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I have had a flu since yesterday, 102.2 it was yesterday. Now this morning it is at 103.7. I took theraflu, NyQuil, ibuprofen, nothing seems to work. What do you guys take when you get this junk? I don't want to go to the Drs cause it's just a flu. Or it's Ebola 😁
If your temp is over 103 go to a hospital now.
KestrelBike
12-05-2014, 11:11
Yeah, I go to the doctor when it reaches 103*.
All right, I'll do that. Thanks guys I'll keep Ya posted
buffalobo
12-05-2014, 11:13
Over 103 is getting dangerous, go see the doc.
Aloha_Shooter
12-05-2014, 11:14
"Just a flu" ... The Spanish Flu was pretty damned deadly. Go to the doc if your self-treatment isn't working and your fever continues to rise.
ruthabagah
12-05-2014, 11:24
" I don't want to go to the Drs cause it's just a flu." Just a note: between 3000 to 49000 people die of the Flu each year in the US. It's mostly elderly patients (90%) but the other 10% are young adult in perfect health. 100% of the death for the young adults are preventable if proper care is given in time.
BushMasterBoy
12-05-2014, 11:34
Supposedly a rare variant called H3N2 is running around. I had a fever, I felt like I was burning up, but temp was 95.6F. I downed lots of cough medicine. Worse flu I ever had. Symptoms started November 16 and I still have a cough. I'm still tired from this bout of the flu.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza_A_virus_subtype_H3N2
Fentonite
12-05-2014, 11:36
If you truly have influenza, go to the doctor. There is only about a 48 hour window from the onset of symptoms for you to start Tamiflu (antiviral). If you try to tough it out and wait too long, you lose your chance to get any relief from the Rx.
To to top it off, the flu shot is largely ineffective this year.
Great-Kazoo
12-05-2014, 11:55
I have had a flu since yesterday, 102.2 it was yesterday. Now this morning it is at 103.7. I took theraflu, NyQuil, ibuprofen, nothing seems to work. What do you guys take when you get this junk? I don't want to go to the Drs cause it's just a flu. Or it's Ebola
You should already be at a docs or with that temp the ER. No kidding around. You're at the point your brains and other vitals start shutting down
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2005/a85500.pdf
Yea. You need to get to the doc. 104f starts killing brain cells.
[panic]
I didn't know that bit about 104* temperatures. Get better soon, Bunny! I hope the docs are able to get your fever down quickly.
I don't think I've had a fever that high. When I get the flu, I crawl in bed and pile on every blanket I can reach and sweat it out.
Don't play with a temp that high(103.7), you may even want to have somebody drive you in case you pass out..... It can be THAT bad, depending on several factors. We all want to play the tough guy but it can get real serious real fast.
hollohas
12-05-2014, 12:39
If you truly have influenza, go to the doctor. There is only about a 48 hour window from the onset of symptoms for you to start Tamiflu (antiviral). If you try to tough it out and wait too long, you lose your chance to get any relief from the Rx.
You need this and you need it now.
Snowman78
12-05-2014, 12:41
Plus 1 on Tamiflu!!
HoneyBadger
12-05-2014, 12:46
Supposedly a rare variant called H3N2 is running around. I had a fever, I felt like I was burning up, but temp was 95.6F. I downed lots of cough medicine. Worse flu I ever had. Symptoms started November 16 and I still have a cough. I'm still tired from this bout of the flu.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza_A_virus_subtype_H3N2
Sounds like what I've got going on...
Great-Kazoo
12-05-2014, 12:50
Plus 1 on Tamiflu!!
The OP is beyond tamiflu. Right now IF he took go to the Doc / ER advice, they will have him on IV drip.
I am at Swedish now, IV drip and I get an ice bath yay lol. Thanks for all the advice
Glad you got to a facility and they're taking care of you.
StagLefty
12-05-2014, 13:16
To to top it off, the flu shot is largely ineffective this year.
Even the senior citizen booster ?
colorider
12-05-2014, 13:40
Had the 103 fever a few years ago w the flu. What a trip. Don't want to feel that way ever again.
Thanks for the concern guys!
HoneyBadger
12-05-2014, 13:54
To to top it off, the flu shot is largely ineffective this year.
The flu shot is largely ineffective EVERY year.
cmailliard
12-05-2014, 14:06
Supposedly a rare variant called H3N2 is running around. I had a fever, I felt like I was burning up, but temp was 95.6F. I downed lots of cough medicine. Worse flu I ever had. Symptoms started November 16 and I still have a cough. I'm still tired from this bout of the flu.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza_A_virus_subtype_H3N2
You are correct. H3N2 is the predominate strain this year. It is hitting the elderly hard and long term care facilities are really getting hit hard. The flu vaccine this year is only about 48% effective. The CDC is shifting focus from Ebola to the flu. It could be a really nasty flu season.
XC700116
12-05-2014, 14:32
Last time I had a temp that high, I was already in the ICU and I started to hallucinte pretty regularly, was kinda weird, once that started the pain and alot of the otehr discomfort went away, but I was seeing some seriously weird chit.
hollohas
12-05-2014, 14:58
I wish Tamiflu wasn't RX. You need to take it so quickly after developing symptoms that wasting time scheduling a trip to the Dr (who are all booked solid) to get a RX pretty much makes sure you won't get it in time.
ruthabagah
12-05-2014, 15:14
Last time I had a temp that high, I was already in the ICU and I started to hallucinte pretty regularly, was kinda weird, once that started the pain and alot of the otehr discomfort went away, but I was seeing some seriously weird chit.
That's mushrooms.... Now tell us about your flu experience.
Feel so much better, hoping to feel good enough to get to the gun show tomorrow
Scary stuff. I'm glad you got in and are getting better.
Feel so much better, hoping to feel good enough to get to the gun show tomorrow
I like your attitude!
Lol, you guys have a good night. It's time for me to sleep this off than find some new sights for the M&P tomorrow ��
To to top it off, the flu shot is largely ineffective this year.
...like this year was 'special'. Their predictive hit-rate sucks. I always do worse when I get a flu shot than not, so I don't do them anymore.
Great to hear you're doing better Bunny!
SamuraiCO
12-05-2014, 23:37
As a pharmacist you all gave great advice. I also agree with the info on the flu vaccine. It is hit or miss each year and only a best guess as to what strain will be predominate in the US. Tamiflu is marginally effective once you have the flu. Studies show you only get over symptoms one day earlier than without it. Palliative care for temperature control, fluids etc are far more important.
As always your best prevention is hand washing with soap and water.
Great-Kazoo
12-06-2014, 08:48
As a pharmacist you all gave great advice. I also agree with the info on the flu vaccine. It is hit or miss each year and only a best guess as to what strain will be predominate in the US. Tamiflu is marginally effective once you have the flu. Studies show you only get over symptoms one day earlier than without it. Palliative care for temperature control, fluids etc are far more important.
As always your best prevention is hand washing with soap and water.
Which is the most neglected thing people Don't Do.
I've just decided to skip colds and the flu for the last several years. It's easier that way. So far, so good. [ROFL1]
FWIW, I've never had a flu shot. I grew up in a household where my father was a pediatrician, my mom was a clinical pathologist, and my sister is a veterinarian, so I got exposed to pretty much everything I wasn't already immunized for a long time ago. +1 on the hand washing!
Glad you are on the road to recovery.
Snowman78
12-06-2014, 15:16
As a pharmacist you all gave great advice. I also agree with the info on the flu vaccine. It is hit or miss each year and only a best guess as to what strain will be predominate in the US. Tamiflu is marginally effective once you have the flu. Studies show you only get over symptoms one day earlier than without it. Palliative care for temperature control, fluids etc are far more important.
As always your best prevention is hand washing with soap and water.
Thats wierd about Tamiflu, I have had it twice and it was a life saver!
Thanks guys, I went out to the gun show, way to frickin early to do that. Dizzy, tired and still at 100 degrees, shit is getting annoying really quick. Wife woke up to go to Army drill feeling like crap.....
I woke up in bad shape. Finally able to keep a popsicle down...so far. Ugh.
I feel for you, just try to rest and drink fluids that's all I'm trying to do
Thanks guys, I went out to the gun show, way to frickin early to do that. Dizzy, tired and still at 100 degrees, shit is getting annoying really quick. Wife woke up to go to Army drill feeling like crap.....
This is why I don't go out in public very often LOL.
StagLefty
12-07-2014, 13:28
Even the senior citizen booster ?
I guess that seemed like a silly question but after a certain age you get a booster flu shot. Is that any better than the regular ?
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Jeffrey Lebowski
12-07-2014, 13:38
The senior citizen "booster" isn't a "booster" per se, but a higher antigen load in one injection to provoke a stronger immune response.
They've also tested it (and tests are ongoing) in various semi-immune-compromised populations like HIV, etc.
Feeling a lot better, even bought a new gun ��
hurley842002
12-07-2014, 16:45
Feeling a lot better, even bought a new gun 😄
A new gun will make most feel better [emoji6] .
SamuraiCO
12-07-2014, 16:51
The senior citizen "booster" isn't a "booster" per se, but a higher antigen load in one injection to provoke a stronger immune response.
They've also tested it (and tests are ongoing) in various semi-immune-compromised populations like HIV, etc.
Even with the higher antigen load it is only marginally (less than 1%) more effective than the regular flu shot. I can understand if their immune response was compromised or a nursing home gets hit early in the season and you want the population to be immunized faster. Other that that it really has no advantage over the regular shot. I had such a problem trying to push sales of one over the other just because we made more money on the high dose.
We had seniors wanting to wait for the high dose when we had no idea when the backorder would be received. It's the mindset they get it for free so they want the "best" product.
As stated it was not a great match with what is showing up. I just started seeing consistent Tamiflu coming from ER's and other facilities getting positive influenza tests. Flu is more of a problem with elderly and young that can lead to other complications that kill people. For the rest of us it wipes us out but we bounce back. On the whole Tamiflu gets you over the symptoms a day earlier but for the young or old it could be a live saver. I would probably take the preventive dosing if someone in my family came down with it.
Wash hands frequently. Same with family members. Especially when the kids come home from school before they touch everything in the house (refrigerator, TV remote, light switches etc)
You got that right lol, new/used of course lol
hurley842002
12-07-2014, 16:56
You got that right lol, new/used of course lol
Personally, I prefer great condition used, with a few hundred flawless rounds down the barrel, let someone else ensure functionality lol.
Personally, I prefer great condition used, with a few hundred flawless rounds down the barrel, let someone else ensure functionality lol.
I agree, it's in great condition, it's a CZ 75 PO7 duty with the Tac light, I have wanted a CZ awhile, heard good things about them. Hope they are good lol
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