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With the flu
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Thanks. I was running 103 temp and had all the strength of a 6 yr old.
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Nope. I was remiss.
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Yeah, I get muscle pains all over too, but for some reason the lower back seems to be worse. I sometimes can't get out of a chair without help.
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I don't think I have ever caught the flu (knock wood!), and usually don't get a flu shot. I have had some serious colds, one or sometimes two per year.
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You must have been blessed with a good immune system. Your reply got me thinking "what's the difference between a cold and the flu?" One description put it this way:
For flu:
All of the symptoms above are more severe - CHECK
Other issues including fever - CHECK
Headache - Not so much
Muscle Aches - CHECK
Soreness - CHECK
Vomiting & Diarrhea - No
So I have some, but not all of the symptoms that differentiate flu from a cold. The high fever is the thing that makes me pretty sure this is flu and not just a cold.
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I'm sure Ticks are in some parts of the state, but I've never seen a tick in "these" parts in the 22 years we've lived here.
Ticks borne diseases are nothing to sneeze at. My wife came down with Rocky Mountain Spotted fever and spent 10 days in ICU.
The symptoms resemble several other problems and it was pure chance that we mentioned to the Dr about could it be tick related as we live in the woods. Sure enough 7 days later the test results were positive for RMSF. They had started her on a high dose treatment of antibiotics before the results because she was so sick and the test takes so long.
End result was everything turned out fine but it could have been very different.
David
The symptoms resemble several other problems and it was pure chance that we mentioned to the Dr about could it be tick related as we live in the woods. Sure enough 7 days later the test results were positive for RMSF. They had started her on a high dose treatment of antibiotics before the results because she was so sick and the test takes so long.
End result was everything turned out fine but it could have been very different.
David
I've had Lyme disease twice and Erlichiosis once. The Erlichiosis was worse. Lost 11 pounds in 10 days and could not eat. After 10 days, wife called 911 and I wound up in the local hospital. A week of antibiotics and I was ok. It kills your white blood cells. Babesiosis - another tick-borne illness - destroys your red cells. Nasty s^%t. No more chasing golf balls in the woods.
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