Husband and I both got flu shots and our daughter had flumist. Husband got the flu last week and was so sick he called out from work - which *never* happens. We were told he was contagious for 5 days so he stayed home and in a spare bedroom. He got Tamiflu and it helped him to feel human again in 3 days. I fed him and sprayed Lysol everywhere, laundered everything in hot water and put it in a hot dryer. I cleaned every surface, washed my hands, wore a mask, made him wash his hands and wear a mask. Hopefully, we are out of the woods.

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Anonymous wrote: Pretty sure my four-year-old has it, showing every single symptom. Her pediatrician won’t give him Tamiflu because he is not “high-risk.” But aren’t all children under 18 and adults over 50 considered high risk? Should I try to get Tamiflu for him some other way?

Why didn't he have a flu shot last fall? This is your failure and your child is now suffering for your stupid decision.

Do you read the news? This year's flu shot was only about 50% effective against the current strains of influenza. My whole family had flu shots, yet my older child just tested positive for the flu. The pediatrician said that most of the cases of children with the flu that she's seen this year were children who had the flu shot.

A family with 4 kids lives in my neighborhood. 2 kids and the dad were diagnosed with flu this week. They were all at one of the kid's rec basketball games this morning. If you were diagnosed with flu recently then stay home, please!

My daughter was diagnosed with both Flu A and strep on Thursday. She is 6. She has never had strep before and had the flu once before (at age 2). Fever of 103.5 on Thursday.

She is getting better quickly. The antibiotics started working against the strep an hour after she took it. We've been back to the ped twice for checks, one on Friday and once today, and her lungs are clear, throat is looking better, and she is playing happily. Still has a fever though. Ped says she should recover back to 100% quickly.

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Anonymous wrote: Pretty sure my four-year-old has it, showing every single symptom. Her pediatrician won’t give him Tamiflu because he is not “high-risk.” But aren’t all children under 18 and adults over 50 considered high risk? Should I try to get Tamiflu for him some other way?

Why didn't he have a flu shot last fall? This is your failure and your child is now suffering for your stupid decision.

The only stupidity here is you, PP.
First, no one knows if OP’s kid got the flu shot. Second, getting the flu shot is not a guarantee against getting the flu. It doesn’t cover every strain. I speak from personal experience having had the flu last year despite getting the flu shot in October.
Third, go back to your TV dinner in your basement.

Anonymous wrote:Is it too late to get the flu shot now or can you still get it?

You can still get it. It takes 2 weeks for it to be fully effective but the flu season will last more than 2 more weeks, even if it is peaking right now. Per the most updated info from the CDC, the rate went up slightly from the prior week, so it seems as though we are reaching the peak. But flu always circulates, so you are always better to get vaccinated than not.

Anonymous wrote: Pretty sure my four-year-old has it, showing every single symptom. Her pediatrician won’t give him Tamiflu because he is not “high-risk.” But aren’t all children under 18 and adults over 50 considered high risk? Should I try to get Tamiflu for him some other way?

Why didn't he have a flu shot last fall? This is your failure and your child is now suffering for your stupid decision.

My 5 yo dd had flu this year and last year. Was given tamiflu each time and it worked great. Flu was very mild each time. They also gave it to our 2 yo dd as a preventative mechanism each time, and it worked in that capacity too. We are big fans of tamiflu at our house. We mix it with food and drinks in order to make more palatable.

What does this have to do with the flu spreading?

Op your dc isn't high risk. Ride it out, as awful as it is.

Is it too late to get the flu shot now or can you still get it?

Anonymous wrote:My kid got diagnosed this AM; ped said it could go either way re: Tamiflu. Since DS has seasonal/illness-induced asthma, we opted to get it. He puked up the first dose and the nurse told us that's a very typical reaction. On the fence about trying one more dose or just giving it up entirely.

My child has asthma too. It is hard to get taniflu in and stay down. However it does reduce flu complications that are more likely with asthmatic kids. Good luck

Anonymous wrote: Pretty sure my four-year-old has it, showing every single symptom. Her pediatrician won’t give him Tamiflu because he is not “high-risk.” But aren’t all children under 18 and adults over 50 considered high risk? Should I try to get Tamiflu for him some other way?

For flu, it’s kids 5 and under who are considered high risk. Not 18. Another risk category is underlying illness such as asthma. If your child (or no one in your household) has those issues, then no need for tamiflu

Just to stay on topic, FCPS sent out a letter that the flu is running though the schools pretty hard core. I figured that is what this thread was about.

Your title is misleading op.

You are debating the pros/cons of kids and tamiflu not anything else. Move to the health forum where this topic has come up like 20x already.

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Anonymous wrote:Of your child is otherwise healthy, the side effects of Tamiflu can sometimes be worse than the flu itself. My pediatrician practice doesn’t recommend it for healthy kids.

Same, unless there is an infant in the home.

+1. My spouse is a pediatrician, and we've never given Tamiflu--spouse has never suggested it. Perhaps I'm ignorant, but I don't even really know what Tamiflu is.

It is an anti-viral. It prohibits the virus from replicating. That is why you have to take it within 48 hours. Otherwise the video load gets too high and the virus has already replicated too much to be effective.

Whoa. PP and yes I guess I didn’t realize this existed. Yay modern medicine!