Swine Flu is in full effect in my parts of the world.
Just last week someone in my town died from it. Also, I found out that someone in my school has it.
So naturally, when I see that my nose has become sniffly and stuffed and my eyelids are all droopy with fatigue, I took a gander at the symptoms.
Nothing that isn't considered to be out of the ordinary with a regular flu (only difference is that this is a new strain).
I did come across this, however:
Serious Swine Flu Symptoms
More serious symptoms that would indicate that a child with swine flu would need urgent medical attention include:
- Fast breathing or trouble breathing
- Bluish or gray skin color
- Not drinking enough fluids
- Severe or persistent vomiting
- Not waking up or not interacting
- Being so irritable that the child does not want to be held
- Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough
I'm sure I just have the common cold. My moms just got over something so, no doubt, she gave me what she had.
I just couldn't have picked a worse time for me to be feeling under the weather what with the reporting of the children's progress I need to be working on and all.
Sigh.
