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Paranoid about swine flu

  • 09-08-2009 11:25pm
    #1
    LegacyUser
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    I feel like a drama queen for posting but here it goes:

    I'm pure and uttering paranoid about swine flu. Worried about family even though they are good and well. More importantly I'm worried about a young, vunerable child that I care for. What if I get swine flu. What if I get mild symptoms and pass it off as a cold and pass it onto the child and to others too. I've had a headache for the past two days. No other symptoms. I'm not ill. Think its a tension headache. But what if its swine flu. Or the start of swine flu. Don't know what to do.


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  • #2
    The Recliner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,630 ✭✭✭The Recliner


    OP if you are that worried then go to your doctor

    You can be tested and diagnosed with Swine Flu if you have it


  • #3
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    OP visit www.dohc.ie or www.hse.ie for the most up to date info on Swine Flu.

    Doctors apart from a select few are no longer sending swabs for confirmation and will diagnose you after a consultation on your symptoms.

    The most indicative symptom has appeared to be a sudden high temperature. And the onset of the various is very quick. From the moment you start showing symptoms you would normally have developed a high temperature in about 3 hours.

    If you're only symptom is a headache and this began 2 days ago, it's most likely that you do not have H1N1/09. The other symtoms would have developed by now. The virus is much more severe than the common flu so you can be sure you will know if you have it.

    In all honesty if you are healthy and have no underlying conditions, a week or two in bed with some paracetemol should be sufficient for you.

    If you are worried long onto the above websites or CALL your doctor. Do not go to the practice if you feel you may have contracted the virus


  • #4
    Moomoo1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Moomoo1


    I think we are all in the same boat here OP - my OH has had two students in the class she teaches go down with SF already, and she's in a high-risk group (asthma and expecting next year).

    The only thing to say here is that for the vast majority of people SF is totally harmless. Not for all, but then neither is crossing the road safe, yet we all do it.

    STOP PRESS: now it's three students.


  • #5
    iguana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭iguana


    I work for the NHS and our advice here is to not go to a doctor/hospital if you believe you have swine flu as the waiting room could have a number of high risk people in attendance. Call your doctor before you go and explain that you are worried about having swine flu, they may prefer to do a call out or have a different waiting area/system in place.

    The symptoms are a temperature in the region of 38ºc, muscle and joint aches, headache, sore throat, coughing, blocked/runny nose and with swine flu vomiting and diarrhea is common. I'd suggest you get a digital thermometer and keep an eye on your temperature when you are feeling unwell, remember that most painkillers will lower your temperature - so take your temperature before you take pain relief to get an accurate reading. If your temperature is normal, it's not flu. If it's high call your doctor and tell him your concerns. If you do have symptoms avoid vulnerable people, which includes pregnant women, and stay at home until you feel better.


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