Swine Flu - Page 25

BBx · 10-08-2009, 13:14

Hang on.. just checked the website and apparently I have it :/

Thing is everything on that list is what you get for a normal cold as far as I am concerned.

I think I refuse to admit I have it, till I get the aches and cannot move, as far as I am concerned I don't have it!

BB x

BBx · 10-08-2009, 13:15

Might try Echineacha... which one did you get Z?

Can I get it from Holland and Barrett?

BB x

Zirax · 10-08-2009, 13:16

It's weird isn't it? My dad has been rough for nearly a week. I've been iffy for a few days but nothing major or noteworthy. My sister has been the same.

edit:- Yep you can get it from H&B. It's just a standard herbal remedy stuff. Echinacea Root extract 500mg. I got mine from the chemist as it was nearer. It will be around £5 for 90 tablets. Follow the label etc, I take two a day with food when feeling odd/rough and it certainly improves recovery time for me.

Kreeeee · 10-08-2009, 13:20

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Originally Posted by BBx

Hang on.. just checked the website and apparently I have it :/

Thing is everything on that list is what you get for a normal cold as far as I am concerned.

I think I refuse to admit I have it, till I get the aches and cannot move, as far as I am concerned I don't have it!

BB x

It is no different from normal flu, it just has the potential to mutate into something more dangerous which combined with how contagious it is makes it a viable contender for the worlds first true super virus.

People need to stop panicking though and the media need to stop being dicks by encouraging this panic.

Edit: This is a real pet peeve of my girlfriends mother, who is a GP. She also says Tamiflu is completely useless as at best it makes symptoms last a day less and has horrible side-effects.

BBx · 10-08-2009, 13:22

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Originally Posted by Zirax

edit:- Yep you can get it from H&B. It's just a standard herbal remedy stuff. Echinacea Root extract 500mg. I got mine from the chemist as it was nearer. It will be around £5 for 90 tablets. Follow the label etc, I take two a day with food when feeling odd/rough and it certainly improves recovery time for me.

Cool thanks

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Originally Posted by Kreeeee

It is no different from normal flu, it just has the potential to mutate into something more dangerous which combined with how contagious it is makes it a viable contender for the worlds first true super virus.

People need to stop panicking though and the media need to stop being dicks by encouraging this panic.

In that case, maybe the times I have thought I have had a cold I have had flu. :/

I honestly thought I had flu only once in my life!

BB x

Jingo · 10-08-2009, 13:27

Sorry to hear you're feeling poopy Zirax - it's convienient that you have the option to work from home for a short period- feel better soon!! (edit- you too BBx!)

I dislike how in this country one is made to feel bad for staying home from work due to illness.

I am of the school where if one doesn't work, then one doesn't get paid and so 'feeling under the weather' etc is not an excuse for absense; but this does not apply to the genuinely ill, and they should not be made to feel guilty if they are unable to leave their bed/have awful symptoms that would affect their work and potentially their colleagues!!

My brother works in New Zealand and faced quite a bollocking when he turned up to work with a truly stinking cold- they told him to get home immediately and only return when he was genuinely 100% - they didn't want him working to any less than his usual high standards and didn't wish for anybody else to potentially catch such either.

Nothing like that exists in the majority of work places across the UK - in my part-time job (an enclosed office environment) I have been sitting next to people who have had confirmed swine flu and all mixtures of awful colds/fluey symptoms - coughing and spluttering for hours at a time; these people are in work because the company provides no sick leave for certain colleague situations and they have families to support etc.

It's quite sickening really.... (Oh my god ACCIDENTAL TERRIBLE PUN!

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Kreeeee · 10-08-2009, 13:29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influen...s_and_symptoms

It's hard to tell the difference between the two, but generally the flu is more severe than the common cold and is associated with aching joints and fatigue.

Wossi · 10-08-2009, 14:07

I had a slight sniffle and a little bit of a cough the other week. Carried on as normal and it went away. Apart from the slight cough that comes and goes. Didn't see the point of staying off work.

BBx · 10-08-2009, 14:11

Our sick days went down from 20 days to 5 days this Jan.

Don't want to use if I don't have to :/

BB x

divine · 10-08-2009, 14:44

If you had flu as opposed to a cold you'd be verging on physically unable to make it into work in my experience.

10-08-2009, 13:16	#243
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	It's weird isn't it? My dad has been rough for nearly a week. I've been iffy for a few days but nothing major or noteworthy. My sister has been the same. edit:- Yep you can get it from H&B. It's just a standard herbal remedy stuff. Echinacea Root extract 500mg. I got mine from the chemist as it was nearer. It will be around £5 for 90 tablets. Follow the label etc, I take two a day with food when feeling odd/rough and it certainly improves recovery time for me. Last edited by Zirax; 10-08-2009 at 13:21.

10-08-2009, 13:27	#246
Jingo Smother me in chocolate and eat flapjacks with it! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Somerset Posts: 1,854	Sorry to hear you're feeling poopy Zirax - it's convienient that you have the option to work from home for a short period- feel better soon!! (edit- you too BBx!) I dislike how in this country one is made to feel bad for staying home from work due to illness. I am of the school where if one doesn't work, then one doesn't get paid and so 'feeling under the weather' etc is not an excuse for absense; but this does not apply to the genuinely ill, and they should not be made to feel guilty if they are unable to leave their bed/have awful symptoms that would affect their work and potentially their colleagues!! My brother works in New Zealand and faced quite a bollocking when he turned up to work with a truly stinking cold- they told him to get home immediately and only return when he was genuinely 100% - they didn't want him working to any less than his usual high standards and didn't wish for anybody else to potentially catch such either. Nothing like that exists in the majority of work places across the UK - in my part-time job (an enclosed office environment) I have been sitting next to people who have had confirmed swine flu and all mixtures of awful colds/fluey symptoms - coughing and spluttering for hours at a time; these people are in work because the company provides no sick leave for certain colleague situations and they have families to support etc. It's quite sickening really.... (Oh my god ACCIDENTAL TERRIBLE PUN! ) __________________

10-08-2009, 13:29	#247
Kreeeee Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 278	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influen...s_and_symptoms It's hard to tell the difference between the two, but generally the flu is more severe than the common cold and is associated with aching joints and fatigue. __________________

10-08-2009, 14:44	#250
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	If you had flu as opposed to a cold you'd be verging on physically unable to make it into work in my experience. __________________

10-08-2009, 13:14	#241
BBx Reverse SuBo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: London Posts: 8,673	Hang on.. just checked the website and apparently I have it :/ Thing is everything on that list is what you get for a normal cold as far as I am concerned. I think I refuse to admit I have it, till I get the aches and cannot move, as far as I am concerned I don't have it! BB x

10-08-2009, 13:15	#242
BBx Reverse SuBo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: London Posts: 8,673	Might try Echineacha... which one did you get Z? Can I get it from Holland and Barrett? BB x

10-08-2009, 14:07	#248
Wossi Absinthe Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In the middle Posts: 1,385	I had a slight sniffle and a little bit of a cough the other week. Carried on as normal and it went away. Apart from the slight cough that comes and goes. Didn't see the point of staying off work.

10-08-2009, 14:11	#249
BBx Reverse SuBo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: London Posts: 8,673	Our sick days went down from 20 days to 5 days this Jan. Don't want to use if I don't have to :/ BB x