Is there a flu epidemic at the moment ?

Ally Dick

Everyone I know has it. Is it an epidemic ? Where the hell did it come from ? It's a bloody nasty dose. My parents are puking AND have the flu virus

2rkehij30qtza5

I got the flu jab in October but if I hadn't had the jab I'd be full sure I have an awful dose of the flu. I'm sick as a dog and it's not from yesterday's dinner either.

Larianne

Tis the season..

Cuttlefish

Wife brought it home now I have it and so does everyone else in the house!!

Was so bad last friday night that I woke quite a few times with aching gums!!!

Still no over it yet even though I have bombarded it with lemsip, panadol, lemon, cloves n Tullamore DEW!!!!

seamus

Puking + diarrhoea + symptoms of a cold is the winter vomiting bug. Nasty POS, rampant at the moment. If you do get it then the best thing you can do for your sake and the sake of your friends, family and colleagues is to lock yourself at home for about 7 days and have minimal contact with other people.

Where To

I think a lot of people still confuse the cold with the flu.

The common cold is an inconvenience.

The flu is a killer.

Strawberry Fields

I read somewhere there is an epidemic. Brother had it yesterday nearly didn't make dinner.

aaronjumper

Thankfully none of my friends or family has it, so might not get it.
Hate being sick.

The Jammy dodger

1000 mg of Vitamin C taken daly in glass of water, 18+ Manuka Honey one spoon taken three times daily.

You can buy these at Holland and Barretts. If they are vomiting make sure they drink plenty of water as vomiting dehydrates you. and go see doctor asap

Best username ever

I'm in bed pulling the plum at the moment.

It's an awful dose so it is.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Yup, there's a fup load of people I know with it. There was a guy in my house yesterday in a heap with it.

Sure it's December.....cold season

GreeBo

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

1000 mg of Vitamin C taken daly in glass of water, 18+ Manuka Honey one spoon taken three times daily.

You can buy these at Holland and Barretts. If they are vomiting make sure they drink plenty of water as vomiting dehydrates you. and go see doctor asap

Dont drink water, too harsh on an empty stomach...some flat 7up or lucozade

If you do have the winter vomiting bug (or suspect it) stay away from people...its stupidly contagious...you will literally need to disinfect the entire bathroom....even when you start to feel better you still have it, so one of those hand disinfectants might be good for a couple of days...

admiralofthefleet

i have a bad head cold but not the flu thank god

xLexie

I'm not sure if its the flu or a hangover

Andy-Pandy

I got pretty sick yesterday, lots of vomiting and cramps, feeling ok today though. Is it possible that I could be over it in a day?

Where To

Where To wrote: »

The common cold is an inconvenience.

The flu is a killer.

Different people are different.

Fromthetrees

My dad had a bad dose of the flu, said he was hallucinating in bed with it, said it was the worst ever.

Temaz

Woke up today with bad headache and nausea and have been vomiting.

family is also suffering.

And I don't drink so it's not that!!

Shryke

My dad has the flu as well. He's bedridden, more or less. No Christmas dinner for him.

Herb Powell

Is this mostly in Dublin?

I'm living in Cork, don't know anyone who has it atm (thank fucck)

Temaz

Herb Powell wrote: »

Is this mostly in Dublin?

I'm living in Cork, don't know anyone who has it atm (thank fucck)

Im in Cork and a few I know are feeling rough today

TheBody

I'm sick as a small hospital too. Coughing and my sinusssssss are all bunged up.

carltonleon

Yeah, don't have the flu but have had a really bed chest infection and have been pretty much in bed since Saturday night. Then on Monday my wife picked up some bug and has been in bed since Monday afternoon. My Mam also has a dose. Pain in the arse as we were supposed to be doing Christmas dinner but we all spent yesterday in bed wrecked. Even the smell of food was making me sick. The kids survived on chocolate and crisps and lemonade.

Smidge

Up till 6.30 this morning with a hallucinating child who was burning with a temperature, sore throat and pains all over.

Merry Xmas for me:rolleyes:

Rob C

Yep...in Dublin and i have it. Haven't had the flu for about 15 years....this is definitely the flu. Going between shivering and feverish in a flash. Cough is manky as well with thick yellow phlegm coming up. Whole body aches and is sore. Started coming on Sunday, thought it was just going to be a chest cold. But I should have known as it came on so quickly.

Lemsip cold and flu is good...control the chills and fever with Paracetamol. Watch out for relapses, when you feel better but then the next day you feel crap again, that be a sign of pneumonia. Flu can easily develop into bacterial or viral pneumonia. So be careful.

Fuh Q

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

1000 mg of Vitamin C taken daly in glass of water, 18+ Manuka Honey one spoon taken three times daily.

You can buy these at Holland and Barretts. If they are vomiting make sure they drink plenty of water as vomiting dehydrates you. and go see doctor asap

You add Garlic to that list, its awesome at fighting the common cold.

GreeBo

GreeBo wrote: »

If you do have the winter vomiting bug (or suspect it) stay away from people...its stupidly contagious...you will literally need to disinfect the entire bathroom....even when you start to feel better you still have it, so one of those hand disinfectants might be good for a couple of days...

+1 Stay away from your family, even if you feel lonely or bored.

I know someone who had the winter vomiting bug and the next day when he still had a touch of it he went visiting family and mingling with them all including very young children. Simply because he was bored of staying in bed and wanted to take part in the xmas fun. Pure selfishness.

Solair

I don't know if this is cold / flu, but perhaps someone might help with the diagnosis:

Started out with a bad fit of sneezing that went on for days with load of stuff coming out. Worst I've had in years and was coupled with a fever and rally bad sinus headaches.
Then that moved down towards the chest and became a full cough.

Then when I thought I was better, it suddenly hadn't gone away. I was weak getting chills and sweaty / hot.

Work up during night really hot a few times.

Then it seemed to be gone on Xmas Eve, but has now come back in a sort of pang of leg/arm/body aches and I feel seriously grumpy although at least I've mostly stopped coughing, just the odd bout of phlegm coming up / down my nose!

Bit of a nightmare of a bug whatever it is.

Definitely a bit worse than a typical cold, but I don't know if I'd classify it as flu. Maybe it is... I don't know.

All I want to do is sleep, but nobody seems to want to leave me alone for 5 mins! GRRR !

I'm starting to really dislike xmas!

ulyssescohen

What we have is a lack of basic hygiene - and the root cause is people failing to take very simple precautions - like washing their hands after going to the bathroom, or before eating. If people were more careful, the spread of this would be contained.

Solair

ulyssescohen wrote: »

What we have is a lack of basic hygiene - and the root cause is people failing to take very simple precautions - like washing their hands after going to the bathroom, or before eating. If people were more careful, the spread of this would be contained.

Yeah, there's a bit of that.

I got this when a disgusting woman sneezed in my face on the Luas and I had to actually wipe snot off my face!

Symptoms developed a few days later!

Use tissues people !! and stop wiping your noses on your hands then holding the rail on the bus / tram / train FFS!!

Larianne

I really shouldn't have read some of the threads in After Hours today.