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Anyone got this crappy virus?

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SuperGaGa · 30/10/2015 13:59

I had a cracking headache last Wednesday then headache again on Thursday. Since then I've felt really tired and all day nausea and no appetite. Not been sick, just feel really washed out and a bit depressed tbh. Anyone else got this vague thing?

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Louisa111 · 31/10/2015 07:37

Yes me!!! It's awful. Been laid low for about 5 days now . With my daughter she had sickness too but I wasn't. I've never felt so crap and there's no sign of it going yet. It's left me with awful wind/indigestion pains too x

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waitrosefizz · 31/10/2015 07:45

We've had it, too!

CatsRule · 31/10/2015 08:40

Ds and I have had it, we're not bad now buy both have a persistent cough...it's really annoying!

Genx77 · 31/10/2015 08:49

Oh yes, it's been through this house too! It was me last week and DH the week before. Never had a headache like it! It wiped me out for about 10 days, just starting to feel 100% but have developed the cough too catsrule!

CatsRule · 31/10/2015 08:52

I've had this cough for about 3 weeks now and I've strained my stomach and chest coughing so much this morning. I've tried all sorts of crap over the counter things but my throat is so tickly. Not sure what to try next!

HalfStar · 31/10/2015 08:58

It's going around here, my 3 year old has it. Nasty one. V high temps. Praying the baby escapes it but not hopeful.

HalfStar · 31/10/2015 09:03

Dh went to the pharmacy for dd's cough and she gave him a preparation from the local herb health shopConfused It did seem to ease things a little bit, has stuff like licorice syrup etc. Anti-spasmodic.

For tickly cough there is a lemsip syrup thing I found worked a bit when I had the cough.

CatsRule · 31/10/2015 09:43

Thanks...anything is worth a try!

When ds had it his temp was very high for about 5 days and the dr told us to give him ibuprofen for the temp and let it run it's course...although se didn't quite put it like that :-)

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SuperGaGa · 31/10/2015 12:35

Thanks all. I know it's awful bit I feel better knowing I'm not alone. I get really anxious too whenever I'm ill which I think makes me even more tired, nauseous. Argh! DC and DH all seem to have had one off sore throat, sore head and body aches. They all seem ok but I still feel bleuh. Just don't feel with it at all. Like a zombie. Scary.

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SuperGaGa · 31/10/2015 13:23

Oh and yes to the wind and bloating. And noxious farts. Sorry TMI!

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SconeForAStroll · 31/10/2015 15:09

catsriule have you been to the doctors? It's just that you sound like me, and I have been diagnosed with Whooping Cough.

The proper "oh Jesus, I can't breathe, I am going to pass out" kind of cough. The kind that has fractured three ribs type of cough.

No real temperature, but feeling like total shit. I am now 8 weeks in. I have had laryngitis for the last month the kids are bored of me not having a voice now.

When it first started I was told it was a virus..

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SuperGaGa · 31/10/2015 16:15

I don't have a cough though. Or temperature, or aches as such. Just nausea, intermitent stomach cramps, headache and just feel whacked, sleepy and weepy. Sad

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SuperGaGa · 31/10/2015 16:20

My sympathies. I had a bad cough last year and I pulled a muscle in my ribs! Ouch! Hope your coughs clear soon.

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CatsRule · 31/10/2015 18:57

SconeForAStroll I went to the drs with ds but not me as I know they will just say it's a virus. I have asthma too which doesn't help. I've never had whooping cough so I'm not sure what it's like, my cough is like a smokers wheeze but really tickly and I don't and have never smoked! If it doesn't clear I'll go drag myself to the drs.

Themodernuriahheep · 31/10/2015 19:16

I've got the headache, body ache, swollen glands, sore throat chills and sweats. 10 days now. How much longer?

Louisa111 · 31/10/2015 19:33

The stomach cramps are awful, it's like trapped wind but very painful. I've never known a bug like it Confused

CatsRule · 31/10/2015 19:36

That sounds rotten for 10 days! Flowers

Doje · 31/10/2015 19:40

Eugh, gone through our house too. With a 2 week old baby in the house, and me post c section. Wiped me and DH out completely. Thankfully toddler only got it mildly, and newborn sidestepped it completely!

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SuperGaGa · 01/11/2015 11:34

Blimey Doje, that sounds awful. Flowers

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gleegeek · 01/11/2015 12:27

Very relieved to hear it's a bug - I've got it too and was beginning to think I was just being a wimp! Started with a night of headache, no sleep/shortness of breath, next day dizzy and full of wind and tummy ache. Temp by the evening, stayed in bed all day feeling sick and sore stomach, raced to the loo a few times. Have hardly eaten for days! Now have achy arms and legs, still feel sick and burping/farting. Boooo not happy Sad

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