H1N1 (Swine Flu)

[aimeeandbeatles]

Today I stay home from school (spent the last 3 hours in bed) because I was feeling sick, flu-like symptoms and nasty stomachache and I had to sit on the toilet for a while Is there a way to tell H1N1 from "regular" flu? I didnt find much on google except "WASH YOUR HANDS!!!!" and regular flu symptoms.

Also, the school board said vaccine's coming out soon. For a debate since H1N1 mostly affects young people (or so they say), should the vaccine be offered in schools? For free of course.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

It's just like regular flu I think with added upset tummy.

Could be asbestosis though.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

http://xkcd.com/574/

 

[Syno]

Best way is to get checked.

 

[azzaman333]

It makes no difference whether you have swine or regular flu.

 

[bhsup]

It makes no difference whether you have swine or regular flu.

You know, I used to think that way until I got it. It was the most debilitating flu I've ever had. I truly felt like I was at death's door for almost two days.

 

[azzaman333]

You know, I used to think that way until I got it. It was the most debilitating flu I've ever had. I truly felt like I was at death's door for almost two days.

I don't see how that makes any difference.

 

[bhsup]

I don't see how that makes any difference.

You said it didn't matter whether it was swine or a 'regular' flu? I've had several flus in my life, and indeed it did matter as far as severity went. This one was far more brutal than any flu I have ever had before.

 

[Virote_Considon]

But isn't swine flue milder than your average flue?

 

[nivi]

You know, I used to think that way until I got it. It was the most debilitating flu I've ever had. I truly felt like I was at death's door for almost two days.

I got it and in fact it was the easiest flu i've ever had, one day of 38.5 temps, and a few days of feeling just slightly under the weather, and it was gone. Anecdotal etc etc.

 

[bhsup]

Well I guess I was a rare unlucky one then, because it kicked my arse.

 

[Truronian]

"Regular flu" is generally not flu, but a cold or something else (according to a doctor I know).

 

[Racsoviale]

hmmm, one of the interesting parts about the swineflu and why it is more common amongst youths is because it is an old flu. Meaning our generations' parents and grand parents have all developed an immunity against it. Our generation havent, therefore we get it, and get it rough.
Swineflu in itself is not anymore dangerous than regular flu, it just spreads more aggresively than the usual one. The dangerous part(what doctors are really afraid of) is if it should spread to someone who has birdflu and mutate - A virus which spreads like the pig flu and with the death rate of the bird flu.

 

[MobBoss]

You know, I used to think that way until I got it. It was the most debilitating flu I've ever had. I truly felt like I was at death's door for almost two days.

You had a confirmed case of swine flu?

 

[bhsup]

Yep. Sure did.

 

[MobBoss]

Yep. Sure did.

Wow, your're the first person I have heard that of. Glad to know you came through it ok.

 

[bhsup]

Thanks man. Here's the post where I first reported it.

I know where I got it now too. My oldest brother had just returned from a TDY in Wisconsin before July 4th and caught a nasty bug apparently on TDY. He'd spent the few days before the 4th (I did not know this until after the fact) in bed with roughly the same symptoms I had. The 4th, he was really under the weather still, but still cooked our food. So thanks bro!

 

[pau17]

You said it didn't matter whether it was swine or a 'regular' flu? I've had several flus in my life, and indeed it did matter as far as severity went. This one was far more brutal than any flu I have ever had before.

I heard that the issue is not so much that it's severe or deadly (for most people anyways), but rather that it's so contagious that any outbreak would be overwhelming to health-care infrastructure.

Anyway, I just had it and it wasn't at all that bad compared to the other times I've had the flu. What was worse was being quarantined and not being able to go to classes for a week. It does spread like wildfire, as I already gave it to someone in my pre-symptomatic days with it.

 

[MagisterCultuum]

One difference is that in mild cases Swine Flu often do not cause a fever.


Swine Flu can be worse for the very young, but not bad for the very old.

It is less likely to kill you than normal flu.


I've heard there are several cases here at tech. I've been sick for just over a week, but when I went to the doctor Tuesday she said she doesn't think it is a flu (H1N1 or otherwise), but that I have a bacterial infection in the chest and one ear. I went back to class yesterday (when I only had 1 class, which was the last review before the first test in that class and at which a homework assignment was due), but I was feeling a little worse today so I stayed home again.

 

[Defiant47]

I've just got over a flu or cold of some sort. Don't know its type. Don't care.