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h1n1 symptoms--how did they start?
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Anonymous
Pretty sure I have it now, but temperature is too low to be "fever" (just 100) but it keeps waffling all over the place! Yesterday, (about 4 days into the illness) I took Tylenol cold/flu meds and thought I was pretty well over it. This morning, I have a fever again and feel like crap. I am ambulatory, though - and obviously can play on the internet and cook and whatnot...I just have a horrific cough and periodic chills, runny nose. My child has it, too (he's four). Mild fever for two days and now just has the hacking cough and stuffed nose. I am treating him with lots (and lots) of cartoons. |
Anonymous
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Thanks, PP. My child is 4 and woke up with a fever, stuffy nose, so I was curious if I should take him in to the Dr?
Two children in his preschool class have been sick, one with the H1N1 |
Anonymous
| I think we've had but we've been running high fevers for about 4-5 days. Ped said the flu test is inaccurate and he has no way of really knowing what type of virus anyone has, they just treat the symptoms. |
Anonymous
I'm fairly certain we got it from preschool, too. I didn't take son to the doctor, because it just hasn't reached that level (for us). I keep watching for signs of difficulty breathing (through the coughing) and/or high fever, but so far, so good. (I think I feel significantly worse that he does...and DH has so far been immune)?? |
Anonymous
| There seems to be a cold going around that comes with a stuffy/running nose, low fever (under 100), sore throat at first, and turning into a cough as it goes. My 6-month-old and I are both getting over it and I know several other adults and babies who've had the same thing over the last few weeks. It seems to be going around his daycare, too. |
Anonymous
Did a DR diagnose your childs H1N1? |
Anonymous
| Does H1N1 always have a cough as a symptom? |
Anonymous
| this is ridiculous!!!! |
Anonymous
This sounds like a cold to me. I have one, too. |
Anonymous
Yeah, I would think so, too..but we had the cold that's going around like, two weeks ago (also put us out of commission for a week+). These symptoms sound the same as the cold we had a couple weeks ago, but amplified significantly. I reckon it could be two separate colds, but I also understood that you should probably presume that its H1N1 if you get flu-like symptoms? the CDC website says you may not even get a fever with H1N1? |
Anonymous
| bump |
Anonymous
Please post on flu forum, or you're likely to receive an onslaught of attacks. |
Anonymous
Your nose begins to resemble a pig's snout and then you become stuffy. |
Anonymous
Yes, I'd like to know this too. I had strep a few months ago, but also had HORRIBLE body aches and fever for a few days and couldn't beleive it was due to strep entirely. It's possible I had both but I just felt it was more than strep at the time. BUT i had no cough so maybe not... |
Anonymous
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To answer the question: My child had 99 temperature and a very profuse sneeze/cough the first day and extreme fatigue. I assumed a cold. The second day, her fever shot up to 102.5 and she had a sore throat as well plus still extreme fatigue. She is 3. I took her to Nighttime Pediatrics and she was tested and diagnosed with H1N1. Today is day 3 and she actually seems better -- normal temp today so far and not profoundly ill. I'll see if her temp goes back up after her nap.
My husband and I have felt mildly headache-y and sneezy but have no fever; we are thinking we got the "silent" variety and may not actually get sick. |