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Two children at school off with Swine flu...but school has not told other parents

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Ripeberry · 20/10/2009 21:22

And the mum of one of the children comes back up to the school with the 'ill' child who relishes every moment of it.
Yesterday she came right up to us and said 'I've got swine flu', so we just said 'Keep away from us then'.
But if she really had it, should the mum NOT be bringing her back up to school to pick up her sibling.
At least keep her in the car. Even heard another mum today telling her to stay in the car.
I say she 'relishes every moment'as she is skipping and jumping around at the same time as barking her head off with a nasty cough

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pofacedandproud · 22/10/2009 18:29

that's good Elibean. Unfortunately for me since spring I've had three major chest infections with coughs, so not all of them can be SF [and probably not any of them ]

OhYouBadBadKitten · 22/10/2009 19:30

If it continues Pofaced, do you think your gp would refer you to a lung specialist? (I don't know what the criteria for that would be but NICE might have some treatment guidelines online) It can't be great for you to keep getting chest infections.

pofacedandproud · 22/10/2009 19:46

gp not interested badkitten, just says i need steroids, which i don't really want to take. Trying to get a referral from my gp is like trying to squeeze blood from a stone.

OrmIrian · 22/10/2009 19:48

May I be the first to say 'swine flu my arse'? Swine flu is as bad as ordinary flu and you feel like shite.

pofacedandproud · 22/10/2009 20:12

the stats are showing something else though OrmIrian. SF is attacking and killing young people. Seasonal flu rarely does that.

OrmIrian · 22/10/2009 20:14

OK it's worse than ordinary flu. Which makes it even less likely that the kids in ripeberry's OP actually had it.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 22/10/2009 20:22

Pofaced.

I think the problem is that with so many kids bugs, for the first 24 hours it really does seem like they have flu - they are great at spiking high fevers and looking dramatic. Parents phone or go online and get a code, they are convinced its flu and phone their friends to warn them. The next morning the child is bouncing around all happy as larry with a bit of a snotty nose. People feel silly or think perhaps their child had it mildly when the reality is that their child had a normal autumn term bug.

When flu hits a school you'll really know about it. It will be a few kids at first but within a week there will be a lot off poorly.

In the states, where it is hitting pretty hard in some parts, absenteeism rates are hitting 30%, sometimes more (I have friends there whos school has hit 50%) and a good portion of the children are really deeply unwell, some with pneumonia.

pofacedandproud · 22/10/2009 20:27

that is very scary badkitten. Does taking Tamiflu early lessen the likelihood of pneumonia I wonder?

OhYouBadBadKitten · 22/10/2009 20:37

I think that is one of the primary reasons for taking it. I could be corrected on that though!

who guidance on antivirals

pofacedandproud · 22/10/2009 20:48

thanks kitten.

Hulababy · 22/10/2009 20:56

Actually some people who have been swabbed and tested positive to SF have had it very mildly and nothing like I have known other flu bugs to be.

So yes, in some cases it is very mild; in some it is very serious and in most it is somewhere in between.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 22/10/2009 20:57

You are welcome - can you tell I am procrastinating from doing my work.

Oh look at the time, funnily enough I promised dh I'd stop working at 9. Oh dear, never mind, I'll have to do it tomorrow instead!

Hulababy · 22/10/2009 20:58

And a case of SF in a school doesn't mean everyone else will get it.

We have one diagnosed (swabbed as positive) case in school. This was about 2 weeks ago and said child is still of sick, but does have other medical issues as does his mum, so they are being veryc areful.

No other SF cases have occured in school. This is an infant school, quite a large school (270 children) with close physical contact between children. Lots and lots of hildren have bugs and viruses, and there are children off school with cold symptms, but no other parent has phone in with suspected SF, nor staff.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 22/10/2009 21:01

Thats good news for you all

madamearcati · 25/10/2009 08:48

A GPp who is a neighbour of mine got SF in the early days when they were still testing and went out for a 10m walk , so I don't think its true that it can't be mild.

madamearcati · 25/10/2009 08:50

And i don't think if teh mum has to go up to school , ahe can be expected to leave infected child home alone.Also I think it is much much more difficult for infection to spread outdoors than indoors in a confined space.

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