--- title: Tummy bugs and tummy aches — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Tummy bugs and tummy aches», a lesson of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A tummy bug, gastroenteritis, is an infection of the stomach and gut, often by norovirus; being sick and having diarrhoea (runny poo) is your --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/) / Tummy bugs and tummy aches # Tummy bugs and tummy aches Lesson 10 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 15 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches/0/) — A tummy bug, gastroenteritis, is an infection of the stomach and gut, often by norovirus; being sick and having diarrhoea (runny poo) is your body throwing the germs out. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches/1/) — No medicine kills a tummy bug virus; small sips of water often, rest and a bowl nearby get you through in a few days. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches/2/) — You can still pass it on for about two days after the last time you were sick, so the 48-hour rule keeps the whole class from catching it. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches/3/) — Worry can really give you a tummy ache, because the brain and gut are wired together by nerves; it is real, not made up. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches/4/) — Pain that starts round the belly button and moves to the bottom right side, with fever, can be appendicitis and needs a doctor. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches/5/) — Gastroenteritis is an infection of the stomach and gut, usually by a virus such as norovirus, and the body clears it in a few days. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches/6/) — Children can pass on a tummy bug for about 48 hours after the last vomit or diarrhoea, so they stay off school for that long. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches/7/) — Dehydration means losing too much water and salts; signs are a dry mouth, dark or little wee, no tears, dizziness and tiredness. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches/8/) — Oral rehydration sachets mix salts and sugar in water so the gut absorbs it well; fizzy drinks and fruit juice can make diarrhoea worse. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches/9/) — A doctor is needed if a child can't keep fluids down, stops weeing, gets very drowsy or has blood in the poo. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches/10/) — Worry and stress can cause real tummy aches because the brain and gut are connected by nerves. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches/12/) — Food poisoning comes from germs in food not cooked through, not kept cool, or handled with dirty hands; food can look and smell fine and still have germs. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches/13/) — Constipation means hard poo that is difficult to pass; water, fruit, vegetables and wholegrains help, and holding it in makes it worse. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches/15/) — Studies show sugar does not make most children hyperactive (over-excited and unable to sit still), but too much at once can make you feel sick. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/10-tummy-bugs-and-tummy-aches/16/) — After a tummy bug, simple food in small amounts is best; greasy food may upset the gut again. - ← previous: [Sore throats, ears and eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/) - next →: [Spots and itches: chickenpox, head lice and friends](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends/) - ↑ back to [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/)