Sickness?

[jetprop]

I noticed a lot of people seem to be sick and quite a few of them have the same symtons over here and in tenerife:Headaches,high fever,a terrible cough,a blocked nose and feeling extremely weak,a sinus infection being the cause,but a infection like that can't spread that fast can it?
Could it be some virus that brings on a infection?

I was just wondering if anyone else here got similar symptons,it's also quite a persistent virus,my dad was sick for more then a week and taking antibiotics and I was taking 4 paracetamol a day just to get rid of the headache since the christmass tests where during that time.

[Fozzer]

This is the one that many folks in Britain have been suffering from recently...>>> http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Norovirus/ ... ptoms.aspx

Very contagious, and requires scrupulous cleanliness, to keep it a bay.

Easily passed between folks, by contact.

I have very little, if any contact with anyone, so I am unlikely to be affected!

If you touch me, I will kill you!... ....!

Paul.... ...!

Getting a diagnosis:
Norovirus can be diagnosed by having a sample of your stools tested in a laboratory.

Cure:
Sit on a stool in a Laboratory, until they tell you to go away... ...!

[jetprop]

Nah,that isn't it,no diahrea at all.
Only the soar limbs and headache fit.

[Hagar]

I noticed a lot of people seem to be sick and quite a few of them have the same symtons over here and in tenerife:Headaches,high fever,a terrible cough,a blocked nose and feeling extremely weak,a sinus infection being the cause,but a infection like that can't spread that fast can it?
Could it be some virus that brings on a infection?

Sounds like some sort of flu. http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Flu/Pages/Symptoms.aspx

[FlyFlorida]

loads of people are in the uk too!

[Steven W]

A bunch of people here in Canada were getting the flu, I'm not sure if its the same as what you were getting over there. The health board recently said that the worst was over though

[Felix/FFDS]

At the beginning of December, I got something - (I blame it on the flu).  On the upside, I did lose 15 lbs (note to Hagar - just 1 st.)  which I've managed to keep off - through the holiday season!

[jetprop]

I noticed a lot of people seem to be sick and quite a few of them have the same symtons over here and in tenerife:Headaches,high fever,a terrible cough,a blocked nose and feeling extremely weak,a sinus infection being the cause,but a infection like that can't spread that fast can it?
Could it be some virus that brings on a infection?

Sounds like some sort of flu. http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Flu/Pages/Symptoms.aspx

Fits the symptons but it's not something that goes over easily by sitting at home,my Dad went to the doctor and they said he had to take antibiotics for a week or 3 injections.

[Hagar]

I noticed a lot of people seem to be sick and quite a few of them have the same symtons over here and in tenerife:Headaches,high fever,a terrible cough,a blocked nose and feeling extremely weak,a sinus infection being the cause,but a infection like that can't spread that fast can it?
Could it be some virus that brings on a infection?

Sounds like some sort of flu. http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Flu/Pages/Symptoms.aspx

Fits the symptons but it's not something that goes over easily by sitting at home,my Dad went to the doctor and they said he had to take antibiotics for a week or 3 injections.

Sitting at home is the most sensible advice for a highly infectious complaint like the flu. Trying to carry on normally just spreads the virus to everyone you come into contact with. That's how epidemics start. http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/

[quote]At the beginning of December, I got something - (I blame it on the flu).

[Fozzer]

....... I do know what a pound is. It's kilograms I have problems with. :-/

...and what about meters metres and kilometres (distance)?

Like all the metric system, that is an alien language to me.. :'(...!

I am more used to rods, poles, perches, and chains...(the rear cover of my old school book!)... ;D....!

Trying to imagine "space distance" in kilometres, always gives me a runny nose.. :-[...!
(93 million MILES to the Sun!)... :P...!

Paul... ;D...!

Queen Victoria... :-*....>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_units

[Apex]

Yep, it's called the flu.

[Fozzer]

[quote]Yep, it's called the flu.

[jetprop]

Then sinus infections must be a possible side-effect(which is probably quite likely)
It's a pain,only my mom wasn't as badly affected since her nose was runny instead of blocked like mine and my dad's.
And yes,sitting home is a  good advice for infectious diseases but it doesn't go away easily,at least not like your average flu or cold.

[Apex]

Flu strains mutate from year to year, so you have to get a shot each year that's specific for that year's flu. 

Also, I think antibotics are effective only against bacterial infections, not viral infections, which is why every time I've gone to the Dr with the flu, it's always just "Drink plenty of fluids, get plenty of rest, and pay me X $'s on your way out."

[1olehippy]

"Drink plenty of fluids, get plenty of rest"....Found that works the best.....had the flu once 32 yrs ago & that's what they  told me...so I sit in front of my 'puter, fly my sim & drink beer   ;) healthy as a horse.   :D

alcohol & germs can't exist in the same blood stream   ;D

Dave