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Posted: 5/25/2017 8:02:51 PM EDT

Yesterday about 6:30pm. Then last night about 9:30 or so she started getting a little achey....then this morning a headache. She is one of those DAMNED frustrating people that never want to take any medicine. Took one ibuprophen.....it took the headache down maybe 70% but itblingered all day along with the achiness which also went away a similar amount.

Now both headache and achiness are lingering 1 hour after 2 ibuprophen.

Possible mosquito issue?

Very concered.

Also....I really never drink after anyone including her. Ha....about a month ago I started not caring. Rinseing out her glass with water and then using it instead of making another dirty. And today I did that with a glass she had used. Then again she had said nothing about how she felt.

I am also now leaving to take my 5 students to Moab next Monday.

How fucked are we? Or just being paranoid????

Edited for phone spelling/typeing issues.

Also adding that 1 month ago we had our daughter and are both bot sleeping well. Maybe 2-4 hours of real sleep a night.

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:07:26 PM EDT

[#1]

Outside to get bit also could mean outside to get dehydrated.

I'd treat it as "hydrate for several days, with Brondo, cuz it's got electrolytes"

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:09:54 PM EDT

[#2]

we have rules.

you have west Nile..

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:10:28 PM EDT

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Wife has been on a real diet coke kick since the kid was born. Her addiction. But today she has had several glasses of water....including mine.....

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:11:24 PM EDT

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it's most likely not rabies then...

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:11:54 PM EDT

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Zika?

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:11:58 PM EDT

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she may just be getting sick...

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:13:10 PM EDT

[#7]

5 mosquito bites? really?

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:13:47 PM EDT

[#8]

Might follow rules later.....try to protect my identity a little since I talk about my teaching job on here.

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:13:51 PM EDT

[#9]

hypochondriac .

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:14:07 PM EDT

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seriously, that many she may just be a little low on blood..

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:14:13 PM EDT

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Only 5? Call me when its more than 39.

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:14:31 PM EDT

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you have west Nile..

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+1 on the rules.

I'm going with Malaria.

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:14:59 PM EDT

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How many pints of blood is that?

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:15:07 PM EDT

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Yes. Five. Damned things love her. Rarely bother me.....if there is one in the STATE it will be on her....

Ha. Guess I have some skeeter in me then uh?

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:16:36 PM EDT

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Good grief.......where do you live that 5 mosquito bites is something to remark on?

Mind you, I've had West Nile, and it was nothing fun, but since onset of symptoms (if a person even has any, and many don't,) can take from three days to two weeks, I have no idea which batch of bites was the cause.

But, uh, yeah.....I get five plus bites of an afternoon every day in mosquito season if I don't spend the day entirely inside (and I still get a few then anyway, typically, as the office has a mosquito problem, and the house is over 120 years old and they tend to get in from time to time.)

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:17:20 PM EDT

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5 mosquito bites? really?

seriously, that many she may just be a little low on blood..

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:17:36 PM EDT

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Wife has been on a real diet coke kick since the kid was born. Her addiction. But today she has had several glasses of water....including mine.....

it's most likely not rabies then...

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:17:38 PM EDT

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Psychosomatic reaction

Tell her to lay off the coke.

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:17:56 PM EDT

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Lol

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:18:41 PM EDT

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It's not malaria. I've had malaria thrice. Go see a doctor.

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:18:55 PM EDT

[#21]

These bites were last night. Like, about 25 hours ago now.

Our 2 year old also got one.

I am a bit nervous also because of my trip in 4 days. Do not need to get sick.

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:18:59 PM EDT

[#22]

AIDS?

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:19:41 PM EDT

[#23]

Yeah... mosquitos.

Pics?

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:19:49 PM EDT

[#24]

Just to rub it in, remind her only female mosquitoes bite ;)

Mosquito transmitted diseases in Colorado include variations of encephalitis, west nile, meningitis:

https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/DC_CD_Zoo-WNV-and-other-mosquito-borne-viruses-in-Colorado_FAQs.pdf

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:20:39 PM EDT

[#25]

less then 24 hours for symptoms?

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:21:44 PM EDT

[#26]

Oh....headache now at 2 (1 being lowest) and achiness also at 2.

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:23:58 PM EDT

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Im going with this...

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:25:27 PM EDT

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Someone I know told me about how he and his wife got a fever similar to Dengue when in Jamaica. Said it was transmitted my Mosquito. Knocked them on their asses for 2 weeks, said that they both had joint pain for 6 months afterwards. He said it was so painful he could barely walk up a set of stairs.

Good luck OP, hopefully it isn't anything that serious.

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:26:33 PM EDT

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Someone I know told me about how he and his wife got a fever similar to Dengue when in Jamaica. Said it was transmitted my Mosquito. Knocked them on their asses for 2 weeks, said that they both had joint pain for 6 months afterwards. He said it was so painful he could barely walk up a set of stairs.

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Dengue is common in Colorado too

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:28:10 PM EDT

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headache could be a sign of Zika.

As your head starts to shrink it hurts.

Best way to be sure is to hourly, precise measurements of her head.

Any change moar the 2mm per hour and you need to call 911...

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:33:23 PM EDT

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I once got bitten by at least 30 while visiting relatives in Alabama in the summertime as a kid. Then I had an allergic reaction to something a few days later. The bites resulted in some really strange looking hives, with weird ring patterns and shit. I have never worn shorts since.

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:36:12 PM EDT

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The trick is to be so hungover or drunk most of time that you don't notice most mild ailments. There is a 200 acre swamp behind me and my neighbor's houses out here in nowhere Florida, he's always got enough rum in him and I figure after 18 years of military shots on regular schedules and for deployments we're both probably just immune to everything when we get ate up out drinking by the fence or by a fire

Seriously though, is there any history of mosquito-borne illnesses or diseases in your area?

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:38:02 PM EDT

[#33]

OP is trolling

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:41:18 PM EDT

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headache could be a sign of Zika.

As your head starts to shrink it hurts.

Best way to be sure is to hourly, precise measurements of her head.

Any change moar the 2mm per hour and you need to call 911...

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Med school rockstar right there. Well done sir.

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:42:04 PM EDT

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I've had a rather serious case (one month hospitalized) of malaria and a few other exotic mosquito issues and none come on 180 minutes after being bitten

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:42:21 PM EDT

[#36]

Sounds like chikungunya.

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:43:07 PM EDT

[#37]

Not trolling at all. Concerned about her, my kids, and upcoming trip. Anyone here get bit by one and get sick that fast from one?

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:43:40 PM EDT

[#38]

Wow! Sick in less than 2 days? That has got to be a record.

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:43:43 PM EDT

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These bites were last night. Like, about 25 hours ago now.

Our 2 year old also got one.

I am a bit nervous also because of my trip in 4 days. Do not need to get sick.

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There isn't a single mosquito-borne illness that will become symptomatic in 25 hours. None. She may be getting sick but it's from some other source.

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:43:50 PM EDT

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Wife has been on a real diet coke kick since the kid was born. Her addiction. But today she has had several glasses of water....including mine.....

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Several glasses isn't enough. You need several LITERS per day.

Caffeine withdrawal can cause headaches and other symptoms too. Ramp down. Don't go cold turkey.

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:46:07 PM EDT

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5 whole mosquito bites, wow

Anyhow keep an eye on her, my wife's uncle caught west Nile which in turn caused swelling of the brain then was in a coma for a while. Now he's back at it, good as new.

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:47:33 PM EDT

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Not trolling at all. Concerned about her, my kids, and upcoming trip. Anyone here get bit by one and get sick that fast from one?

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No because it can't happen.

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:51:44 PM EDT

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I'd guess it's not related. That would be awful quick for a reaction I'd think. Now five snake bites might be a different story. She's got a virus of some sort.

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:55:11 PM EDT

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Sounds like zikacefilaira. Will be dead within 48 hours

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:56:20 PM EDT

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Nice!!

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:57:45 PM EDT

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As others have said, dehydrated or maybe was already catching a cold?

Posted: 5/25/2017 8:57:45 PM EDT

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I had over 50 bites on my head, neck and arms after dragging two deer through a cypress swamp 3 days after hurricane matthew struck last year. Every time you hit a tree limb or stepped on wet leaves hundreds would come up off the ground. It was almost unbelievable. It was so bad I emptied my pockets and got in waste deep water to float the deer back to the boat to get some relieve from the mosquitos.

Posted: 5/25/2017 9:00:00 PM EDT

[#48]

Why haven't you administeedr Benadryl yet? That should have been first at first sign of allergic reaction...in this case headache

Posted: 5/25/2017 9:06:39 PM EDT

[#49]

She needs a transfusion. Her symptoms indicate she was bitten by 5 that are this size.

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Posted: 5/25/2017 9:09:01 PM EDT

[#50]

incubation period is a little quick there for anything major
too much soda
not enough water
needs more sleep
less stress
more exercise (after good nights sleep)
eat a good breakfast tomorrow

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