What is happening in your body that causes those cramp like pains during the flu/norovirus?
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Flu and norovirus are two different thing. Flu is short for influenza and is a respiratory infection. Flu gets tossed around for any kind of sickness it seems though. *slides soap box back*
The cramps from a GI/stomach bug are your abdominal muscles contracting to speed up the movement of material through the digestive system. Your immune system is heavily present in the digestive system and when it detects a pathogen it has to void it quickly. The process is useful, but not pleasant. Your muscles begin pushing to propel things forward in an effort to get rid of the infection source. Hence why we have diarrhea and vomiting.
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