Posted: 1/15/2005 6:29:17 AM EDT
| Can someone tell me what is the usuall recovery time for getting over the flu? 5 days now and still feel like shit. |
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I had a case of the REAL FLU, in 1995, the week following Thanksgiving, and let me tell you it was BAD. I had stuff shooting out both ends, that lasted for 6 hours, from midnight to 6a.m., then I was so weak and dizzy, I could not walk for 3 days, I had a high fever, aches. It took me a couple weeks to get over it, and over a week in bed. That was the worse week and half, I have ever known. |
Monday night- Sore throat, tired feeling Tuesday-Sore throat, pain in joints, chest, chills, temperature of 102, fatigue Wednesday- Pain in joints, rip cage, chills, temperature of 102, fatigue Thursday -Less pain in joins, severe congestion, cough, minor chills, temperature of 100, fatigue Friday- Severe congestion, cough, temperature of 100, fatigue Today-Severe congestion, cough, temperature of 99, fatigue. |
I had the flu once about twenty years ago. I was so sick I didn't care if I died or got better as long as one of them occurred. It is nothing like a really bad cold. It took me about three weeks to get completely over it. |
To bad there is no way to get prescriptions.
That's not influenza whcih is a respiratory illness. What you had was "stomach flu" which is entirely different. |
You really dont need presciptions for what you have. The treatment is supportive. You can get some claritin D at the drug store and it will clear up a lot of the symptoms that you have. Some Tylenol will help with the others. Maybe some vitamin C or a multivitamin but you really dont need antibiotics or anything like that. Take your OTC medications as you need them, crawl back into bed and sleep or watch the history channel all day. You'll feel better in no time. |
I am more worried about developing a secondary infection in my sinuses and lungs. |
| I got a case of the Norwalk virus that the sandman doc brought from the other hospital. Holy shit, I wanted someone to kill me. If I wasnt throwing up in toilet I was puking into it. I woke up and found myself passed out on a bench in the doctors locker room. I started feeling it while was I was fixing a girls ectopic pregnancy. |
Fucken'a |
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Clinical Signs and Symptoms of Influenza Influenza viruses are spread from person to person primarily through the coughing and sneezing of infected persons. The incubation period for influenza is 1–4 days, with an average of 2 days. Adults typically are infectious from the day before symptoms begin through approximately 5 days after illness onset. Children can be infectious for >10 days, and young children can shed virus for <6 days before their illness onset. Severely immunocompromised persons can shed virus for weeks or months. Uncomplicated influenza illness is characterized by the abrupt onset of constitutional and respiratory signs and symptoms (e.g., fever, myalgia, headache, malaise, nonproductive cough, sore throat, and rhinitis). Among children, otitis media, nausea, and vomiting are also commonly reported with influenza illness. Respiratory illness caused by influenza is difficult to distinguish from illness caused by other respiratory pathogens on the basis of symptoms alone (see Role of Laboratory Diagnosis). Reported sensitivities and specificities of clinical definitions for influenza-like illness in studies primarily among adults that include fever and cough have ranged from 63% to 78% and 55% to 71%, respectively, compared with viral culture. Sensitivity and predictive value of clinical definitions can vary, depending on the degree of co-circulation of other respiratory pathogens and the level of influenza activity. A study among older nonhospitalized patients determined that symptoms of fever, cough, and acute onset had a positive predictive value of 30% for influenza, whereas a study of hospitalized older patients with chronic cardiopulmonary disease determined that a combination of fever, cough, and illness of <7 days was 78% sensitive and 73% specific for influenza. However, a study among vaccinated older persons with chronic lung disease reported that cough was not predictive of influenza infection, although having a fever or feverishness was 68% sensitive and 54% specific for influenza infection. Influenza illness typically resolves after a limited number of days for the majority of persons, although cough and malaise can persist for >2 weeks. Among certain persons, influenza can exacerbate underlying medical conditions (e.g., pulmonary or cardiac disease), lead to secondary bacterial pneumonia or primary influenza viral pneumonia, or occur as part of a coinfection with other viral or bacterial pathogens. Young children with influenza infection can have initial symptoms mimicking bacterial sepsis with high fevers, and <20% of children hospitalized with influenza can have febrile seizures. Influenza infection has also been associated with encephalopathy, transverse myelitis, Reye syndrome, myositis, myocarditis, and pericarditis. www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/diagnosis/#clinical |
Were any organs missing? |
What are you taking? Over the counter drug wise. |
From the CDC: "Influenza illness typically resolves after a limited number of days for the majority of persons, although cough and malaise can persist for >2 weeks" It took me about three weeks before I felt I was completely over it. When you wake up and don't feel like "shit" you're over it. ETA: That is unless you develop "secondary bacterial pneumonia or primary influenza viral pneumonia, or occur as part of a coinfection with other viral or bacterial pathogens. " |