I don't know what that means.
Anyway, I got something about 2-1/2 weeks ago. Went to the doc, and found I was running a mild fever. Symptoms weren't like the normal flu either more like bronchitis or sinus infection.
I've developed a cough that won't go away. It's like when I was an asthmatic kid.
Maybe there's something too this. (cough..)
RE: “Anyway, I got something about 2-1/2 weeks ago. Went to the doc, and found I was running a mild fever. Symptoms weren’t like the normal flu either more like bronchitis or sinus infection. “
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I have something similar - day 9 and counting - still very sick and major sinus headache today. Started with scratchy throat and nagging cough. Next day, mild chills and fever of 100 plus worsening throat. Three nights of coughing and excruciating throat sent me to the doc. He said “bronchitis” and prescribed antibiotic.
Slowly it evolved into a major cold type of thing — still bad and major sinus headaches off and on — friends said sounded familiar - suffered nearly three weeks.
I do not think this is ‘swine’ or other flu. Not enough hallmarks of flu —
The description of damaged airways is interesting vis a vis swine flu, but it sounds like those affected had those pre-existing conditions that could render airways damaged anyway. Winter is here — lots of ‘stuff’ out there — impossible to put a name to each malady.
Hope you get well soon!
About 10 years ago I kept getting bronchitis and when I didn’t have it, I wheezed with a cough but had no other symptoms. They kept giving me stronger and stronger antibiotics but the cough remained. AFter a chest xray and pondering a move to extreme anti-biotics (similar to those given to Aids patients) I was referred to a pulmonary specialist. He was baffled to know why I had been given a chest xray and months of antibiotics because I didn’t have an infection. I had inflamed lungs. The lining was irritated (by then so was I) and sensistive and making me cough. He gave me and albuterol (sp) inhaler so my airways would open up (over the counter, hate the stuff -makes me tremble) so that I could then take an Advair (prescription) inhaler to soothe the inflamed lining. It worked. After a few weeks I discontinued both and I was fine. I do continue to have hypersensitive lungs to if I get a significant chest cough I get an inhaler to keep my lungs happy. This stops me from coming out of a flu and then going right into a secondary infection and inflammation. I don’t know if that has anything to do with your symptoms but I wanted to put it out there in case it was relevant.
I understand that pertussis is making a comeback. Atypical pertussis may seem like a cold or a nagging cough in adults. Whether that is what you have you may want to see if its time for a DPT booster. (Once every 10 years.) If you do have it you don’t want to spread it.
The thing that bothers me is that I have been through every plague since 1946, polio, measles, chicken pox, and mumps, caught every thing but polio, are we by eliminating risk converting childhood illness to adult life threatening stuff?