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Symptoms of H1N1 vs Cold

Faster horses

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H1N1 flu is about to be upon us and we need to be on top of information regarding it. Here is a comparison to the normal cold symptoms .

Know the Difference between a Cold and H1N1 Flu Symptoms:

Symptom
Cold
H1N1 Flu

Fever
Fever is rare with a cold.
Fever is usually present with the flu in up to 80% of all flu cases. A temperature of 100°F or higher for 3 to 4 days is associated with the H1N1 flu.

Coughing
A hacking, productive (mucus- producing) cough is often present with a cold.
A non-productive (non-mucus producing) cough is usually present with the H1N1 flu (sometimes referred to as dry cough).

Aches
Slight body aches and pains can be part of a cold.
Severe aches and pains are common with the H1N1 flu.

Stuffy Nose
Stuffy nose is commonly present with a cold and typically resolves spontaneously within a week.
Stuffy nose is not commonly present with the H1N1 flu.

Chills
Chills are uncommon with a cold.
60% of people who have the H1N1 flu experience chills.

Tiredness
Tiredness is fairly mild with a cold.
Tiredness is moderate to severe with the H1N1 flu.

Sneezing
Sneezing is commonly present with a cold.
Sneezing is not common with the H1N1 flu.

Sudden Symptoms
Cold symptoms tend to develop over a few days.
The H1N1 flu has a rapid onset within 3-6 hours. The flu hits hard and includes sudden symptoms like high fever, aches and pains.

Headache
A headache is fairly uncommon with a cold.
A headache is very common with the H1N1 flu, present in 80% of flu cases.

Sore Throat
Sore throat is commonly present with a cold.
Sore throat is not commonly present but possible with the H1N1 flu.

Chest Discomfort
Chest discomfort is mild to moderate with a cold.
Chest discomfort is often severe with the H1N1 flu.


The only way to stop the spread of the epidemic is to spread the awareness.



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katrina

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We've already had it.... This weekend our little one was sick and his school didn't have school on monday... High fever, headache and no energy.... TAke care everyone, don't rush back to work because of the secondary bacterial infections that are the killers.....
 

Kato

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That's eleven out of eleven for us. :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

Hubby's on his second week, and not over it yet. I'm on day 6 and just about over it. About three years ago I caught a slightly different strain of H1N1 from pigs when I was working at the vet clinic. I know it was H1N1 because I was the one preparing blood samples for the lab, and read the results. It was really bad that time, but the only ones who caught it were in direct contact with the sick pigs. It didn't go person to person.

I asked my doctor if that would give me some immunity to this strain, and he said it would certainly help. I guess, comparing my experience this time with my husband's, it must have helped. He got much sicker than I did, and it's lasting longer.

I guess we don't have to make the decision about getting the vaccine now. 8)
 

Soapweed

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CRAWFORD, Nebraska. (AP) - More than a quarter of his Panhandle district's students have called in sick, so the Crawford superintendent has closed schools for the rest of the week.

Superintendent Dick Lesher said Wednesday that health officials can't confirm the nature of the outbreak, although swine flu is suspected.

A spokeswoman from the Panhandle Public Health District did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press.

Parent-teacher conferences were already scheduled for Friday, so students will miss only two extra days of classes. Conferences that had been scheduled for Friday have been re-scheduled for Thursday morning.

Lesher says the district's 237 students are divided into two buildings on the same campus: kindergarten through sixth grade and grades seven through 12.

He says that over the three days, both buildings will be disinfected.
 

jigs

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several schools in our area have shut down too..... however, why stop school if the kids all get together somewhere else?? it makes little scence to me....
 

the_jersey_lilly_2000

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From folks around here that have had it, they've been using this stuff....

http://oscillo.com/about-oscillo/default.html?gclid=CIyFkafw0J0CFSENDQodDmMxrQ

and there's a $2 coupon you can print and use when you go buy it.

They've used it on their kids and most times when they start using it at the onset of symptoms the kids are up and feeling much better in a couple days.
 

kris

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FH--- have you had alot of h1n1 in your neck of the woods yet?? Ennis has been spared....until this past week!! My sister and nephews are in Anaconda and they got SLAMMED.....1/3 of the school called off and they were forced to close the schools for 2 weeks!! My Gus (demodriver) was diagnosed with swine flu (and treated with tamiflu) 1 week before having my grand-daughter.....most hospitals (including our little one) are on "high alert" and have closed to any and all visitors who so much as have the sniffles, let alone a fever and cough....noone under the age of 14 allowed to visit!! Unfortunately, I honestly think we are just seeing the tip of the iceberg on this one!! It's gonna be a loooooong winter!! :shock:
 

hypocritexposer

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"We told you, you had H1N1, but now we're saying you didn't, get the vaccination."


(CBS) If you've been diagnosed "probable" or "presumed" 2009 H1N1 or "swine flu" in recent months, you may be surprised to know this: odds are you didn’t have H1N1 flu.

In fact, you probably didn’t have flu at all. That's according to state-by-state test results obtained in a three-month-long CBS News investigation.

The ramifications of this finding are important. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Britain's National Health Service, once you have H1N1 flu, you're immune from future outbreaks of the same virus. Those who think they've had H1N1 flu -- but haven't -- might mistakenly presume they're immune. As a result, they might skip taking a vaccine that could help them, and expose themselves to others with H1N1 flu under the mistaken belief they won't catch it. Parents might not keep sick children home from school, mistakenly believing they've already had H1N1 flu.

Why the uncertainty about who has and who hasn't had H1N1 flu?

CBSNews.com report on H1N1

In late July, the CDC abruptly advised states to stop testing for H1N1 flu, and stopped counting individual cases. The rationale given for the CDC guidance to forego testing and tracking individual cases was: why waste resources testing for H1N1 flu when the government has already confirmed there's an epidemic?

continued...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/21/cbsnews_investigates/main5404829.shtml


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