ears felt like they were burning, and a strange red rash developed over my body, particularly around the elbows, forearms, abdomen and knees, oddly.

At this point I began to wonder if I was having an allergic reaction to an antibiotic cream I used on my face and ear before I had gone to bed. I even considered whether I should call 999 as I began to feel quite unwell like I was about to blackout at one point.

After I vomited a few more times and got whatever it was out of my system I took a bath and then I began to feel a bit better and rested in bed. The rash gradually subsided and when I woke up I was back to my normal self. Hope I never have to go through that again!

Posted on 2 August 2010