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I had a runny nose since Saturday and today also a dry cough. never fever, no pain.
my boss had H1N1 last week, and apparently we had another colleague with H1N1 too. I mentioned this to my doctor. I am not sure if this is what made him think that I also have H1N1, but he said it's most likely H1N1 and probably not a cold, but he's not sure.
So he recommended that I stay away from my kids and stay home another day tomorrow if I have fever (which I have not had so far), if not, I could go to work if I wanted to.
Really, I feel like I wasted his time and my time and didn't learn much from this consultation.
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I'd get a second opinion. If you don't have a fever, from the info I've seen, you don't have H1N1.
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Why didn't he do the quickie flu test?
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space-time wrote:
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Why didn't he do the quickie flu test?
he said they have so many cases now, that it's only done in case there is complications and you land in hospital. I heard this from several sources, including the co-worker who had it last week.
Whether that's true or not, I don't know.. but I know a couple people locally that have been told the same thing.... Too many people to test... so unless you've got complications, just pretend it's H1N1, drink lots of fluids, take tylenol, and go to bed. Just like you would for the "regular" flu.
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There has been a rash of false negative tests, so many doctors are taking the tact that if you have several of the symptoms they respond accordingly.
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space-time wrote:
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Why didn't he do the quickie flu test?
he said they have so many cases now, that it's only done in case there is complications and you land in hospital. I heard this from several sources, including the co-worker who had it last week.
The quick test only identifies influenza. It can't tell if it's type A or B or the strain. Odds are his office doesn't have the ability to do the test on site. One advantage of my doctor's office. They can do a lot of lab work like that in 15 minutes and even do x-rays.
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So, if you're sick, how much difference does it really make whether you have H1N1 or just a bad case of the "regular" flu? The treatment is the same, and people should be staying home and away from others when they're sick anyway, so it seems more like the curiosity value of knowing instead of anything that has practical application.
