Is there a flu epidemic at the moment ?

Ally Dick · 26-12-2012 1:45pm #1

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 · 26-12-2012 1:47pm

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 · 26-12-2012 1:47pm

Tis the season..

Cuttlefish · 26-12-2012 1:51pm

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 · 26-12-2012 1:53pm

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 · 26-12-2012 1:53pm

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 · 26-12-2012 1:53pm

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

aaronjumper · 26-12-2012 1:56pm

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

The Jammy dodger · 26-12-2012 1:57pm

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 · 26-12-2012 2:00pm

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

It's an awful dose so it is.

Praetorian Saighdiuir · 26-12-2012 2:05pm

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 · 26-12-2012 2:08pm

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 · 26-12-2012 2:13pm

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

xLexie · 26-12-2012 2:31pm

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

Andy-Pandy · 26-12-2012 2:38pm

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?

26-12-2012 2:41pm

Where To wrote: »

The common cold is an inconvenience.

The flu is a killer.

Different people are different.

Fromthetrees · 26-12-2012 2:46pm

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

Temaz · 26-12-2012 2:47pm

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 · 26-12-2012 2:48pm

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

Herb Powell · 26-12-2012 2:52pm

Is this mostly in Dublin?

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

Temaz · 26-12-2012 2:53pm

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 · 26-12-2012 4:04pm

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

carltonleon · 26-12-2012 4:13pm

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 · 26-12-2012 4:14pm

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 · 26-12-2012 4:16pm

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 · 26-12-2012 4:26pm

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.

26-12-2012 5:14pm

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 · 26-12-2012 5:21pm

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 · 26-12-2012 5:22pm

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 · 26-12-2012 5:24pm

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 · 26-12-2012 5:26pm

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

yellowlabrador · 26-12-2012 5:26pm

I've got it. I haven't eaten properly for 4 days, even a banana is too much effort. Spent the whole of xmas either sitting out for an hour then back to bed. Serious backpain, shivers bad chest and sore nose.

Mycroft H · 26-12-2012 5:29pm

Talking to a KDOC (Kildare after hours doc) Doctor on Monday who said they treated over 600 people with flu like symptoms over the weekend of the 22nd-23rd. He said they're just waiting to declare an epidemic.

hattoncracker · 26-12-2012 5:32pm

I have pneumonia.

Started as a throat and chest infection, now I'm miserable... And back to work tomorrow!

jesse pinkman · 26-12-2012 5:36pm

We've all had the vomiting bug in our gaff just before Christmas, the doctor informed me that the bug stays in the stomach lining for up to eight weeks, like the flu its highly contagious & not to be sniffed at.

Solair · 26-12-2012 5:46pm

hattoncracker wrote: »

I have pneumonia.

Started as a throat and chest infection, now I'm miserable... And back to work tomorrow!

Get signed off sick! It's totally unfair on your colleagues to bring that into the office / workplace tbh.
For someone with asthma or anything like that it can be a near-death experience.

ulyssescohen · 26-12-2012 5:48pm

Well said!

Solair wrote: »

Get signed off sick! It's totally unfair on your colleagues to bring that into the office / workplace tbh.
For someone with asthma or anything like that it can be a near-death experience.

Tasden · 26-12-2012 6:57pm

Solair wrote: »

Get signed off sick! It's totally unfair on your colleagues to bring that into the office / workplace tbh.
For someone with asthma or anything like that it can be a near-death experience.

I was sick all day yesterday with it and had to be in today for work, we were all told that no matter how sick we were we were not to call in sick or there'd be hell to pay (which I know is true from other people in previous years). And their reason for this is that its not fair on colleagues to be left short staffed. Can't win.

I obviously agree with not spreading it by going in but people can't exactly afford to piss off management when there are thousands others who would take your job in a flash.

Herb Powell · 26-12-2012 7:05pm

Tasden wrote: »

I obviously agree with not spreading it by going in but people can't exactly afford to piss off management when there are thousands others who would take your job in a flash.

This is bollocks and needs to change. I know yeah "see it from the employer's point of view", but FFS, it does not make any sense to make people work when they are sick.

ulyssescohen · 26-12-2012 7:08pm

+1 And from an economic standpoint it makes even less sense. It means more absenteeism - and in certain situations, i.e.,, retail may actually be counterproductive.

Herb Powell wrote: »

This is bollocks and needs to change. I know yeah "see it from the employer's point of view", but FFS, it does not make any sense to make people work when they are sick.

Tasden · 26-12-2012 7:09pm

Herb Powell wrote: »

This is bollocks and needs to change. I know yeah "see it from the employer's point of view", but FFS, it does not make any sense to make people work when they are sick.

Tbh nobody agrees with it or sees it from the employers pov, but people care about their jobs so they do what they're told.

GreeBo · 26-12-2012 7:11pm

Tasden wrote: »

IAnd their reason for this is that its not fair on colleagues to be left short staffed. Can't win.

They are trying to stop people pulling a sickie, but if you have WVB you are doing them a favour by not coming in...you are highly contagious and will probably decimate the rest of the staff, not to mention all the customers you come into contact with.

ulyssescohen · 26-12-2012 7:11pm

I think the employees that have trouble are those who have exploited the situation in the past. If you have a history of pulling sickies, then my take is that mocking is catching. I find it hard to believe, in most cases, that the hard working employee is actually hurt by legitimate sicknesses

Tasden wrote: »

Tbh nobody agrees with it or sees it from the employers pov, but people care about their jobs so they do what they're told.

Tasden · 26-12-2012 7:17pm

ulyssescohen wrote: »

I think the employees that have trouble are those who have exploited the situation in the past. If you have a history of pulling sickies, then my take is that mocking is catching. I find it hard to believe, in most cases, that the hard working employee is actually hurt by legitimate sicknesses

Missed one day this year for a funeral, always on time, do last minute shifts when asked. Its a warning given to all staff on xmas eve. My colleague who I doubt has a history either ended up getting a mark on her record and a counselling when she called in sick on Stevens day last year. Although admittedly she didn't have a cert.

Maybe if you have a cert its different.

Pottler · 26-12-2012 7:38pm

I for one have the flu. I refused to go into work today. Ok, there was no work today, but if there was, I was pulling a sickie. This has not stopped the flow of snot from my hooter, nor eased the hacking cough that I feel might require major surgery of some sort.

The wife says I have a cold, but I want a second opinion. I asked the dog, and he said I looked wouf, sorry, rough. I'm going with the dogs verdict and will take tomorrow off as well. Ok, Ok, there is no work tomorrow either, but i am still very, very ill. A cold, pah.

rebel girl 15 · 26-12-2012 8:27pm

We had the norovirus (vomiting bug) and the flu going around at work - I got the vomiting bug, but I was fairly lucky with it, that I wasn't sick much. Took me about four or five weeks to fully recover from it, it wrecked me. If you have the WVB, you are supposed to stay out of work for at least 48 hours after the last bout of sickness - thats what we were told anyway

I completely agree with people not being in work when they are sick - one person goes in when dying sick, then they will pass it on, and then leave more people out. Its a complete nightmare - I know seeing it from the employers view of being short staffed, but in the long run it is actually counterproductive

ulyssescohen · 26-12-2012 8:28pm

you mean days right??

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

We had the norovirus (vomiting bug) and the flu going around at work - I got the vomiting bug, but I was fairly lucky with it, that I wasn't sick much. Took me about four or five weeks to full recover from it, it wrecked me

I completely agree with people not being in work when they are sick - one person goes in when dying sick, then they will pass it on, and then leave more people out. Its a complete nightmare - I know seeing it from the employers view of being short staffed, but in the long run it is actually counterproductive

Miss Lockhart · 26-12-2012 8:33pm

Thankfully, and I hope I'm not jinxing myself, neither I nor anyone I know has either the vomiting bug or the flu. I work in a school and usually outbreaks would be very noticeable, but we didn't seem to be having any issues before the holidays.

rebel girl 15 · 26-12-2012 8:34pm

ulyssescohen wrote: »

you mean days right??

Nope, weeks and I wasn't the only one, the vomiting was gone after two days, but I was left shattered - I was hardly getting through the days at work, and I ended up catching a couple of colds on top of it. Stupidly went back exactly 48 hours after I last got sick. I felt so tired for a few weeks afterwards, even though I was doing the bare minimum to get through work. Another colleague of mine was off for two weeks with it, came back and was shattered looking despite resting and doing the right things, took her another week to get someway right

I working in a school in the UK - a number of schools were close to being shut down because of it

ulyssescohen · 26-12-2012 8:36pm

That is extreme. I had a very severe bout in October. Took some paramax which killed the vomitting. I was back in work in two days, and as right as rain in five. Maybe you should consider taking a tonic?

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

Nope, weeks and I wasn't the only one, the vomiting was gone after two days, but I was left shattered - I was hardly getting through the days at work, and I ended up catching a couple of colds on top of it. Stupidly went back exactly 48 hours after I last got sick. I felt so tired for a few weeks afterwards, even though I was doing the bare minimum to get through work. Another colleague of mine was off for two weeks with it, came back and was shattered looking despite resting and doing the right things, took her another week to get someway right

I working in a school in the UK - a number of schools were close to being shut down because of it

SRFC · 26-12-2012 8:43pm

In bits with a stomach bug :mad: no appetite what so ever since the 24th so missed christmas dinner which is devastating :mad:

Is there a flu epidemic at the moment ?

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