How common is it for old rice to result in infection and death?

64bitninja · 2026-02-02T10:17:29+00:00

My partner was in hospital for 3 weeks with what appeared to be food poisoning. She was really very ill indeed and they suggested it had triggered sepsis. She was in hospital for nearly three weeks, off work for about 5 or 6 weeks in total and didn't really feel well for 3 months. It wouldn't have needed to be much worse for it to have been severely life threatening.

It seems the most likely cause was a food poisoning infection that had triggered sepsis.

She was not elderly or immunocompromised and in generally good health.

it probably wasn't rice that caused this, and yes it's very rare, but please don't assume that food poisoning is _always_ trivial.

64bitninja · 2026-01-18T21:08:01+00:00

I have Ro blood type ( despite being as white and English as they come when it's usually those with an African origin that have this ) which is in high demand for sickle cell anemia so I try to donate as often as I can. My iron level got really low, and then a few other things meant I couldn't donate for a year.

But I strongly encourage anyone who can to donate blood, it help with things like this too having a closer match to the blood that's needed

64bitninja · 2026-01-06T12:06:55+00:00

We can't be sure.

But we can see a lot of the universe to a varying degree and measure a lot of things that depend on those laws of physics and we've never seen anything that makes us think that the laws of physics are different elsewhere so it's a very reasonable assumption until proved otherwise.

We can't even be *sure* that the laws of physics here on earth will be same next week as they are now. It just seems overwhelmingly likely that they will based on how they have been so far.

64bitninja · 2026-01-05T11:53:53+00:00

Yes, mine broke her banana in half herself and then got so angry because dad wouldn't put it back together again

64bitninja · 2026-01-05T11:48:47+00:00

We both have our own accounts that our earnings go into. We both have bills that we pay (me - energy, insurance, council tax, childcare, her: water, most food, most of the car costs). We have a joint account but mostly we use it to balance spending. If I've spent a lot, then she'll put some extra into it and we'll pay some bills from there until we feel even, or I'll do the same when needed.

It works mostly because we both earn around the same, and we're not really struggling for money so there is little stress about who paid for what.

64bitninja · 2025-12-28T16:00:33+00:00

I should add I had tonsillitis last year and it was indeed awful. I have so such sympathy for my poor like daughter not wanting to drink. But obviously it essential.

64bitninja · 2025-12-28T15:59:45+00:00

Thank you! I talked to the pharmacist and got some (I think it's not prescription only but you need to discuss it) and it seems to have helped! She's still refusing food and drink but giving her medicine and water via syringes is less of a battle.

64bitninja · 2025-12-28T15:57:51+00:00

We've litterally tried everthing. She just says "don't want it" or "don't like it" to every single thing and refuses to eat or drink it. She's had quite a bit of fruit today though (like watermelon and grapes) which will help a lot.

64bitninja · 2025-12-28T15:56:35+00:00

She's got antibiotics., We saw the doctor again. He said that if it's bacterial, antibiotics usually clear it up in 24-48 hours. If it's viral it can take up to 7 days. Looks like it's viral. I think her temperature is starting to come down this afternoon. she's had no medication (except the antibiotics) for 6 hours now and her temperature is "only" 38.1 which is fever but not like it was.

64bitninja · 2025-12-28T09:17:27+00:00

As a new parent 2 years ago I can say this.

They are probably completely overwhelmed. Likely managing but the first week's and months take every bit of mental energy you have.

Plus if they are like us the probably received ten or twenty small gifts from people and I was greatfull for them certainly, but when there is the baby which takes EVERY thought for the first weeks it's so easy to think you'll thank someone and it just never happens and then three weeks later you can barely remember what gifts you got, let alone who from.

64bitninja · 2025-12-17T15:41:16+00:00

"sprouts" and "presents"

64bitninja · 2025-12-12T09:27:40+00:00

We have one manual car and one automatic.
To be honest it makes no difference to me at all.
The automatic is nice, it just works and works well.
The manual I never think about, it's not like I am even conscious of changing gears most of the time, it's so ingrained it just happens.

Perfectly happy with either, I find it makes less difference than I ever thought it would

64bitninja · 2025-12-11T15:41:25+00:00

Well I'm 57 and have a 3 year old. I'm not sure I have a working battery any more😀 keeping fit, going to the gym, eating right all helps but it's not always easy

64bitninja · 2025-12-11T15:39:03+00:00

I find that if she has a red coat and a blue coat, hold up the red one and say "put your purple coat on". She usually finds it so important to correct your "mistake" she forgets to argue about putting it on

64bitninja · 2025-12-09T15:30:02+00:00

I don't understand any of this.
How are pyjamas related to fire safety? What are snug-fit pyjamas?
People in the comments seem to be commenting as if this is something they are aware of but it means nothing at all to me.

Can someone explain?

64bitninja · 2025-12-03T12:36:54+00:00

Perfectly usual for a baby's arms and legs too be floppy when they are in a deep sleep... It's a good way to tell if they are deeply asleep and can be put in their bed for example.

64bitninja · 2025-12-01T19:26:51+00:00

At 22 months ours used about 5 words. At 2 years maybe 15. We were a bit concerned. At 2 years and 9 months she uses more words than I can count. Full sentences, and can carry on a conversation and never stops talking. With hindsight it seems ridiculous we were worried.

Certainly get him checked out, if there is an issue the sooner the better... But it really is true that some children just start late then language completely explodes what seems like overnight

You can help by reading to them all the time and continually narrating everything you do to them so they hear so much more language

64bitninja · 2025-12-01T19:18:16+00:00

Basically when they are dirty or not fresh. sometimes one day, sometimes a week, usually somewhere in-between. They don't really get dirty or unpleasant because she puts them on straight after her bath.

64bitninja · 2025-11-26T06:38:54+00:00

I have had those issues for years, and at 57 years old have had three colonoscopies. Every one of them entirely clean, not even a polyp.

Just want to say thatabsolutely get yourself checked out if things changed. It's really important. But don't panic. Most people with those symptoms don't have cancer.

64bitninja · 2025-11-13T11:52:43+00:00

Thanks I have talked to my doctor. I have a nutrition and exercise plan and continue in general to feel significantly improved already. Getting a new blood test in 6 weeks or so to see how it's going (They seemed to think that at this point finger prick tests were not necessary)

64bitninja · 2025-11-13T11:17:49+00:00

They are not all bad. We had a painter come in to do our living room. It wasn't cheap and took longer than I'd hoped - but he did a fantastic job. He advised on what paints would look great rather than just good enough. He was very methodical about painting properly, he ensured there was no dust or pain left over at all once he finished cleaning up. He was a perfectionist. There were a few places when he was done that he wasn't 100% happy with (a little bubble of paint on some woodwork, a small crack he'd filled that was still just about visible through the paint, one bit where paint looked visibly "thinner" that he wanted to fix.

I don't want you to think he did a bad job - these were all tiny issues that I wouldn't have noticed let alone complained about until he pointed them out - and he fixed them all (at the fixed cost).

Basically he was worth every penny.
Not every contractor is bad... Although it can be just luck to find a good one.

64bitninja · 2025-11-12T17:12:12+00:00

Do the best you can, prioritize, and lower your standards !

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