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.
This is the classic description of a rhinovirus. The thing you need to be most careful of is a sinus infection ( those can be very nasty) and then a later development of bronchitis. Steamy showers, lots of liquids, lots of rest still the best
I was hospitalized with pneumonia in August , I work in hospitals so I had about a 100% chance of having being exposed to H1N1 at some time.. I tested negative for H1N1 when hospitalized but since Denver has reported a tripling in pneumonia admissions this year I’d say prior exposure sure looks like a contributing factor. The symptoms and severity described sound real familiar... This ( H1N1 ) could be a catalyst for the normal flu to do some real damage this year.
The cough and sore throat could be H1N1 . Some people only have 2 symptoms from the H1N1 flu. Also some people who get H1N1 don’t have a fever.
Can your doctor spot H1N1?
By Caleb Hellerman, CNN Medical News Senior Producer
November 20, 2009 1:26 p.m. EST
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/20/h1n1.fever.doctor/
Comment: The article begins with the story of 5-year-old Danelle Olivares who died from H1N1 and “never even ran a fever.”
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The World Health Organization and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention each list fever as a defining feature of H1N1. But that’s being called into question, most recently in the medical journal the Lancet. This week, physicians in Queensland, Australia, wrote that 36 of the 106 patients admitted to Gold Coast Hospital with confirmed H1N1 infections actually had no fever.