Posted by
samjham
17 yrs ago
Hi
I am really worried as my 7 year old son is down with fever,has all the symptoms of a flu....!
Should i take himto the hospital immediately or watch him for a day.plz advice as i am getting hyper
Thanks
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I think you should take him to hospital.
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Yes, please do - just for your peace of mind and I doubt if you can go to sleep anyway.
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Thanks for the advice......he was taken tto the hospital (with my husband) .i have to b home with my younger one..plz pray that he comes home well....
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Just got up - I wasn't sleeping too well myself - glad your husband took him to the hospital. Hope everything is alright. If it is not because of this recent H1N1, you need not worry as children usually have fever from time to time. Take care!
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Hi they got back at 5 in the morning ...thank god he is ok ...he's got tonsils...nothing to worry about :)))) He on antibiotics...
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I just wanted to point out that "classic" flu strains are just as deadly as this latest H1N1. There are even some indications that H1N1 is milder than other strain. In other words, this latest outbreak is not that much different for people who have never had a flu shot. The "classic" flu is just as dangerous.
In any case flu mortality is very low even without treatment.
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Thanks everyone for your concern and prayers.......he is much much better now...needs plenty of rest.
Thanks once again
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"'classic' flu has existing vaccine to administer but H1N1 does not so please don't compare. "
Consider this: Many (most?) people don't get a yearly flu shot so they may have no more protection against "classic" flu than against H1N1. Thirty thousand people a year die of flu in the US alone. It's a killer disease with or without H1N1. I find it odd that so many people are really worried about H1N1, but then proceed not to have their children inoculated against "classic" flu because of concerns that the vaccine will make them sick. It's not rational.
"Even experts cannot give an answer so how could you to say it's mild?"
It's in the press. Most cases have been mild. For example read here about the US, currently the #2 affected country. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/07/swine.flu.future/index.html
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Fair point Butterfly Effect.
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I have just arrived in HK and had the worst Flu I have ever had in my life ..5 full days of fever and pains ..lets hope i am now immune from whatever that was !! everyone says you get sick when you come to HK but this was DREADFUL
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Did you have a flu shot before the season nicolei? I am always curious to see what effect flu shots have (or not) on people.
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HK air quality is so bad. Leads to many more sinus and breathing problems. Plus the number of people means virus spreads faster. The positive is that without that many trees and plants, I have had much milder allergies than back home.
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