flu at Summer Nationals?

[Lady Quindecim]

Hmmm. I think I knew someone who graduated from the smidgen of nursing school.
(I am not knocking nursing, just some are not worth pushing the little call button.)

[ladyofshalott99]

Hmmm. I think I knew someone who graduated from the smidgen of nursing school.
(I am not knocking nursing, just some are not worth pushing the little call button.)

Nursing as a career is insanity-provoking. It's seriously the hardest thing I never got to finish. Stupid recession. >_<

[counterattack]

OJ for colds, not the flu.

OJ + flu symptoms (vomiting, diarhhea, general dehydration) will wreck your body.

Just an FYI, but the H1N1 flu does not cause vomiting or diarrhea. I was under the same mistaken assumption. Only symptoms for most patients are a fever and a cough (or upper respiratory symptoms of some sort). In some patients it does cause vomiting and diarrhea but that is the minority. I think this may be another reason it is spreading: people don't realize what defines a flu. I certainly didn't. I went to work with it because I thought it was a cold until I started getting chills. Even then I coughed at my computer and in meetings for a few hours so I could finish my work before going home. I was doing the virus's bidding.

-ph

[Superscribe]

i got drunk, kissed a pig. I was sick the next day. Obviously i got swine flu. I made out with a girl, who then made out with noodle.

Noodle definately had swine flu

[fdad]

After a couple of days of coughing and fever, I went to the CareOne facility in Grapevine. They did a quick flu test and I came up positive. They advised against the test to determine the strain, since treating me for all options was cheaper than figuring out which one I had.

[flechewounds]

for me, the result seems to be a sinus infection - I'm prone to them. I got it two days after returning (packed flight - so I can't blame it on the venue necessarily).

Symptoms - peaky fever, sinus congestion/headache, upper respiratory (but usually only in the AM)... on day 6 of it - trying to get some antibiotics.

No "flu" symptoms, however (e.g., not achey, no GI problems, appetite ok, etc.)... just the standard sinusitis.

[fdad]

No "flu" symptoms, however (e.g., not achey, no GI problems, appetite ok, etc.)... just the standard sinusitis.

As reported by others, my confirmed flu had no GI problems.

[counterattack]

for me, the result seems to be a sinus infection - I'm prone to them. I got it two days after returning (packed flight - so I can't blame it on the venue necessarily).

Symptoms - peaky fever, sinus congestion/headache, upper respiratory (but usually only in the AM)... on day 6 of it - trying to get some antibiotics.

No "flu" symptoms, however (e.g., not achey, no GI problems, appetite ok, etc.)... just the standard sinusitis.

Your symptoms are consistent with H1N1, though. The duration is a little long, but the upper respiratory tends to last longer than the rest. Only 94% of the sufferers even get a fever. I am not saying you have it, I am just saying that the H1N1 symptoms don't fit what most people think of as flu symptoms. Also, as of June the CDC thinks over 1 million Americans have had novel H1N1.

-ph

[flechewounds]

Your symptoms are consistent with H1N1, though. The duration is a little long, but the upper respiratory tends to last longer than the rest. Only 94% of the sufferers even get a fever. I am not saying you have it, I am just saying that the H1N1 symptoms don't fit what most people think of as flu symptoms. Also, as of June the CDC thinks over 1 million Americans have had novel H1N1.

-ph

I guess I should have avoided the pulled pork...

[noodle]

I guess I should have avoided the pulled pork...

http://bit.ly/J4oy3

[D'Art]

Why all the fuss about H1N1? It's been here before, and most people have at least some immunity against it. The only thing about it being novel is a couple of chemicals, (and even then, they're probably only minor changes which don't really have any effect on the virus' mode of action or how it affects people) changed from any normal H1N1 flu. Normal antibiotics work well against. It's also a very mild strain of influenza (so far, but that may change, and admittedly is likely to), where normal general common sense is enough to beat it.

Swine flu is, quire frankly, sod all so far.

[counterattack]

Swine flu is, quire frankly, sod all so far.

1) Most people under 60 have little to no immunity. It is spreading quite quickly. (CDC estimates that 1 million Americans had gotten it by the middle of June)
2) People were initially scared because the news from Mexico had it killing healthy 30 year old patients. That is uncommon for the flu.
3) Flu mutates, so a flu that spreads easily and few people are immune to can quickly go from a minor annoyance to a 1918 mass killing.

I think that if you get it now you are probably lucky. If it comes back through it could be more virulent. The current understanding of the 1918 flu is that it did just that, it came through once weakly and then came back slightly mutated and much deadlier. Don't get too complacent, and also don't hide in your bunker. Just keep up with the state of knowledge on the flu, it is worth paying attention to.

-ph

[wwalkerjr]

I heard about a couple of people with swine flu when I got to Grapevine on Thursday, July 9, but the only flu victims I observed were the ones suffering from gin (vodka) flu on Saturday morning.

I think I also saw them at the Glass Cactus on Friday night.

[MyrddinsPrecint]

Normal antibiotics work well against.

I believe you mistyped.

[flechewounds]

It does seem like Summer Nationals '09 - The Year of the Pig (flu) has some legs...

Lots of refs on Fbook are ill, one parent is apparently hospitalized, I had a grunge (but it does seem to be responding to antibiotics - meaning a bacteria rather than a virus), my daughter now has a bit of a fever, my son is all sniffles...

I think we need to add a "fresh air" requirement to our venue RFP.

[D'Art]

I believe you mistyped.

Yeah, I did. Was tired and emotional ( ) when I typed it, and I can't for the life of me work out exactly what I was trying to say, though I think the gyst of it is there.

[Supermom]

Don't forget, stomach "flu" is a misnomer. It's not caused by an influenza virus, but rather a norovirus about 80 - 90% of the time, and other types of GI viruses or bacteria occasionally. The norovirus is very contagious; only a few (as few as 10) virus particles need to enter the body to produce illness. It is usually transmitted hand to mouth (look at all those kids shaking hands and then eating a snack), or via contaminated food prepared by someone who is ill with the virus.

True flu has a different set of symptoms, usually not involving the GI system in most people ... sore throat, high fever, chills, cough, etc.

[hologramqueen]

I am the parent that was hospitalized with H1N1. I was fine when I came home on Monday the 13th (was at the gaylord from 1st-13th). later monday night I became very lethargic and had a tickle of a cough, body aches and fever. couldn't get comfortable in bed or recliner, or anywhere. on tuesday I developed the cough along with difficulty breathing. hubby took me to emergency, they admit me, did chest xray and CT to make sure I didn't have DVT/embolism.. I was 3 days in isolation, getting breathing treatments, on oxygen and feeling like hell.. they get the results of the tests back and positive for type A influenza and 97% positive for H1N1. I was released last night, using a home nebulizer every 4 hours and 9 days worth of Tamiflu. But my daughters did fantastic at Summer nationals!!.....I think I'd like to get a tattoo of a SN pig09 as my classification...lol

[Inquartata]

I guess I should have avoided the pulled pork...

Yeah. Always go with the fish.