USA swim workforce recovering from abdomen bug at World Aquatics Championships : NPR

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Vincent Thian/AP USA Swimming workforce members are recovering from acute gastroenteritis as they compete within the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, a spokesperson for the workforce instructed NPR on Sunday.

The workforce's medical workers has been "treating these experiencing signs and advising the workforce on additional preventative and restoration measures," Nikki Warner, senior communications director for USA Swimming, mentioned. Warner didn't say which swimmers have been impacted or how they contracted the virus.

Acute gastroenteritis, typically known as a abdomen bug, is an sickness that may result in diarrhea, nausea, abdomen ache and vomiting, based on the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention. It may be attributable to viruses such because the norovirus, micro organism reminiscent of E. coli, parasites together with giardia, and sure medicines or toxins.

The norovirus alone causes 685 million circumstances of acute gastroenteritis worldwide every year, the CDC additionally says. Traveler's diarrhea, a standard type of acute gastroenteritis, can happen from contaminated meals or water. Some circumstances of acute gastroenteritis are handled with IV fluids and drugs together with antibiotics. It's unknown what kind of gastroenteritis USA swim workforce members are recovering from.

Some workforce members missed occasions over the weekend. Torri Huske, 22 years previous and an Olympic gold medalist, didn't compete within the ladies's 100m butterfly warmth on Sunday to "prioritize her efforts within the 4x100m freestyle relay," USA Swimming mentioned on social media late Saturday. Claire Weinstein, 18 years previous and likewise an Olympian, didn't race within the ladies's 400m freestyle.

Huske, together with fellow workforce members Kate Douglass, Erin Gemmell and Simone Manuel, received the silver medal within the ladies's 4x100m freestyle relay on Sunday.

"It means lots," Manuel mentioned in a press release on profitable the medal. "I believe the workforce has undoubtedly needed to be adaptable and resilient, and for us to nonetheless put up a strong time and put collectively actually good splits is one thing that we will be actually pleased with, given the circumstances we have now needed to take care of."

USA Swimming members Patrick Sammon, Jack Alexy, Jonny Kulow and Chris Guiliano additionally positioned within the males's 4x100m freestyle relay class, profitable a bronze medal. And Katie Ledecky received the bronze medal within the ladies's 400m freestyle race.

The USA swim workforce is "planning to race and carry out to the very best of our capability for the remainder of the meet," Warner additionally mentioned.