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It can’t be flu, can it?

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ifeelsounwell · 19/12/2025 22:50

All week I’ve felt so unwell - stuffed nose, exhausted, headaches, occasional sore throat. I’ve taken ibuprofen and pushed through.

Tonight ive developed an awful cough, my sore throat is back and ive got horrendous earache.

it feels different to a cold, and ive had my flu jab, so I’m wondering if its a mild flu? How would i even know?

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ifeelsounwell · 19/12/2025 22:57

IndigoIsMyFavouriteColour · 19/12/2025 22:56

It could be a bad cold, or Covid or flu… either way lots of bed rest and fluids til you feel better

Sadly bed rest doesn’t really exist in my world 😭

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IndigoIsMyFavouriteColour · 19/12/2025 22:56

It could be a bad cold, or Covid or flu… either way lots of bed rest and fluids til you feel better

Kingscallops · 19/12/2025 22:56

You dont have to lose your taste and smell with covid.

MrsDoubtingMyself · 19/12/2025 22:55

ifeelsounwell · 19/12/2025 22:52

i doubt it, i have my full sense of smell and taste still.

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Is the current covid manifesting with loss of smell and taste?

FuzzyWolf · 19/12/2025 22:55

Covid hasn’t necessarily impacted taste and smell for a few years now. Given you have flu-like symptoms and we are in the midst of a bad flu season which the vaccine isn’t working well to protect people against, I don’t see why you wouldn’t think that’s what you’ve got.

TidyCyan · 19/12/2025 22:55

I've had COVID 3 times and never lost my sense of smell/taste. That was a symptom seized on by social/traditional media back in 2020.

But as the previous poster says, it doesn't matter what it is. Fluids and rest!

TinselTitts · 19/12/2025 22:55

ifeelsounwell · 19/12/2025 22:52

i doubt it, i have my full sense of smell and taste still.

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I've had Covid 3 times and never lost my taste or smell at all.

My son did though and it never fully came back.

TinselTitts · 19/12/2025 22:53

Best not to label it really.

If you're ill, you're ill and a label won't make a difference.

Hoping you feel better very soon and if the earache doesn't clear up, you may need a trip to the GP incase it's infected Flowers

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ifeelsounwell · 19/12/2025 22:52

AliTheMinx · 19/12/2025 22:51

It sounds like Covid.

i doubt it, i have my full sense of smell and taste still.

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AliTheMinx · 19/12/2025 22:51

It sounds like Covid.