ugh. Daughter has H1N1

[waggy]

As the title states she has H1N1. Seems the strain of the flu is spreading very fast in this part of IL.

We took her into her doctor and he put her on tamiflu. yesterday she was very lethargic and slept most the day. after a day of the tamiflu and LOTS of sleep she seems a lot better but she still has a fever.


bad part is she was to get the H1N1 shot on friday heh

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[amdhunter]

I wish I would catch it already. I really would love a few days off of work.

 

[Codewiz]

As the title states she has H1N1. Seems the strain of the flu is spreading very fast in this part of IL.

We took her into her doctor and he put her on tamiflu. yesterday she was very lethargic and slept most the day. after a day of the tamiflu and LOTS of sleep she seems a lot better but she still has a fever.


bad part is she was to get the H1N1 shot on friday heh

Friday wouldn't have helped. Takes 2 weeks to really provide much protection. My 1yr old got his second seasonal and first h1n1 yesterday. I just hope he avoids H1N1 for another couple of weeks.

 

[Modular]

Ahh! You're in IL and I'm in IL. Time to go into the bunker!

 

[Codewiz]

I wish I would catch it already. I really would love a few days off of work.

Just call into work and say you have H1N1, I doubt anyone will question it.

 

[waggy]

I wish I would catch it already. I really would love a few days off of work.

seems adults arent catching it as fast as kids are. My daughters school has something like 20 kids out sick with the flu (school has 100 students total).

another high school in the area shut down for the week since so many students stayed home.

 

[DrunkenSano]

I wish I would catch it already. I really would love a few days off of work.

Just call into work and say you have H1N1, I doubt anyone will question it.

Thought you can only get H1N1 once though, since after you fight it off, your body becomes immune to it, like chicken pox.

 

[Elganja]

i think it is spreading fast in general, but no more so then the normal flu. I know quite a few people around my area that have gotten it. A co-worker's wife being the most recent.

 

[Cal166]

Just call into work and say you have H1N1, I doubt anyone will question it.

I am planning to use up most of my sick days before the end of the year.

 

[eits]

tamiflu might make the virus more resistant.
you want her to have a fever... fevers are good. just make sure it doesn't go higher than 103F.

 

[alphatarget1]

Sorry to hear. She should be OK though. A friend of mine got it and recovered already.

 

[Codewiz]

Thought you can only get H1N1 once though, since after you fight it off, your body becomes immune to it, like chicken pox.

Well if he is smart, go get the seasonal flu vaccine. Wait two weeks. Call in for H1N1. No one will question.

If he gets the H1N1, just claim it is the seasonal flu.....

 

[Azraele]

I wish I would catch it already. I really would love a few days off of work.

Be careful what you wish for.

 

[Drekce]

My 4yo son had it last month. I got a sinus infection the week after was was waaay more sick than he ever got.

 

[Locut0s]

My 4yo son had it last month. I got a sinus infection the week after was was waaay more sick than he ever got.

Makes sense. For most people H1N1 is just the normal flu. A sinus infection could make you feel much worse. Having said that a small number of people are having much more serious and sometimes fatal reaction to H1N1, reactions not seen with season flu. But this is only in a very small subset of people who get infected. The main issue with H1N1 is not its seriousness but it's effects on day to day society, see productivity, due to the number of people who will catch it. When 40% or more of the work place or school class room is out of action that's going to hurt the school year and office productivity. No one has imunity to this the way they do the normal seasonal flu so many more will become symptomatic.

 

[BassBomb]

I'd be worried. Scariest part is when it looks like getting better and then it relapses harder

 

[waggy]

I'd be worried. Scariest part is when it looks like getting better and then it relapses harder

teh doctor said if she does that don't wait and to take her into the ER.

 

[Fingolfin269]

How do the doctors tell if a person has H1N1 and not some other/regular flu? I'm assuming this was an in and out doc visit meaning no extensive tests. Are there certain symptoms unique to this strain?

 

[Born2bwire]

Makes sense. For most people H1N1 is just the normal flu. A sinour infection could make you feel much worse. Having said that a small number of people are having much more serious and sometimes fatal reaction to H1N1, reactions not seen with season flu. But this is only in a very small subset of people who get infected. The main issue with H1N1 is not its seriousness but it's effects on day to day society, see productivity, due to the number of people who will catch it. When 40% or more of the work place or school class room is out of action that's going to hurt the school year and office productivity. No one has imunity to this the way they do the normal seasonal flu so many more will become symptomatic.

I have a friend that's a school teacher and she has commented about the very noticeable numbers of students that are out sick. Considering Waggy is estimating 20% of his daughter's school being out this seems rather true. Maybe it's rose-colored glasses but I never remember that many kids being out of school for the flu at any time growing up.

It would be interesting to be able to see the weekly/daily numbers. A European health organization publishes the weekly number of deaths, but not new cases.

They are very strict with it here in Hong Kong. Some places will take your temperature before letting you enter buildings (though I haven't seen that in a while), they shut down all the water fountains on campus (no place for me to get cool drinking water ) and they seem to be reporting any cases publicly. A friend of mine had a H1N1 case in his apartment building and they sent out fliers to everyone informing them of the fact.

 

[lokiju]

I had it myself.

Just get the tamiflu and it'll knock it right out of her.

 

[Drekce]

How do the doctors tell if a person has H1N1 and not some other/regular flu? I'm assuming this was an in and out doc visit meaning no extensive tests. Are there certain symptoms unique to this strain?

They do a nasal swab test. There are two major varieties of Flu going around, A & B. My son was positive for Flu A, and the Doctor said that every case of Flu A they have seen this year has been H1N1.

 

[dartworth]

:whiste:Monsanto:ninja:

 

[Capt Caveman]

How do the doctors tell if a person has H1N1 and not some other/regular flu? I'm assuming this was an in and out doc visit meaning no extensive tests. Are there certain symptoms unique to this strain?

I don't believe they can. My coworker's daughter has been hospitalized twice due to the bronchial infection that developed after getting the flu. He told me that they had to perform two tests. The first one that identified that she had the flu then a second that got sent out to determine if she had H1N1. Sadly, he told me that the H1N1 test is supposedly only 50% accurate.

Poor kids. Good luck, Waggy!

 

[Drekce]

All I know is that I recently finished reading "The Stand," so if I am a survivor I will know what to do. Boulder here I come!

 

[destrekor]

Makes sense. For most people H1N1 is just the normal flu. A sinour infection could make you feel much worse. Having said that a small number of people are having much more serious and sometimes fatal reaction to H1N1, reactions not seen with season flu. But this is only in a very small subset of people who get infected. The main issue with H1N1 is not its seriousness but it's effects on day to day society, see productivity, due to the number of people who will catch it. When 40% or more of the work place or school class room is out of action that's going to hurt the school year and office productivity. No one has imunity to this the way they do the normal seasonal flu so many more will become symptomatic.

this.

And based on my body's prior reaction to other infections, I'm curious to see if my body is going to react severely to H1N1 should I end up catching it.

My sinuses are terrible, almost always coughing shit up, and annually I tend to get at least one sinus infection.
Just two weeks ago or so, I had a sinus infection of some sort. Strangest damn one I've ever had, because I didn't have a fever. But I had the tell tale sinus pressure, mucus colors, neck/headache, but otherwise felt like I had a cold. The rhinovirus pissed off my sinus cavities like no other, but for some reason did not cause my body to react with a fever.

Take that against a sinus infection I had a year and a half ago, which ended up lasting well over 6 weeks of agony, thanks to clearing up a bit, getting hit with what seemed like influenza, and reigniting the agony of the sinus infection something wicked.

Be it influenza or sinus infections, when I get a fever, if it doesn't go over 102/103 I'm shocked. And even then, 102/103ish is pretty bad for me considering my healthy temperature is around 97.6, a whole degree under the average.
If I get a fever, it tends to either not break 100, or as soon as I see it hits 100 or 101, I know it's going to be a rough time of sickness.