Colds and flu season is here

JupiterKid

I came down with a dirty rotten head cold a few days ago and have a terrible cough. It seems a lot of people are coming down with colds and flu. 😖☹

Anyone else here have a cold and want to share their misery with me here?

arybvtcw0eolkf

Getting my flu shot tomorrow.. Feeling ok at the moment, but then I'm a germopobe and run a million miles from people with colds and flu (although I'd rather be a million miles from people anyway).

Bring on my flu jabs

Jimmy.

Top tip would be not to have CH on full blast in the home. People are gone soft with too much heat.

dxhound2005

You have slipped into a prolonged and possibly irreversible decline.

prinzeugen

JupiterKid wrote: »

I came down with a dirty rotten head cold a few days ago and have a terrible cough. It seems a lot of people are coming down with colds and flu. 😖☹

Anyone else here have a cold and want to share their misery with me here?

I can't share my misery as I only get colds/flu about once every two years..

But if you have a cold/flu STAY AT HOME!

It annoys me when people crawl around in work for weeks feeling like crap and spreading germs when it would gone in a few days if they just spent a day or two in bed with a hot water bottle.

Nobody is going to give you a medal for going into work ill and you are delusional if you think your multi national employer is going to go bust over night because you took a day or two off.

Any last requests? A grave admission of mortality, I'll start digging just to be sure.

Atlantic Dawn

Public transport in this country with its massively over heated environment of 30 degrees plus this time of the year spreads all this.

mugsymugsy

Man flu here... terrible nearly wiped me out. Been working from home not to infect the office Vicks + hot toddy + lemsips + honey/ginger/lemon + vitamin c all on the go.

Loves_lorries

Got the worst vomiting bug I've had in at least ten years a few days ago, our two year old picked it up in creche.

Renegade Mechanic

Jimmy. wrote: »

Top tip would be not to have CH on full blast in the home. People are gone soft with too much heat.

Two kiwis a day or so and a bit of fuzz around the chops make a fair difference, too. All I see around me at break is Sangwiches - fair enough -
then coke, bars and taytos..

Graces7

Loves_lorries wrote: »

Got the worst vomiting bug I've had in at least ten years a few days ago, our two year old picked it up in creche.

commiserations. I caught that years ago when I was new to ireland... days and nights sitting enthroned with a bucket in front of me. wondered what had hit me


my immune system is down so I stay away from people as much as I can, and been advised to get masks next time I am out; because of my illness a cold could literally kill me.

And yes stay home if you are sick... please! and ((((HUGS)))) to all who are sick....

mojesius

I have a rotten cold right now. Throat feels like I'm swallowing daggers, shivers but roasting hot, all bunged up, achy and weak. Woke up at 4am breathing through my mouth as my nose was blocked, mouth so dry!

I'm due to go to Spain on Saturday on holidays so trying to rest up and get better. I can normally function grand with the sniffles but this is a nasty dose!

chakotha

It had its fun with me 2 weeks ago. Chills, feverish, coughing and feeling rotten for about 3 days only. It went quickly enough.

Hector Bellend

have a **** to celebrate

Loves_lorries

Graces7 wrote: »

commiserations. I caught that years ago when I was new to ireland... days and nights sitting enthroned with a bucket in front of me. wondered what had hit me


my immune system is down so I stay away from people as much as I can, and been advised to get masks next time I am out; because of my illness a cold could literally kill me.

And yes stay home if you are sick... please! and ((((HUGS)))) to all who are sick....

One of the worst kept secrets out there is how working couples are leaving their sick kids to creche regardless of what they have. Both parents working so they have nowhere else to go with them if child comes down with vomiting bug overnight.

Technocentral

Had horrific flu last year from december 21st to about 15th Jan so getting jab for first time this week, a bit worried about possible alergic reaction but couldnt hack the flu again.

badtoro

Been cold season in this house since the 2nd September.

r93kaey5p2izun

Everyone around me is sick. They sound like they have pneumonia. I'm terrified I'll get it. Booked in for the flu vaccine next Monday but hope it's not too late! Ended up in hospital last year over it.

Corkgirl18

I'm working in a school and half the kids are coming in with some sort of cough/cold/flu mix. I'm going through bottles of hand sanitizer and vitamin c tablets!

dudara

I had a touch of the vomiting bug last week, not too bad thankfully, but I worked from home the next day so as not to drag it into the office with me.

Will be getting the flu vaccine in the next week, my doctor recommends I get it every year. I forgot to get it one year and of course I caught the flu. Horrific, absolutely horrible illness.

Otherwise everything fine so far, touch wood.

suicide_circus

its hitting me now

Graces7

dudara wrote: »

I had a touch of the vomiting bug last week, not too bad thankfully, but I worked from home the next day so as not to drag it into the office with me.

Will be getting the flu vaccine in the next week, my doctor recommends I get it every year. I forgot to get it one year and of course I caught the flu. Horrific, absolutely horrible illness.

Otherwise everything fine so far, touch wood.

Vomiting bug this week . No immune system so no vaccines. Have to start wearing a mask as advised.

TheValeyard

Vomiting bug in the family

Rest have colds n coughs.


Ugghhhhh

Graces7

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

Vomiting bug in the family

Rest have colds n coughs.


Ugghhhhh

I am staying in isolation! There are some things best not shared. I read how infectious the vomiting bugs are... even being breathed on. Someone once said that handling money spreads these things more than anything.

CruelCoin

JupiterKid wrote: »

I came down with a dirty rotten head cold a few days ago and have a terrible cough. It seems a lot of people are coming down with colds and flu. ��☹

Anyone else here have a cold and want to share their misery with me here?

Wife got a nasty cold->cough.

I've nothing yet as i'm a badass.

I do periodically come down with a bout of the "Egyptian lung aids" when i go over for scuba.

Hector Savage

I felt a bit quesy yesterday - a shot of whiskey followed by a pint of Guinness and feel right as rain !!

SEPT 23 1989

Have had this for two weeks thought I was over it Friday but it started up again in bed the whole weekend

seamus

Whole house got it there about two weeks ago. Coughs and runny noses have thankfully abated.

Now awaiting round 2, probably around the end of the month...

Steve F

Jimmy. wrote: »

Top tip would be not to have CH on full blast in the home. People are gone soft with too much heat.

Hot,dry heat like CH etc in homes dries out mucus in the nasal passages and allow germs to travel into the body and infect you with viruses and bacteria.Hate steaming hot houses.More likely to make you ill than prevent illness
It's in bred in us that any slight drop in temperature will kill us!!!
Much better to have a nice background temp of 16-18c than the furnace most have now
I am convinced our own internal thermostats have been re-set because of modern heating.What most term "chilly" these days our ancestors would have considered mild
Rant over

Graces7

Steve F wrote: »

Hot,dry heat like CH etc in homes dries out mucus in the nasal passages and allow germs to travel into the body and infect you with viruses and bacteria.Hate steaming hot houses.More likely to make you ill than prevent illness
It's in bred in us that any slight drop in temperature will kill us!!!
Much better to have a nice background temp of 16-18c than the furnace most have now
I am convinced our own internal thermostats have been re-set because of modern heating.What most term "chilly" these days our ancestors would have considered mild
Rant over

Hate to argue but I have never had central heating and the dwelling is always on the cool side. I rely on clothes..

Germs do love heat and it is being close to someone infected that does the harm. Hence my catching the dreaded lurgy on a rare trip to town

seamus

Steve F wrote: »

It's in bred in us that any slight drop in temperature will kill us!!!

We had a chuckle over the summer. The kids were staying at the in-laws and it was during the heatwave, so we had a fan in their room to try and keep them a bit cooler.
When the heatwave abated (but it was still 19/20 degrees), we kept running the fan for white noise. The mother-in-law on hearing this looked aghast, "Surely you're not still running the fan?". "Yeah, why not?". "Could they not freeze to death?"

Yes, it was just an ordinary desk fan and not an industrial air conditioning unit in the room.

:D

Steve F

seamus wrote: »

We had a chuckle over the summer. The kids were staying at the in-laws and it was during the heatwave, so we had a fan in their room to try and keep them a bit cooler.
When the heatwave abated (but it was still 19/20 degrees), we kept running the fan for white noise. The mother-in-law on hearing this looked aghast, "Surely you're not still running the fan?". "Yeah, why not?". "Could they not freeze to death?"

Yes, it was just an ordinary desk fan and not an industrial air conditioning unit in the room.

:D

Old Wives tale

Steve F

Technocentral wrote: »

Had horrific flu last year from december 21st to about 15th Jan so getting jab for first time this week, a bit worried about possible alergic reaction but couldnt hack the flu again.

Only if you are allergic to eggs or Chicken you will have a problem
Any other mild reaction is a walk in the park compared to full blown flu

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Dying here, literally could drop any moment. Curse of god on it anyway...

Zorya

Try Echinecea Angusifolia rather than the Echinecea Purpurea variety which is what is generally available - you may have to order it online. It is stronger. Use only when needed, and then also from time to time as a boost but not in an ongoing fashion as a preventative.

Lavender oil - heated in burner in house and one drop on clothes near upper body. Eucalyptus too.

The Cure - Grate 1 - 2 inches of Ginger Root into small pot, add 1 teaspoon of Fenugreek seeds, plus 9 black peppercorns. Add 2 cups water. Boil then simmer till reduced to 1 cup. Add a bit of the result to your hot beverages over the course of the day.

HeidiHeidi

Technocentral wrote: »

Had horrific flu last year from december 21st to about 15th Jan so getting jab for first time this week, a bit worried about possible alergic reaction but couldnt hack the flu again.

I got an unmerciful dose at Easter (bit feckin' late for flu season IMO, but still) - the dose lasted about 5 days but it was the guts of 8 weeks before I was half right, via chest xrays, inhalers, steroids, multiple antibiotics and sick certs agogo. Never, ever again. Am ringing once I finish typing this to make appt for the jab (although my GP cheerfully told me he got the jab last year, and then promptly got the flu )

Lia Scarce Dean wrote: »

Everyone around me is sick. They sound like they have pneumonia. I'm terrified I'll get it. Booked in for the flu vaccine next Monday but hope it's not too late! Ended up in hospital last year over it.

:eek:

Iamxavier wrote: »

Dying here, literally could drop any moment. Curse of god on it anyway...

I'm calling shenanigans. If you really had flu, you wouldn't be anywhere near boards

Steve F

In this modern day era it is possible for one person to infect 1,000 people per day with an illness by germ transfer in the air and on hard surfaces ie door handles etc etc
We didn't have the "mix" we have today when the last flu pandemic wiped out millions in 1918(?)
Imagine how many the next one will wipe out when it happens,and it WILL happen

Steve F

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I got an unmerciful dose at Easter (bit feckin' late for flu season IMO, but still) - the dose lasted about 5 days but it was the guts of 8 weeks before I was half right, via chest xrays, inhalers, steroids, multiple antibiotics and sick certs agogo. Never, ever again. Am ringing once I finish typing this to make appt for the jab (although my GP cheerfully told me he got the jab last year, and then promptly got the flu )



:eek:

I'm calling shenanigans. If you really had flu, you wouldn't be anywhere near boards

A doctor told me once if you truly have flu and someone hung 20 euro notes on your washing outside your window you wouldn't have the energy to get up out of bed to get them
Some people say they have the flu even when it isn't

Steve F

Helen Obedient Xenophobia wrote: »

Dying here, literally could drop any moment. Curse of god on it anyway...

May I ask? Are you at work mixing with others?

HeidiHeidi

Steve F wrote: »

A doctor told me once if you truly have flu and someone hung 20 euro notes on your washing outside your window you wouldn't have the energy to get up out of bed to get them
Some people say they have the flu even when it isn't

This!

NIMAN

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HeidiHeidi

NIMAN wrote: »

Heartbreaking watching the news clips of her with her kids on the beach last night.

Those poor youngsters now having to deal without their mum.

I hope they cope and gain some strength in the future from the person their mother was.

Wrong thread, I suspect?

EdgeCase

I picked up an absolutely miserable cold that's lasted a good few days.

It was a bit weird. I had a sore throat for maybe half a day at most and then that went away. Then I had a sort of hot neck and a bit of a cough but nothing serious. Then that went away. Then I got the worst bout of sinus pain I've ever had and an absolutely awful headache. That then seems to have turned into an avalanche of liquid running down the back of my throat which has caused a major issue with coughing last night.

It's still not quite gone but it's going.

A really nasty piece of work whatever that virus is!

mark_jmc

EdgeCase wrote: »

I picked up an absolutely miserable cold that's lasted a good few days.

It was a bit weird. I had a sore throat for maybe half a day at most and then that went away. Then I had a sort of hot neck and a bit of a cough but nothing serious. Then that went away. Then I got the worst bout of sinus pain I've ever had and an absolutely awful headache. That then seems to have turned into an avalanche of liquid running down the back of my throat which has caused a major issue with coughing last night.

It's still not quite gone but it's going.

A really nasty piece of work whatever that virus is!

I've had the same for 2 weeks,
nasal congestion is getting better but the sinus pain is still there,
aaaaagggggggggghhhhhhh

YFlyer

Elsie Delightful Shellfish wrote: »

Getting my flu shot tomorrow.. Feeling ok at the moment, but then I'm a germopobe and run a million miles from people with colds and flu (although I'd rather be a million miles from people anyway).

Bring on my flu jabs

I never got a flu jab. I think I got the flu twice. Got that nasty flu that was going around 11 years ago. Others close to me didn't get this flu and didn't get the jab.

Has the flu jab prevented you from getting the flu?

HeidiHeidi

YFlyer wrote: »

I never got a flu jab. I think I got the flu twice. Got that nasty flu that was going around 11 years ago. Others close to me didn't get this flu and didn't get the jab.

Has the flu jab prevented you from getting the flu?

How would you know???

I've had it twice in my lifetime, and that's twice too many.

But if there's anything that will likely reduce the risk of me getting another dose like I did earlier this year, I'm all for it!

Steve F

Steve F wrote: »

A doctor told me once if you truly have flu and someone hung 20 euro notes on your washing outside your window you wouldn't have the energy to get up out of bed to get them
Some people say they have the flu even when it isn't

Debateable according to research.

Fever, muscle aches, nausea — these are what we usually associate with having the flu.But just because you don't exhibit these symptoms, it doesn't mean you don't have the flu, researchers say. And you could be just as contagious. In fact, their study found that roughly three-quarters of people with seasonal or pandemic flu show either no symptoms or mild ones that aren't usually linked to flu.

I would say this is the reason it spreads so quickly. Having no or mild symptoms yourself doesn't make you any less contagious or less of a danger to others. If everyone who got flu had to stay in bed it wouldn't spread as fast as it tends to do.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/03/17/290878964/even-if-you-dont-have-symptoms-you-may-still-have-the-flu?t=1538997500822

HeidiHeidi

Deleted User wrote: »

Debateable according to research.



I would say this is the reason it spreads so quickly. Having no or mild symptoms yourself doesn't make you any less contagious or less of a danger to others. If everyone who got flu had to stay in bed it wouldn't spread as fast as it tends to do.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/03/17/290878964/even-if-you-dont-have-symptoms-you-may-still-have-the-flu?t=1538997500822

:eek:


That's a bit scary.....

YFlyer

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

How would you know???

I've had it twice in my lifetime, and that's twice too many.

But if there's anything that will likely reduce the risk of me getting another dose like I did earlier this year, I'm all for it!

Exactly. How would you know?

HeidiHeidi

YFlyer wrote: »

Exactly. How would you know?

But how would you know you would or wouldn't have got measles/mumps/polio and all that other stuff you get jabs for?


It's a vaccination, it vastly reduces the risk of contracting whatever it is it's for.

HeidiHeidi

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

:eek:


That's a bit scary.....

Indeed it is. I originally thought myself that anyone who got flu was flattened for a couple of weeks. But if people catch it with varying degrees of severity (ie those with milder symptoms are going about their daily business), then that makes it more dangerous, since more will catch it. Of those that do, some will unfortunately get a bad dose of it.