Worried about my sister

They'd be able to tell very quickly if she had the H1N1 virus. She sounds like she has a cold or the aching kind of flu. I wouldn't worry too much. I know it is easy for me to say, but even if she has it, at her age she should be able to kick it quickly. Some kids in my church had it and they recovered very quickly.

i am so like that too. i have to be really sick before i go to one. even though our healthcare is free (sort of) i just hate waiting. i googled the symptoms of h1n1 but i found them rather confusing.

Hi Caroll,

Most of the symptoms are very similar to the cold and also you need
not worry about this and also they can inform the test report immediately.
So I hope that your sister would have some sorts of minor cough and cold
and may have some types of body pains too. So if she is taking the counter
or prescribed medicines then she would feel better, and she will return
the home at the earliest. So better to call her and make the inquiry,
I think she is on the way to the home. I hope that your sister would gets
good health and would return the home very safely.

Have a nice day.

It could be flu, H1N1 incorporates a very sore throat,and severe diarrhea those are the main difference between these strains of Flu.But don't be worried about your sister, Yes it might be H1N1 but there is no harm in this type of flu, I have 2 uncles who are Doctors of medicine, they say the Problem with this type of strain is the reduced immune system that opens our body for more virus and bacterial attack and the lose of body fluid if you have severe diarrhea, So the key is improved body resistance while combating H1N1. and statistically speaking, cancer and heart attack AIDS are far more dangerous. almost everybody who had H1N1 usually recovered with 1-2 weeks depending on body Resistance, I bet you would not believe we were QUARANTINED here in our town, here in the Philippines. for 14 days nobody gets out or gets in. when a doctor gets in he cannot get out anymore. every one was sick with h1n1 but no one suffered a loss except for one who was later diagnose with lung cancer. And later the whole country was sick and the disease just vanished. I remember you trusted me for the blow drier, now that i have earn some friend, i wont spill it. The govt. is just sensationalizing the disease, you don't even need the vaccine, i have been there, (in the quarantine area), everybody gets well, nothing to be afraid of. about the test, its 6 hours. But they don't test you unless you are very very very sick.

The swine flu for most people is no different than any other flu. In fact the statistics show that it is no more deadly than any other flu. The only difference is that tends to kill younger people instead of the elderly. The elderly seem to have a natural immunity to the swine flu as they've probably got it sometime 50 or 60 years ago and became immune at that time.

For younger people they have never been exposed to this new virus so a few people tend to react badly and even sometimes fatally.

There is not much point in testing for the swine flu now if she has it. Treat it like any other flu, stay home from work for about a week get plenty of bed rest and drink lots of fluids and she will probably be okay.

Hang in there sweetie, you'll know soon, I'm sure. Most likely she has the flu and not the swine flu. At least that's what I hope anyway. At least she's going to the doctor to be checked out which is a good thing. Now to know what the symptoms are, look up swine flu symptoms and you should be able to find it. I wish you well my friend!

Do not worry if your sister as H1N1 you would know as the one main symptomis a fever if she as not got this then she as not got swine flu. As i showed symptoms of the H1N1 Virus and i telephoned my doctors whom told me that a fever is the main symptom if the patient does not have this symptom, then it would just be a cold

Sounds like she needs to get some good rest. Tell her along with her C-pack to make sure she gets lots of fluids. Dehydration can be the worst thing when it comes to any flu. She will probably not feel like eating but she should try to eat. Call her and remind her to eat and drink if you think you need to. Drop off some nice soup but don't go in and visit, you don't want to get it too.

caroll30 do not get so upset, she probably just has the
common garden variety of flu. the symptoms of the swine
flu are just about the same as any other flu, just a bit
more severe, it seems to me that only the very old or very
young,or people with badly compromised immune symptoms h
get horribly ill with swine flu. most young people just
get as sick as they would with the other flu and get over
it just as quickly.

Well I see you've found out some information since you posted this, but I feel the same way, I rarely go to the doctor unless I am like dying lol. I do go primarily once a year because I am on bc, but my doctor told me that I am free to skip a year now because all my results for everything have been normal for 3+ years.

If I were afraid that I had the flu, I'd likely go to the doctor BECAUSE I am around kids at the school so much, I have a five year old, and I have a high schooler. The last thing I'd want would be to expose them and everybody they're around too.

The only concern about H1N1 as opposed to normal strains of the flu is that H1N1 seems to cause more problems AFTER the fact - like pneumonia or it attacks your immune system and causes a host of other things that may be unrelated but horrific. I hear that it affects more younger people, younger healthy people including small children.