The Flu.

kneemos

Anyone else suffering? Got the jab,but apparently there's one strain not covered and muggins goes and gets it,what are the odds?

Allinall

It's everywhere.

jackboy

Yep, its going to be carnage in the hospitals over the next few weeks.

black & white

I’ve had it since Wednesday, headache, no energy, sore throat, no appetite and aches & pains all over. Got the flu jab in October so hopefully it won’t last much longer.

Rooks

Yep, before Xmas. The no appetite was the worst part. I barely ate anything for over a week. I'd be exhausted after climbing the stairs.

kneemos

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122993642#Comment_122993642

Same. Got it on Wednesday and thought this isn't too bad,just a cold. Last night it kicked in with a vengeance.

Xander10

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058385733/the-flu

700 in hospital with "flu" and surge expected by the HSE.

The "C" word seems to be banned.

baxterooneydoody

I've got terrible joint aches with something with the last week, and my ankles are swelling in the evening. Is anyone else getting similar. I've had similar before but without the ankle swelling, which is disconcerting. Taking ibuprofen for the pain twice a day which is keeping it at bay

dahat

People with a cold who call it a flu is a pet hate.

Those with or who have ever had a proper flu know the difference.

BorsukBroCsNake

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122994689#Comment_122994689

Yeah Flu is much less common than people think and knocks you out properly, one of those things maybe you get a few times in a lifetime and hopefully in middle age, if not it can be one and done.

Most people just get a bad cold maybe aytpical Pneumonia/Covid/RSV etc call it the flu…

I swear by the juice or one or two limes a day

I find gin and some tonic makes the cure more palatable

Touch wood nothing but a very mild cold in years 😂

Hippodrome Song Owl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122994689#Comment_122994689

Actually studies show the opposite is true. And many healthy adults think they have a cold when they have flu so they go out and spread it further.

https://theconversation.com/flu-is-more-widespread-than-thought-but-not-serious-for-most-24419

Yes it seems to be rampant at the moment, or at least some respiratory illness is. I know two children in ICU with it right now - one with other medical conditions, one previously very healthy.

cj maxx

Worrying that the vaccine doesn't cover all the strains. got my jab just before Christmas and thought I was sorted

amandstu

I got this god knows where from .

I say drink plenty of fluids because I got constipated for not paying attention to that.

Constipation can make you nauseous as the "flowthough" from ingestion to excretion is blocked.

Feel better now that I managed a (woodeny) ****.

Keep drinking (not all in one go or you will just piss it out)

The first night I was up every 15 minutes but it got better since then (apart from the queasiness which I think I may have resolved)

(Didn't get any jab .It must be 3 years since my last Covid shot )

Flaneur OBrien

My temperature is still all over the place 4 days later. Woke up to 38.7

JVince

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122994970#Comment_122994970

Never does.

They have to guess the most prevalent strains that will be around. They do this by looking at what strains are showing up elsewhere in the world.

And like many viruses, you can get different severities. The vaccine will certainly assist in the symptoms not being as severe, but it's near impossible to give absolute protection due to the changing strains.

beertons

Walking pneumonia I heard herself call it.

kneemos

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122994970#Comment_122994970

I'm thinking maybe I got a strain then jab covered. Yesterday was like death warmed up,not too bad this morning. Just a one day event.

SupaCat95

The next two week are going to be critical. How did we ever survive before without all these vaccines?

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122995049#Comment_122995049

Many didn't. Between 3% and 5% of the world's population died in the 1918-20 flu pandemic.

Streifi

Flu jab takes 2 weeks to build immunity. So if you've gotten vaccine less than 2 weeks ago, evenif strain is covered, you might not have build up immunity. And as above, they estimate what might be dominant strains by looking at the winter season in the southern hemisphere and trying to predict. Some years there is better cover some years less.

As a side note - life flu nasal vaccines for kids will cover more strains as the life element in it will give them some protection for wild types.

Also people can be asymptomatic or have very free symptoms and spread the flu virus and adults spread on average for 5 days while kids for 10 days - so getting your snotty preschooler or spotty teen vaccinated with a spray up the nose will prevent quite a bit of spread and protect those who can't have vaccines (like the under 2 year old (injection only) or under 6 month old olds (no flu vaccines) who end up with Pneumonia in ICU with it.)

SupaCat95

Was that because of the flu or was it because of poor nutrition and accomodation during the first world war? The war does not affect only front line troops. It ties up money in the economy, decreases agricultural produce and decreases construction out put and maintenance.

Streifi

We didn't - vaccine preventable diseases killed A LOT of people.

Don't want to get into an argument re vaccines but the ones recommended usually have a very solid body of research (and I'm not talking some guy on youTube) behind it, explaining that there is a substantial risk to the person/population.

Streifi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122995049#Comment_122995049

As above - its called survivors bias

Same argument how we survived without seatbelts or car seats - mist of us did and the ones who didn't arent here to argue

JVince

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122995032#Comment_122995032

If you get a bad dose, this would be a good description - that's if you could walk!

Had a real bad dose in 1990. 3 weeks and lost over a stone. Wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

Sid 1984

Both daughter & I got it, both of a knocked absolutely flat.

Wildly varying temperatures from sweat-dripping highs to teeth-chattering lows in the space of 20 minutes.

Zero energy, no appetite and deep ripping coughs. Full week in now & just starting to come out of it a little. The fact that both of us are asmathic probably didn't help 🙄

Wife works in a pharmacy and has never seen so many antibiotics issued as the last few weeks.

She arrived home from work yesterday dying. Bad cough, sore throat & freezing. Crashed on couch, went to bed early.

Up this morning at 7.30 cleaning the house.

Witchcraft....

Cluedo Monopoly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122994970#Comment_122994970

The strains put into the annual Flu jab are based on what was in circulation in Australia. It's pot luck whether the same strains dominate in northern hemisphere winter.

Bell peppers are great source of Vit C. Yellow especially.

I got flu just once. 25 years ago in my 20s. Worst sickness I ever experienced.

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122995071#Comment_122995071

No, it was as a result of the flu virus itself. It tore through populations not directly impacted by the war..Australia, New Zealand and the US. 850,000 died in the US alone. 300,000 died in Brazil, including the president.

Bocadilloo

Parents got it, worst they have ever been sick. Both in bed for the week, no appetite, bad coughs, no energy. They are like different people when I spoke to them, very shook from it. Both had flu jabs as well. I dread anyone elderly catching this strain.

SupaCat95

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122995228#Comment_122995228

Yeah the United States was a poor country back then. When the troops came back from the Western front they brought the "Spanish flu" with them. Australia and New Zealand was in WW1 as well in Galipoli in Turkey. The United States was in World War 1 (Dough boys). I am sure the virus spread from North America to Caribbean to Brazil through the sugar trade.

Gooser14

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122994970#Comment_122994970

The jab isn't fully effective until 2 weeks after getting it.

Cluedo Monopoly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122995354#Comment_122995354

ANZAC forces also fought in France and Belgium and other places during WW1. It wasn't just Turkey.