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[Pauline]

Woke this morning with a headache and slight temperature. It has now gone up some two degrees on my normal. Feeling chilled, weary and generally off.
Anyone out there who can identify? Spoke to NHS Direct who said there is a strain of flu sweeping the country with such symptoms. Good news is it doesn't last very long but I have not felt so ill for many years.

[honeybun]

Sorry you are feeling poorly.

I have heard too that there is a nasty strain of flu doing the rounds. I had my flu jab so hopefully will avoid.
Cuba Girl has had to fly from Aberdeen to her daughter in England as she is very unwell with flu and child care is needed.

Hope you feel better soon, but I guess it runs its course. Maybe you have a cold coming on. I had that a few weeks ago and its a nasty one too.
Keep hydrated and paracetamol every four hours. It's the most you can do really.


Honeyb
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[CLKD]

The people I know who have had the 'flu haven't been able to get out of bed, have had cold/shivers/sudden hike in temp., then cold/shivers etc.; 3 out of the 5 had the 'flu jab in the last 3 weeks  ……

Get it over with before C.mas, although it's a way I could get out of any commitments - not the best but better than  …..

Have a 

[countrybumpkin]

There is also a bug with flu like symptoms going round like wildfire here. Starts with shivers high temp etc and feeling sick then the cold and evil cough/throat follows. Seem to be over flu symptoms in about 4 days but the cold/cough lasts for weeks!  This is affecting loads of people who had the flu jab so its obviously not a flu thats in the jab this year.
If you start to get a cough/sore throat or cold in next few days you know its this bug. My son and daughter in law both have it at moment.

[Joyce]

Yep, it's a nasty one alright. Daughter only ventured outdoors today, for first time in a week. Terrible cough, hot & cold sweats, achy, wooly head, dizziness, nausea, very weak. She is now recovering very slowly. She'd been due to get flu jab this week. Should have had at start of season as she is a nurse, but GP wouldn't do it & she never managed to find the time when at work as they are too busy to let her away to get it, so she had to try & fit in a time in her off duty time.

[CLKD]

Glad she's improving Cubagirl!  How long are you there fore.

Anyone who has a cough could use high dose magnesium tablets - stops the cough reflex

[Joyce]

I head home tomorrow as her partner's folks head down. They are here for Christmas. However, think they will be looking after him as he is flagging fast with same thing.

[CLKD]

Oh no - a quiet week then …….. let the hype wash over them all 

[Joyce]

Daughter collapsed at beginning of week trying to go to the loo. Her partner had to pick her up & take her. She was in bed for first 3 days, then kept trying to get up for a wee while, but would end up back in bed. Today has been her longest out of bed, but she still slept on sofa a few times.

[Taz2]

Hope she soon gets back to good health CG. There are some strange viruses doing the rounds here in the South. Have found the weekly flu report https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/389264/Weekly-report-current-wk51.pdf

Taz x

[rosebud57]

Thanks for the magnesium tip CLKD.  Will dose up my husband who is coughing at night.  You may have saved his life?

[honeybun]

Pholocodeine (sp) is excellent for stopping a cough. Be careful though. If it's a productive cough then you shouldn't take anything to stop it, just something to sooth it.


Honeyb
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[Rowan]

Have to agree with HB, a cough is usually to help clear chest with cold and flu, a dry cough is different.

[countrybumpkin]

Thanks for the magnesium tip i will pass it on to my son and daughter in law as they are both really ill with this. News says there is a variation of the hong kong flu that is doing the rounds and it wasn't included in the flu jab which would explain why loads of people who I know had the jab have got this!

[CLKD]

Magnesium should be used at least 10 days after the patient is well, back to work and left with a repetitive dry annoying cough.  If they are producing phlegm then that's a different type of cough and means that the body is getting rid of bugs etc.. 

In 1996 I had been with friends and we were all coughing/sneezing from different sources - we re-met 3 months later and were still coughing and spluttering, not easy in the music industry  - someone outside of our group wandered over to our table to tell us about the high-dose magnesium trick so I went on-line …….. be ware though, it can have a bowel reaction …….