really sick

[Tristam]

If you really are losing alot of fluids don't forget to replace the salts you are losing. Your back pain might be from cramping because you've not replaced them. Try and drink isotonic things. In war torn countries diaharrea / vomiting kills because people don't replace them both. If you manage to keep down some water, sugar and salt, then your chances of survival are much greater. Good luck. =)

Edit: Lucozade original survived for years because of its use for this. But any of those sporty drinks that do a similar thing should do.

^^^ this

Honestly if you are sick and having trouble sleeping, that's a really bad thing and will delay your recovery at the very least. I've had two bouts of stomach flu in the past two years, once from swimming in the Schulkyll river during a triathlon in philly, and once from food. The first time was the worse of the two, and I spent most of my time regretting my decisions to drink large amounts of water. The second time I was able to keep stuff like vitamin water and diluted gatorade down in pretty good amounts, small sips at a time and such. I also ran a fever both times and spent the better part of two days in bed sweating/sleeping when I wasn't dealing with symptoms, so I'd definately go to a doctor to figure out your pain issues. I had aches, but I was able to take care of them with tylenol. Hopefully you feel better after a day or two, I know it sucks horribly. It might be a week before your stomach is comfortable enough to eat large meals.

Should be common knowledge, but being in a house with family, wash EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH to prevent reinfection and spread. You don't want to go through this again, I'm insanely careful when dealing with food now.

[Vajra]

God damn it dude just get the fuck out of here.

CDC - Norovirus: FAQ

Stomach Flu is called stomach flu because of the symptoms, not because it's an influenza.

Just shut the fuck up Vajra.

How about you shut the fuck up, I know what Norovirus is, but it's plain and clear that if EVERYONE in his family has it (and got it all within 1 week) and they're having such an aggressive series of vomiting diarrhea, then it's obviously influenza. It's already been stated the H1N1 Virus causes more severe vomiting and diarrhea, in addition to the soreness he's experiencing. I'm 100% sure if he goes to his local hospital like all you idiots are telling him, they'll assume he's there because he wants to get tested for the H1N1 virus (because of the symptoms he's reporting), so they'll just turn him away or give him a pat on the back and say "deal with it." That, and all the denial going on, is what will lead to a uncontrollable pandemic. Now get the fuck out, cause you know that the poster only posted this thread, because he was trying to find out what he has, and wants help. H1N1 Virus is the most logical answer.

[Vandole]

YOU HAVE SWINE FLU. QUICK. KILL YOURSELF.

[kuronosan]

Can we just ban Vajra? Please. He is such a fucking tool.

[SephYuyX]

And nothing of value was lost.

[Mojo]

Everyone in his family contracting the illness does not mean it's influenza, you're retarded for even suggesting that. Vomiting and diarrhea aren't common with any strain of the flu. It's probably an illness afflicting his digestive system, stomach flu sounds like a good diagnosis to me. I used to get that shit every year in elementary school (always on pizza day too D:)

What I will agree with is that seeing a doctor is not some panacea. It's often a waste of time and money. The stomache flu usually clears up pretty quickly. If your symptoms don't get better within 2 days (3 would be pushing it) since you started feeling like complete ass, then go see a doctor.

Also, get some gatorade too. You're probably flushing all of the electrolytes out of your body. It'll make you feel less nauseous.

[Thayil]

Also, get some gatorade too. You're probably flushing all of the electrolytes out of your body. It'll make you feel less nauseous.

^ This.

Drink gatorade, but slowly. Don't take big gulps and go to sleep or you'll wake up in a puddle of gatorade-puke. Just a few sips every 10 min or so should be enough.

[Sol-Blackguy]

^ This.

Drink gatorade, but slowly. Don't take big gulps and go to sleep or you'll wake up in a puddle of gatorade-puke. Just a few sips every 10 min or so should be enough.

I approve of this post, dehydration is most likely making it worse and adding to your back pain from cramping. My co-worker's daughter had about the same symptoms this weekend so you might have whatever virus she caught.

[antihero]

cancer

[thetruepandagod]

is there a way to make it so i dont see vajra's posts?

and i would personally stick with water and not gatorade.

get a 6 pack of water and ur ipod and a pillow and prepare yourself for sitting in the bathroom the whole night.

[Kuya]

Did...Did he just turn a thread about stomach flu into something about the pig flu?

[Day]

I read the OP again, I think you just have the side effects of Viagra dude, I just saw the commercial.

[Howard Roark]

This is why we need a subforum for medical crap..

no we don't lol

[Tomk]

What about good ole Ginger Ale?


Edit: also your doctor should have a hotline where the on-call doc (or nurse/resident) can tell you whether to get you butt to the emergency room or wait it out.

[zoobernut]

is there a way to make it so i dont see vajra's posts?

and i would personally stick with water and not gatorade.

get a 6 pack of water and ur ipod and a pillow and prepare yourself for sitting in the bathroom the whole night.

This is great advice if you want to die of a heart attack. I had a severe throat infection and an extremely high fever. As a result I was getting dehydrated but could not eat anything because of the really bad throat infection. I was sick for at least 2 weeks and all I could do was drink. The doctor told me to not drink anymore water and start drinking smart water or gatorade. He said if I continued to drink too much water you dilute the electrolytes out of your system and can cause many different issues including heart attack.

Edit: I mean you can stay away from gatorade if you want but drink fruit juice or vitamin water or something with electrolytes in it instead of straight water. This of course only applies if you are drinking bottled water (not the kind with electrolytes added) if you drink well water that is unfiltered it usually has enough electrolytes in it from the ground to keep you safe.

[Vajra]

Source: Swine Flu Symptoms - What Is Swine Flu - H1N1 Influenza A - Swine Flu Treatment

What are swine flu(H1N1 Virus) symptoms?

Symptoms of swine flu are like regular flu symptoms and include fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, body aches, headache, chills, and fatigue. Many people with swine flu have had excessive diarrhea and vomiting. Nearly everyone with flu has at least two of these symptoms. But these symptoms can also be caused by many other conditions. That means that you and your doctor can't know, just based on your symptoms, if you've got swine flu. Health care professionals may offer a rapid flu test, although a negative result doesn't necessarily mean you don't have the flu.

Only lab tests can definitively show whether you've got swine flu. State health departments can do these tests. But given the large volume of samples coming in to state labs, these tests are being reserved for patients with severe flu symptoms. Currently, doctors are reserving antiviral drugs for people with or at risk of severe influenza.

This isn't like EVERY flu, if you think so then you're fucking retarded... Even the WHO have dubbed it as "moderate" now instead of "mild." If you read this quote from WEB MD, it's the same thing you'll see on the CDC/WHO websites and everywhere else. How can you even dispute the fact that any new virus/flu is nothing to be vigilant and concerned about? Being complacent isn't a good think, and I hope that people see that within the next 5 days, when the WHO raises the pandemic level to 6.

[Mojo]

When I stated any strain of the flu, I meant it, swine flu included. You can experience diarrhea and vomiting with all of them. That excerpt states many people experience those symptoms, which they do, but it's still uncommon. Considering his family was 3/3 and experienced no other symptoms related to influenza (other than those that are tertiary to excessive vomiting and diarrhea,) it's highly unlikely that it's the swine flu. You're just looking to vindicate your ideas about swine flu by misdiagnosing someone who clearly does not have it.

[Vajra]

mother in law got it from work from another employee, daughter got it the next day about 20 hours after mother got symptoms, wife got it about 8 hours after daughter, i got it 20 hours after wife.

H1N1 influenza (swine flu) virus seems to be more contagious than seasonal flu.

Now don't get me wrong, but when I've gotten a stomach viruses in the past, me and my mom got it, and it only lasted 24hrs. She threw up once (she drank coconut water to purge her system), and I didn't even throw up at all, I only had diarrhea. Anytime I've had the flu in the past, I ONLY threw up once during the period of having it, but everything else was mostly diarrhea, and stuffy nose and colds (never even had body aches).

Look though, it's mother fucking June? I don't remember knowing anyone who gets a virus in JUNE and infects their whole fucking intermediate family within a week time frame. H1N1 isn't the only virus going on around the world, but I can tell you, it's the most logical at this point, if you can understand what the experts from the quotes are saying, then you're fine, you don't have to agree, but there's no need to bring ignorance and rudeness into a thread where someone's asking serious questions. The OP just needs to respond and tell us a couple days from now, how long they all are sick for, and what other symptoms they have besides aches/excessive vomiting/excessive diarrhea.

[Vajra]

You can experience diarrhea and vomiting with all of them. That excerpt states many people experience those symptoms, which they do, but it's still uncommon. Considering his family was 3/3 and experienced no other symptoms related to influenza (other than those that are tertiary to excessive vomiting and diarrhea,) it's highly unlikely that it's the swine flu.

Since when was swine flu the SAME as the regular flu? it's 3 freaking Flus combined into ONE Virus (Bird Human and Pig). For all we know, it might get take on the traits of the Bird Virus and react differently in the summer months (which it might be doing now, and there is no waning of it, in June...WAYY out of Flu season).

Symptoms of swine flu are like regular flu symptoms and include fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, body aches, headache, chills, and fatigue. Many people with swine flu have had excessive diarrhea and vomiting. Nearly everyone with flu has at least two of these symptoms.

Everyone has at least two of those symptoms when they get it, doesn't mean they'll get vomiting of course, it all depends on how a persons innate immunity fights off the symptoms (even though we have no immunity to the virus itself yet because it's freaking new).

Shit man, if you really want proof that swine flu isn't gone, here's a lil tid bit from today about a surge in severe cases in Canada:

Spoiler: show

Severe flu cases surge in Manitoba aboriginal community

The Manitoba government is reporting a surge in the number of people requiring intensive care for influenza-like illnesses, particularly among a relatively young aboriginal population.

The vast majority of people reporting flu-like illnesses this spring are experiencing relatively mild cases and have not required hospitalization, Manitoba's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Joel Kettner, said at a press conference Monday afternoon.

'It's important to recognize that what we have observed is really more severe than what we would expect to see or what we have seen with typical seasonal influenza in the past.'—Dr. Joel Kettner, Manitoba's chief medical officer of health

However, there has been "an increased concentration of severe respiratory illness admitted to the intensive care units, which is higher in number than previous influenza outbreaks," officials with Manitoba Health and Healthy Living stated at the press conference.

As of Sunday night, 26 people were in the intensive care units on ventilators for flu-related reasons. It is expected many of them will be confirmed as cases of swine flu, or the H1N1 influenza A virus, officials said, noting more than half of the people are of aboriginal descent with an average age of 35, said Kettner.

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is taking steps to provide enough support to intensive-care units and prioritizing patients for personal-care home beds. The WRHA has also acquired 15 additional ventilators that will be put to use as needed, officials said.

Normally at this time of year, there are 30-35 patients using hospital ventilators for various reasons. The 26 people requiring the devices due to flu-like illnesses are in addition to those patients.

Typically, at this time of year, there are very few — if any — cases of severe flu.


Non-urgent surgeries may be postponed

The WRHA authority may also defer non-urgent surgical procedures that would normally require ICU care, said health officials.

As well, the Public Health Agency of Canada has provided three epidemiologists to Manitoba to assist in assessing cases of influenza-like illness.

There are 40 people in Manitoba with confirmed cases of swine flu. There were no new cases announced Monday.

Health authorities announced last week 27 new cases of the H1N1 virus in Manitoba, affecting people between the ages of one month and 56 years. Of the new cases, three patients required treatment in hospital.

P.S. people like Kuro/Thepandagod/Kuya are ignorable, but it kinda gets annoying when they tail you just because you're posting about their "fucking joke swine flu." Like, it's one thing to be complacent (which I don't recommend when playing with a new virus), but to be totally fucking ignorant and add no substance to a thread, and just troll someone is completely out of the line. I recommend you two take your shit out of threads that involve someone being sick and asking for advice, especially when the symptoms are so obviously standing out. Now leave the ignorance, and post some actual facts and substance or you can get the fuck out please.

[Mojo]

Again, you're just citing random shit to avoid how wrong you are. Diarrhea and vomiting is not common with any form of the flu, swine flu included. One symptom that is almost universal to it is the runny nose/sore throat/cough. The original poster did not mention any of that in his post, it is probably not the swine flu. Whether or not the swine flu exists is completely fucking irrelevant if the symptoms he's experiencing are less similar to swine flu and more similar to the stomach flu (which, by the way, is not seasonal although you never mentioned that it was, I'm just trying to make this clear.)