{"id":5129,"date":"2016-08-08T11:49:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T09:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/?p=5129"},"modified":"2020-06-03T14:34:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T13:34:02","slug":"swedish-stomach-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/swedish-stomach-flu\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedes Fear “Magsjuka”, The Common Stomach Flu"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Fear<\/a><\/p>\n

No one wants to be ill. Including Swedes. But there is one illness they particularly try to avoid, “magsjuka<\/em>“, the stomach flu.<\/p>\n

What happens when you have magsjuka<\/em><\/h3>\n

It’s when the content of your digestive system splits up in two parties. One leaving your body the way it entered it. The other party taking the backdoor. Both seem to be in a hurry. Which makes you hurry to the bathroom, and stay there for a while until you can return to your bed, drink tea and continue watching streamed movies from the internet.<\/p>\n

Most Swedes have it during the autumn\/winter season. Even I had it once. And I can tell you – it was a blast.<\/p>\n

What happens to you have stomach flu in Sweden<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s not only unpleasant clinical condition (for 1-3 days) It is also a bad thing to have because people around you will treat and avoid you like a zombie.<\/span><\/p>

\"Book<\/a><\/div>\n

In Sweden you often hear the word magsjuka<\/em> in connection with the following words…<\/p>\n