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#251
#251
TennesseeFan07 said:
Sunday night, picked up what i think to be some type of stomach bug. For the first time in my adult life (26 years) I vomited and battled with diarrhea, which I can probably count on one hand the number of times that I have had that. Well, anyway, here we are nearly 72 hours later and I am not feeling any better. The vomiting has stopped, but I can't hold down anything at all. Now, my back and legs are hurting bad, too. I have a pounding headache and extreme dizziness and fatigue, though I would attribute that to dehydration.

Symptoms
Low grade fever.
Stool is runny, mixed with black pellets.
Vomit looked like chili, which I did not eat.
Back pain, legs pain.
Headache.
Nausea.
Bloated stomach.

I never go to the doctor, but I just can't figure out why I'm feeling no better after nearly 72 hours of this. Sorry if this is gross, just trying to be specific.
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#252
#252
goldenvol said:
I was just diagnosed with Flu. I've passed it to my kids, son running fever of 104.5.

The past couple days are some of the worst of my life. If it wasn't for ibuprofen, then I feel death would have been an acceptable option. Screw Tylenol, my fever blew through that like I had taken nothing.

Ok, rant over but here is what I don't fully understand. It's obvious that vaccination isn't the best approach to stopping flu before it happens and Tamiflu saves you around a day.

I've been researching since my opinion would be to attack infected cells and kill them, stopping them from reproducing. I found some reading on this and it sounds like this is being done. I forget the name "DRACO antivirul" or something along those lines.

I'm sure the Flu gets great of amounts of research, but I would shift a lot of this money to killing Flu once it's attacked. Preventive is playing darts blindfolded.
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Actually, vaccination IS the best available option for prevention. Hand washing, avoid ill contacts if possible, etc...

Some years, the vaccine is very good, but a lot of viral spread can happen in the time it takes the vaccine to be developed and produced. That's just the world we live in of easy international travel, etc, with a multitude of flu strains and the capability to only include 4 in the immunization, for now.
 
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#253
#253
Speaking for the ER I work at, the flu is starting to rage. There was also a good little stomach bug running around a week or two ago. I’ve lost count of how many IVs I’ve started to give fluid to people who were sick at their stomach and couldn’t tolerate fluids.
 
#254
#254
xJesusx56 said:
Speaking for the ER I work at, the flu is starting to rage. There was also a good little stomach bug running around a week or two ago. I’ve lost count of how many IVs I’ve started to give fluid to people who were sick at their stomach and couldn’t tolerate fluids.
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Yes it is. Saw our first cases middle of last week...already probably 50-75 in our office. Only a few of them were immunized.
 
#257
#257
Coug said:
I'm still getting over a stomach bug. You say you aren't vomiting but can't hold anything down? Can you clarify that statement? You need to be pushing as much fluid as you can, specifically electrolytes(drinks(Powerade/Gatorade) with sodium, magnesium, calcium, potassium). If you don't throw it up that's perfect, if it comes right out the bottom it's done it's job. Ibuprofin(if it's safe for you to take) is great for low grade fevers and muscle pains. A lot of people immediately reach for Imodium or other like products when they have diarrhea. I'm a firm believer that in most cases if the human body is having diarrhea it means there is something in there that the body wants out NOW. Let it take it's course. A very common and uncomfortable downside to drugs like Imodium is constipation.
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I'm vomiting like crazy. It's the first time in my life I ever have.
 
#262
#262
vol_in_ar said:
RIP Kat :)
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I didn’t die last night. I’m basically a survivor. But I do feel like hell.

The flu is a *****. I don’t take the flu shot but last year I had it and strep at the same time last year afterjust having completed a round of tamiflu. It was a miserable week.
 
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#263
CDC has antigenically or genetically characterized 400 influenza viruses collected during October 1 – December 9, 2017, and submitted by U.S. laboratories, including 58 influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses, 256 influenza A(H3N2) viruses, and 86 influenza B viruses.

A (H1N1)pdm09: Phylogenetic analysis of the HA genes from 58 A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses showed that all belonged to clade 6B.1. 41 A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses were antigenically characterized, and all were antigenically similar (analyzed using HI with ferret antisera) to the reference 6B.1 virus A/Michigan/45/2015, representing the recommended influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 reference virus for the 2017–18 Northern Hemisphere influenza vaccines.

A (H3N2): Phylogenetic analysis of the HA genes from 256 A(H3N2) viruses revealed extensive genetic diversity with multiple clades/subclades co-circulating. The HA genes of circulating viruses belonged to clade 3C.2a (n=198), subclade 3C.2a1 (n=56) or clade 3C.3a (n=2). 68 influenza A(H3N2) viruses were antigenically characterized, and 67 (98.5%) A(H3N2) viruses tested were well-inhibited (reacting at titers that were within fourfold of the homologous virus titer) by ferret antisera raised against A/Michigan/15/2014 (3C.2a), a cell propagated A/Hong Kong/4801/2014-like reference virus representing the A(H3N2) component of 2017–18 Northern Hemisphere influenza vaccines.

B/Victoria: Phylogenetic analysis of five B/Victoria-lineage viruses indicate that all HA genes belonged to genetic clade V1A, the same genetic clade as the vaccine reference virus, B/Brisbane/60/2008. However, a small number of viruses identified in 2017 had a 6-nucleotide deletion (encoding amino acids 162 and 163) in the HA (abbreviated as V1A-2Del). One (50%) of two B/Victoria lineage viruses were well-inhibited by ferret antisera raised against cell -propagated B/Brisbane/60/2008 reference virus, representing a recommended B virus component of 2017–18 Northern Hemisphere influenza vaccines. One B/Victoria lineage virus reacted poorly (at titers that were 8-fold or greater reduced compared with the homologous virus titer) with ferret antisera raised against cell-propagated B/Brisbane/60/2008, and this virus had the two amino acid deletion in the HA of the V1A-2Del viruses.

B/Yamagata: Phylogenetic analysis of 81 influenza B/Yamagata-lineage viruses indicate that the HA genes belonged to clade Y3. A total of 57 influenza B/Yamagata-lineage viruses were antigenically characterized, and all were antigenically similar to cell propagated B/Phuket/3073/2013, the reference vaccine virus representing the influenza B/Yamagata-lineage component of the 2017–18 Northern Hemisphere quadrivalent vaccines.
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Synopsis in lay terms: The H1N1 component of the vaccine looks good. So far, 98.5% of the H3N2 flu viruses match the vaccine. One of the B virus strains has a mutation that could be problematic; the other B strain matches well.

Note -- it's still early, and this info is based on specimens collected through Dec 9th. Transport and typing takes time, so there is always a lag of a week or two in information.
 
#264
#264
wildnkrazykat said:
I didn’t die last night. I’m basically a survivor. But I do feel like hell.

The flu is a *****. I don’t take the flu shot but last year I had it and strep at the same time last year afterjust having completed a round of tamiflu. It was a miserable week.
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awesome, hope your better for Santa's visit
 
#267
#267
Got my flu and pneumonia shots (we always do) plus DPT booster for the whooping cough portion.

With a 5-month-old grandson, I don’t mess around.
 
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#269
Funny story: Tonight I went to pick up some scripts at CVS, one of which included a preemptive Tamiflu dose pack because I'll be insurance-less after December. My GP wrote me one so I could fill it while I still have prescription coverage. I walk away from the counter after paying and the pharmacy tech is spraying down the counter and credit card machine with Lysol.
 
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Coug said:
Funny story: Tonight I went to pick up some scripts at CVS, one of which included a preemptive Tamiflu dose pack because I'll be insurance-less after December. My GP wrote me one so I could fill it while I still have prescription coverage. I walk away from the counter after paying and the pharmacy tech is spraying down the counter and credit card machine with Lysol.
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