<div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-0"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-18blb2c e1me5xab0">For weeks, Sherry Dommer has been living a gastrointestinal nightmare.</p><p class="css-18blb2c e1me5xab0">Violent cramps. Exhaustion. Unrelenting nausea. Sprints to the toilet at all hours of the night.</p><p class="css-18blb2c e1me5xab0">Ms. Dommer, 49, has long considered herself a “go-go-go person,” but certainly not in this sense. The illness, which also struck her son, has felt like a pox on their house, its origins a mystery that has only unraveled in recent days.</p><p class="css-18blb2c e1me5xab0">The suspected culprit? A Crunchy Taco Supreme.</p><p class="css-18blb2c e1me5xab0">Ms. Dommer is one of thousands of people across the Midwest afflicted with extreme stomach distress that authorities have tied to a parasite lurking on shredded lettuce served on tacos, burritos and other Taco Bell creations.</p><p class="css-18blb2c e1me5xab0">The cyclospora parasite has wreaked havoc through intestines across broad swaths of the country, but has been especially rampant in Monroe County, Mich., which has reported one of the highest rates of infection in the nation.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-1"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-1"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-18blb2c e1me5xab0">Here, the debilitating — and at times embarrassing — malady has gripped the county, filled pharmacies, and diverted attention from local data center controversies and the impact of a recent bad storm. Today’s town chatter centers on the humbling concerns playing out in tile-floored household sanctuaries and public bathroom stalls.</p><p class="css-18blb2c e1me5xab0">The nasty symptoms have led to plenty of jokes, but the infection has resulted in serious consequences, including hundreds of hospitalizations.</p><div class="css-121kum4"><div class="css-171d1bw"></div><div class="css-asuuk5"><noscript><div class="css-7axq9l" data-testid="optimistic-truncator-noscript"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="css-1u67kh9" data-tpl="i" height="24" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="24"><path clip-rule="evenodd" d="M2.5 12a9.5 9.5 0 1 1 19 0 9.5 9.5 0 0 1-19 0Zm8.5 1.75v-7.5h2v7.5h-2Zm0 2v2h2v-2h-2Z" fill="currentColor" fill-rule="evenodd"></path></svg><div class="css-6yo1no" data-testid="optimistic-truncator-noscript-message"><p class="css-1blnbzz" data-tpl="t">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.</p><p class="css-1blnbzz" data-tpl="t">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.</p></div></div></noscript><div class="css-1dv1kvn" id="optimistic-truncator-a11y" tabindex="-1"><hr/><p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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