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Hi @Jade great question! This can be hard to differentiate, and not necessarily mutually exclusive because you can catch gastric flu from food prepared with suboptimal hygiene practices by someone with an ongoing gastric flu illness.
Factors like recent travel, consumption of unfresh food, symptoms of others that consumed the suspected meal, as well as other clinical features. Differentiation would ideally require a consult with a trained physician to determine as well as to propose recommended treatment.
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@klangers, you may want to get a CT scan to ensure the small bowel /right part of the large intestine is normal. If you have any altered bowel habits such as diarrhoea, constipation, or blood work up suggestive of anemia, good to consider colonoscopy as well. Hope this helps
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