Swine flu...?
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Swine flu...?
... nasty sore throat coming on, v. busy weekend, wondering how I'm going to get through it and now panicking. Does anyone know what symptoms to expect?
Marylou
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Flu is flu - even swine flu ! You feel grotty and achey and have a fever >38 (impossible to tell without a thermometer - no good saying they feel hot to th touch!) - also cough and sore throat. Far worse than a cold.
Some with swine flu are getting D&V too, not seen in the usual seasonal flu.
Ho ho - I woke at 0200 while doing a night shift with sore throat / cough / runny nose ... help I thought Swine Flu!!!! But no fever so just a stinky cold - much croaking down the phone to patients for the rest of the night!! - glad to get to bed in the morning
Some with swine flu are getting D&V too, not seen in the usual seasonal flu.
Ho ho - I woke at 0200 while doing a night shift with sore throat / cough / runny nose ... help I thought Swine Flu!!!! But no fever so just a stinky cold - much croaking down the phone to patients for the rest of the night!! - glad to get to bed in the morning
Re: Swine flu...?
I seem to remember the recent outbreak of swine flu (in the UK at least) happened right at the time when pupils were beginning or had just begun taking their public exams e.g. GCSE's and A-levels.Marylou wrote:... nasty sore throat coming on, v. busy weekend, wondering how I'm going to get through it and now panicking. Does anyone know what symptoms to expect?
Some schools were shut, e.g. Eton College closed for an extra week in an attempt to control the disease and pupils had missed part(s) of their examinations. Anyone knows what becomes of their result?