Christina Applegate contracts virus after eating food contaminated with fecal matter

Christina Applegate said her multiple sclerosis, which was diagnosed in 2021, has made it difficult for her to recover from a recently contracted sapovirus. According to the National Institutes of Health, “Sapovirus infections are responsible for both sporadic cases and occasional outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis.” The culprit, Applegate said, was most likely a takeout salad from a vegan restaurant she’s visited for years and declined to name. “Someone else’s poop went into my mouth, and I ate it.” As if the virus wasn’t bad enough, Applegate said it exacerbated the symptoms of her multiple sclerosis, with which she was diagnosed in 2021. “Having MS at 3 o’clock in the morning and trying to change your sheets, it’s not fun.” She and Sigler then joked about their qualms with adult diapers, which Applegate said she had recently been wearing again out of convenience. “I couldn’t sleep because every time I would close my eye, my eye would start doing some crazy s—,” she said, adding that damage to the optic nerve can be a symptom of MS. During a March appearance on “Good Morning America,” Applegate said she suspects she had MS symptoms for several years before her diagnosis.