A new virus?!

@Nevena83 (65280)
Serbia
February 9, 2023 12:20pm CST
Good evening friends I don't get to be active here, but tonight I will make some time for you all. I hope you are thinking of me. Today I spent the whole day going from doctor to doctor. More precisely, my son has developed a high fever and nothing can bring it down. A couple of days ago he had a sore throat and that went away and then suddenly yesterday he started coughing. This morning when he was supposed to go to work, he couldn't get up because he had a high temperature and a headache. We went to the doctor, but they immediately sent him to be tested for covid. The tests are negative, so he was given an antibiotic, but the temperature does not go down. Around 5 pm he had a temperature of 39.2, drank something to bring it down, but now it's 7:15 pm and the temperature is still high at 38.8. I know that for several months people have been saying that there is some virus that is so strong that it is hard to bear it. It is accompanied by high fever, cough and muscle pain. Is there this new virus in your country?
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
9 Feb 23
I noticed you haven't been on myLot but life gets in the way of fun all the time. I hope your son feels better soon. Covid is definitely still making the rounds here in the US (even though people claim it's not *sigh*), Monkey pox (Mpox) has a foothold here and the flu virus is in full swing now. I don't pay a lot of attention to the news so who knows what else is here now...
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
9 Feb 23
@Nevena83 I think Mother Nature is finally stepping in and thinning out humanity. Humanity just keeps blocking her efforts so she keeps trying new things. I believe she'll win in the end.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
9 Feb 23
Thank you. They say that this new virus lasts a long time, or rather its symptoms. Honestly, there are many theories here. One of them is that "someone" is constantly poisoning us with new viruses. What do you think about that?
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
9 Feb 23
@DaddyEvil I absolutely agree with you. I definitely think like you. I believe that there is a lot of evil and that it must be cleansed in some way. And I believe that earthquakes are one of those ways.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (459514)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 23
I know that the flu is around right now and our doctor told us that it is pretty bad right now. I hope your son will feel better soon.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (459514)
• Switzerland
10 Feb 23
@Nevena83 - I am glad he feels better. Did the doctor suggest something for the high temperature?
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
10 Feb 23
Thank you. It's a little better at the moment, but the temperature doesn't want to drop.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
14 Feb 23
@LadyDuck No, nothing concrete, anything to knock down. He received an antibiotic, so yesterday they changed him to another, allegedly stronger one.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (307356)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Feb 23
I don't know about a new virus. I hope he is better soon.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (307356)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
11 Feb 23
@Nevena83 I'm glad it's lower.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
14 Feb 23
@just4him Thank you. He no longer has a fever, but the cough is still present.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
10 Feb 23
Some say it's a new virus, and some say it's a seasonal flu. Thank you, I hope he gets better soon. The temperature is lower today.
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Icydoll
@Icydoll (36717)
• India
9 Feb 23
Sorry to read this .I hope he feels better soon.
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Icydoll
@Icydoll (36717)
• India
10 Feb 23
@Nevena83 welcome dear . How are you today
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
10 Feb 23
@Icydoll I feel a little tired because I haven't slept. And he is the same. The temperature is very persistent. He had a very high fever last night.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
9 Feb 23
Thank you so much
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (85691)
• Bangalore, India
9 Feb 23
Sorry to know about your son. Hope he gets well soon. I have not heard of any new viruses in the news. But we very well know that many new kinds of virus are out there in the air and they are really nasty
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (85691)
• Bangalore, India
11 Feb 23
@Nevena83 Sorry to hear about that. I hope that he is doing better.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
14 Feb 23
@arunima25 Thank you. Yes, he is better now, still coughing but no fever.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
9 Feb 23
Thank you, I believe he will, he is young. But I have to admit that he never felt like this. He has always handled every illness without any problems, but this is the first time that it really knocked him down.
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John nyambegera
@thebos (5779)
• Kisumu, Kenya
9 Feb 23
Not really, there is no new virus reported over lately
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John nyambegera
@thebos (5779)
• Kisumu, Kenya
10 Feb 23
@Nevena83 sounds so serious, has the ministry of health put forward precautions
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
10 Feb 23
@thebos I do not know. Many are saying that it may be just a seasonal flu, but it is too strong. We don't even talk about the corona here anymore.
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John nyambegera
@thebos (5779)
• Kisumu, Kenya
10 Feb 23
@Nevena83 that's very sad, how are you all going to get out of that, is their any hope
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (71671)
• United States
10 Feb 23
Oh that sounds so awful. I hope it goes away quickly and he gets feeling better.
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (71671)
• United States
10 Feb 23
@Nevena83 that is good probably on its way out
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
10 Feb 23
The temperature is very persistent, but today it was low at one point, so I hope that's a good sign.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
14 Feb 23
@shaggin Yes, there is no more fever, but the cough is present.
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Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (58315)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Feb 23
Not that I'm aware of, but the illness could be a number of things.
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Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (58315)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Feb 23
@Nevena83 It could be one or the other. Not even the best medical minds will know everything.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
14 Feb 23
@kaylachan Yes, but you can still hear it, and all the health facilities are full of sick children and people.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
10 Feb 23
Here they say it's a new virus, and some say it's a seasonal flu.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (86846)
• United States
10 Feb 23
Well, they are saying different strains, but with the worldwide disasters, I would not be surprised.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
10 Feb 23
You're right. Everything became very strange.
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MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (79991)
• United States
10 Feb 23
Yes I've heard of people having the same symptoms as your son and still being negative for Covid. I hope your son gets better soon.
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MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (79991)
• United States
15 Feb 23
@Nevena83 I have no idea what it's about but it just seems that one virus takes the place of another
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
14 Feb 23
Does that happen there too? Do you know what it is about?
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (58169)
• Centralia, Washington
10 Feb 23
I'm sorry about your son. I hope he gets better soon. I've heard about a new respiratory illness- RSV or some such? I might have the letters wrong.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
14 Feb 23
I haven't heard about it, because here all the media are silent about it. It is very strange that all the people got sick. This was not the case with covid either.
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29293)
• Eugene, Oregon
9 Feb 23
I hope he is better soon. Nothing new is reported.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
9 Feb 23
Thank you. That's good.
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326222)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Feb 23
I'm sorry about your son. That doesn't sound good at all.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326222)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Feb 23
@Nevena83 Oh gosh, my husband's does that but he has a reason for it.
Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
14 Feb 23
@JudyEv Fortunately, it was short lived, but I was scared. I think the reason was the high temperature.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
10 Feb 23
The high temperature exhausts him. Yesterday he says that his heart wanted to jump out of his chest because it was beating so hard.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203451)
• Nashville, Tennessee
9 Feb 23
Good to see you. I hope your son will be better soon. Not aware of any new virus. Take care.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203451)
• Nashville, Tennessee
9 Feb 23
@Nevena83 Please take good care of you and your son.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
9 Feb 23
@CarolDM I will. The temperature is still not dropping.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247219)
• United States
9 Feb 23
I'm sorry to hear about your son. Perhaps he has the flu. There are always new viruses popping up. Hope he feels better soon.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
9 Feb 23
Thank you. Yes, you're right, it might be the flu. The problem is that doctors don't know either. And as far as I've noticed, everyone gets the same therapy.
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Mike
@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
9 Feb 23
Antibiotics don't work on a virus. Medications for a virus are antivirals. I'm not aware of any new virus.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
9 Feb 23
I did not know that. My son is 20 years old and this is the first time he has taken any antibiotics. I don't think he would have gone to the doctor this time either, but he had to because of his job.
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