So join the annual "sneer-a-thon", if you must, but remember – those vomiting, scapegoated young tourists aren't causing the problems alone.
Although mine hasn't been one of those vomit-laden slogs that I read about in friends' Facebook feeds, there have been some hiccups along the way.
It is thought that those vomits originated in the digestive system and were caused by stress, and not in the respiratory system, because the vomits were sporadic, the condition did not become chronic, and it eventually cured itself.
It was a pretty good pool though — one of those vomits you can't unsee, like snuff porn, or a YouTube video of a wisdom tooth being taken out.
In the 17 trials, which reported on the number of patients who were followed up before randomisation, 12,107 patients were followed up and 3,572 of those vomited or felt nauseous before treatment (average 30%, range 9% [ 32] to 63% [ 33]).
According to NICE guidelines [ 39] people at high risk are those with BMI < 12, those who vomit, abuse laxatives and binge and those with physical comorbidity [ 39].
Think of how those who vomit in the street after a WKD are viewed as a capital-P Problem in a way that those who hit their wives after a couple of bottles of Merlot are not – even though all the actual evidence suggests that professionals drink far more than manual workers.
Italy was adamant that the vomit in those two cups wasn't his and even though we didn't believe him, it was impossible to boot him out, mostly because Croatia was refusing to continue and Spain had already gone, presumably to go siesta away the heavy two-pint session before he went "loco" in the "cabeza".
The percentage of individuals with each symptom who also experienced rectal bleeding was 35.3% of those with stomach pain, 24.7% of those with anemia, 34.7% of those with constipation, 32.6% of those with weight loss, and 20.5% of those with vomiting.
(Just ask those weeping, vomiting, stressed-out contestants on "The Biggest Loser").
