Christ on a bike, I feel dreadful! This doesn't sound like flu (pig or otherwise) does it?

[OracleInaCoracle]

Have been sent home from work ill, only my second week, but have cold sweats, achey, headache, sore eyes, stuffy/runny nose and the beginning of a sore throat. have upset tummy and feel v sick. god, I'm ill!

[poshwellies]

Sounds like the symptoms of swine flu lissie.

Phone NHS if you are worried.

Am sat here wondering if I have the start of it,got a sore throat,feel hot and I can feel my head and chest beginning to ache.PANTS!.

[OracleInaCoracle]

do you think? dont have a cough, but do have sneezes. its pants, im rubbish at being ill too!

[lucykate]

we've been given a letter by dd's school, there is at least 1 confirmed case there, that if you have symptoms, ring your gp, and they are now diagnosing over the phone, although how they can say for definite without swabbing is beyond me!

[CountessDracula]

Do you have a temp?
I have had all those things but no temp so figure was not sf
I did/do feel appalling though

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

lissie, cough may come later. Has it come on quickly?

[CountessDracula]

(though I was dosing up on paracetomal/nurofen so I guess that could have suppressed temp)

[Rhubarb]

The common link with swine flu are the sore throats. Nearly everyone has flu symptoms along with a sore throat.

But they do say that the majority of people will get a mild illness and it will go after a couple of days.

[OracleInaCoracle]

thanks, have a temp and work in Iceland on till, lots of cases round here so will almost def have been exposed. have felt off colour for a cday or so, but woke up this morning feeling 200x worse. may ring gp up.

[OmicronPersei8]

DD has had swine ful this week, the cough came last of all for her - I didn't think it was until then.

[OracleInaCoracle]

and no appetite, but thats not uncommon for me.

[OmicronPersei8]

swine flu even.. I'm a little stir-crazy and sleep-deprived.

[CountessDracula]

well if you have temp of 38+ they will say you have it
take to your bed with paracetomal/nurofen
poor thing

[OracleInaCoracle]

aw thanks. buggeration. thats me written off for the week then. and its dh's football presentation on friday. wanted a new frock for it looks like i wont even be going!

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

Do you have any conditions where you need to contact gp? if not - get someone to get supplies in and hole up. hope you feel better soon.

[CountessDracula]

though interestingly I have found this which says some people have swine flu with no temp

so maybe i did have it

[pooka]

I was going to post to say that I'd read that swine flu can present with no temperature.

I'm still really unsure whether the children had it last week. They had slight temps - i.e. about 38 which isn't epecially hot for them. Sore throat. Lack of appetite. But generally realsonably perky compared with the seasonal flu they had before christmas. I dunno...

[CountessDracula]

well i have had
major sore throat
shivers
utter exhaustion (in bed for 3 days)
headache
now runny nose, more sore throat etc
starting to feel a tiny bit better
I assumed was not sf as no temp but I guess that may now not be the case

[noddyholder]

CD have you taken the tamiflu?

[CountessDracula]

no, I didn't get it as I didn't have a temp!

I am over the worst of it now (still feel shocking but no nearly as bad as I did)
Dh says we should get the tamiflu anyway

[RubberDuck]

Hmm, we all had major sore throat, utter exhaustion, aches and general severe cold symptoms a fortnight a go. Ds2 also got a bit of a dodgy tummy with it but not severely so.

We're in a high swine flu area, but we never had any temperatures. Thought the fever was the defining characteristic? Would be good if we'd got it out the way with a mild version (though I still think it was probably just a nasty cold).

[RubberDuck]

Tamiflu is generally only effective if you start taking it early on though, no?

[CountessDracula]

yy too late for it now for me

Rubberduck as I had the same symptoms as you I will let you know if they confirm I have had it

[atlantis]

Barbed wire throat
Feeling hot/ flushed/ not temp
Blocked nose
Green sludge !
Dizziness
Fatigue
now runny nose
6 days AND COUNTING!!

Dr says it's SF. Not testing though.

Thought I was getting better but now the runny nose?Blow/blow/blow !

Not taken Tamiflu as have allegies to medications.

How long does this thing last?

[Metella]

So far, we've had:

Ds2 with vomiting, very clammy (no real temp), cough and runny nose.

Ds1 with a cough and sniffles.

Me feeling exhausted and with a terrible headache, cough and feeling really hot.

This isn't it surely?

[RubberDuck]

I hadn't heard of the sore throat component. That bit was vile - had the sore throat for days before it developed into the rest. I guess that's why I didn't really think swine flu was a possibility.

Ta CD - would be interested in what they say.