do i have a cold or the flu?

[beatnck]

well, as its christmas again my body has decided to play me up and get ill again. only thing is i dont know if ive got a bad cold or a touch of flu..?
ive got a stuffy nose, dry cough, aches and pains in my neck/back/legs and no appetite.
i feel knackered and had a bad nights sleep last night.
apart from taking beechams flu plus medecine and resting can anyone reccomend something to perk me up a bit? because santas coming tonight and ive got 3 kids plus lots of family to occupy tomorrow

[Whosthedaddy]

Beechams flu is shite, its a commercial way to earn money, you can buy pills down Tescos for a fraction of the price.

Take plenty of fluids, hot or cold. Many people recommend honey
Take paracetamol for the head and fever (4g max in 24 hours or 8 pills every 4 hours min)
Take ibuprofen for stiffness and aches and pains (400mg with meals or milk if empty stomach, max x3 times a day)
Sleep and relax
Try not to walk around in every item of clothing in the wardrobe as this will increase an already over heated body temperature and may cause riggors (shivering) which implies that you are cold, yet you wear even more, get under the duvet and make the situation ten times worse.
Vitamin C either from fruit, juice or pills (maybe)
Cover your mouth when coughing or sneezing (pretty self explanatory really)

Be warned that many 'remedies' contain medications so please read the packet as by taking 9 paracetamol tablets in 24 hours constitutes as an overdose and can or will feck up your liver function.
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[stinkwheel]

Are you lying in bed unable to move?

If you stand up do you feel dizzy and have legs of jelly as if you are going to fall over at any moment?

Do you have a bucket next to you because you can't get to the toilet when you have to vomit?

Does the prospect of drinking a glass of water make you feel extremely nauseus?

Are you hot and cold both at once and drifting off into haullucinations and wierd dreams with no concept of time?

Do you care about nothing else other than people leaving you alone?

If you answered YES to all of the above, you have the 'flu. If you answered no, you have a cold

I've had real flu twice and if you are sat at the computer typing, you don't have it.

So, you have a cold which is caused by a rhinovirus. If you look after yourself you'll be better in seven days. If you don't it'll last a week.

Take an NSAID such as paracetamol, asprin or ibuprofen to bring your temperature down. Take a decongestant such as actifed or sudafed to unblock your nose and sinuses (if they're blocked). If you have a productive cough (bringing up gunk) take an expectorant cough mixture. If you have a dry, tickly cough which is keeping you up at night get some "phalcodeine linctus" from the chemists and take it when you go to bed (this will totally get rid of the cough and make you REALLY sleepy).

Drink plenty of fluids, eat plenty of fresh fruit for the vitamin C.

[Whosthedaddy]

[Handsome]

As above I've only had THE flu once, I was fine all day then during the night I lay down on the settee to watch some telly went to get up and couldn't I felt Dizzy-Achey-sickly...I lay there for two weeks, I couldn't eat -sleep-stand up or move...I had to crawl for a piss and I lost about a stone and a half.....

Never felt like that before or since and I never want to again thankyouverymuch.....
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[woo]

you dont have flu!

If u had flu u wont be able to post on this forum!

Flu is dam serious i can see how people can die from it, had it early this year, i was bed riden for a week and missed a week off uni!

Hope u get better!
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[Scouse]

:O sounds like you've got the man flu, might as well make the most of the day and just drink yourself better.

[Pte1643]

[Al]

[Whosthedaddy]

[J0Al1]

[BanditBitch]

[JonB]

"Man Flu". It probably used to be true.

BUT do you see how women milk illnesses?

It starts at secondary school when a girl can't do PE cause of "Women's Problems". What a bunch of wimps.

Oh and then there is the "hormones" issue, oh yeah blame it on the hormones. Men are full of testosterone too and the bloody women seem to complain when we want sex all the time. It's exactly the same, we are allowed to moan at you cause you have copius amounts of Oestrogen, progesterone and various other hormone flowing around. This then leads to the Women Problems.

Oh and when a girl has a headache, don't all the men EFFING know about it! "Leave me alone" I have got a headache. The complete confusion with a migraine is laughable as well. "Oh I have a migraine" then you see them having a good old laugh with their lady friends an hour later, it's just a headache! A migraine are intense and can last for days.

Why do women always lose their voices? I mean sometimes it would be better if the bitch just shut up, but it's always when you are busy and she wants you to "look after her". Funny how an hour later she is shouting at the top of her vocal chords at you cause you aren't giving her enough attention.

This is aint Man Flu, this is the result of female demands. We are worn out!
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