AIBU to have only just realised what people meant by a cold is defo not the flu !

[Bringbackdrifterbars]

I am early 30s no massive health issues and would not at all be deemed vulnerable.
I have always known the difference between a cold and flu as in one being influenza but suppose really didn’t listen when people said trust me you would know if you had the flu over a cold.
well I caught the flu and as a healthy adult ended up admitted in to
hospital for the first time in my life because of influenza A !
maybe this year is a bad strand or something but is it usual for it knock out healthy young people ? 🙈🙈

Ps since no one is getting tested for colds or flu it is unlikely that you know what you have had - so unless confirmed by a test it is just a guess

If everyone who had flu could not move then it wouldn’t spread around - there has to be some people who have it asymptomatically or milder in order for it to spread so much! https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/03/17/290878964/even-if-you-dont-have-symptoms-you-may-still-have-the-flu#:~:text=%22A%20lot%20of%20the%20time,a%20much%20more%20mild%20illness.%22
Covid hospitalised people, some people were really ill and some had no symptoms at all! Obviously now Lloyd have had the jabs they don’t get it as severely. I would assume the same for flu.

the main difference with flu is that it’s onset is just sudden. The 2 times I have had flu I was absolutely fine, no hint of a cold and then an hour later barely able to talk - felt like being hit by a truck. Unfortunately life has to be done and I had to pick my kids up from school. I then put a pizza in the oven for them and slept on the kitchen floor! DH got a fright when he came home.