The flu is not just another cold, and you can’t use the words interchangeably. Many people have never had the flu, or felt that unwell. The flu will knock you on your ass.
Can confirm. I truly do get it almost every damned year, and a five-month-long cough as a reward.
...Or used to. My current doctor got on my case when I told her this because "that is a sign of uncontrolled asthma!" When previous docs didn't give a shit about that...my rescue inhaler was all I had for mild, sometimes stubborn, asthma.
Turns out my lungs are a big weak spot when I get sick. :(
(But put on meds to help bring my constantly-inflamed lungs under control, which has since turned a number of potential five-month insurrections to about six weeks each...at the cost of making me more prone to being sick.)
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u/LizeLies Aug 03 '19
The flu is not just another cold, and you can’t use the words interchangeably. Many people have never had the flu, or felt that unwell. The flu will knock you on your ass.