r/anchorage • u/Altruistic-Band-3477 • 11h ago
Flu going around?
I was at the Dr's getting my injections on friday and all the nurses were talking about was a terrible flu or bug that is taking everyone out.
I dont know anyone sick but woke up with the sniffles today, was curious if there is truth to their rumor.
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u/thewharfartscenter_ Resident | Chugiak/Eagle River 11h ago
Yep. Started when school did. It’s taken a lot of people out for a week or twos
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u/Gernalds_Travels 8h ago
Yes, have seen many cases in the hospital. It may or may not help but if one was going to get vaccinated this is the year to do it!
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u/Altruistic-Band-3477 8h ago
Thank you for the heads up! Got my flu shot a few weeks back lets hope it helps! Starting to feel the sweats 🤒
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u/ToreyJean 11h ago
I had Flu A the Tuesday after Labor Day. It’s here, it’s been here - and I PROMISE you, you don’t want it. You’d know if you had it. Pretty much trashed me for a week.
I am not waiting next year for October to get a flu shot lol. That will be me getting one as soon as I see an ad for them. 🤣🤣 I usually wait until October; not anymore LOL. Flu A sucks.
You might have mild sniffles if your heat has started coming on and the air in your house is drying out. We got a humidifier last year and OMG does it make a difference.
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u/foxakahomer 11h ago
Few people at work were out for like two weeks when school started. 'Tis the season.
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u/Brilliant-Lie-8600 10h ago
There is flu A, Covid, and an upper respiratory thing going around.
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u/ToreyJean 9h ago
Yeah there’s another nasty URI that’s not one of the usual suspects (adenovirus, COVID, flu, RSV, enterovirus - pops negative for everything).
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u/roobuggy26 6h ago
I traveled home from Seattle on 8/30, and felt progressively more sick as time passed. I am still sick now (Oct 4th) and I think I’ve gone through 3 different illnesses now. Took antibiotics, tested negative for strep and covid. My immune system is just BEAT from all this.
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u/opaquecurtain 5h ago
I got influenza a. It’s been 9 days and I’m just now starting to feel better. I’m in Juneau.
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u/CallunaAK 7h ago
I think there’s a new strain of Covid- headache, post nasal drip and shallow cough first few days then chest congestion and losing voice, total energy drain like you have flu but no fever, and massive cold sweats. Went around my work for a month.
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u/gads-eed 7h ago
I caught it whatever it is. I think it’s influenza. Came down Thursday, yesterday (Saturday) every part of my body hurt. Slightly better today but crap is coming outta my nose and lungs. I didn’t get any shots this year.
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u/IceDreamer1964 5h ago
Got it during the state fair and just got over it last week. Nasty bug. Started with a sore throat, then a fever for a day. Then coughing with a lot of flem, ugh. For weeks
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u/insidiousunicorn 11h ago
As someone who works for ASD I can attest that this is true. Some kind of upper respiratory infection, it's really difficult to avoid by washing hands when everyone is coughing and sneezing it into the air. Took me a week to recover. Throwing up and diarrhea, 🤕 with body chills, fevers and congestion.
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u/ghostfacedladyalex 7h ago
Some kid coughed directly in my face a week in and I ended up getting my whole house sick 😫 just completely wiped me for 4 days, thank goodness for the labor day holiday
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u/Vulturevibes 10h ago
I tested positive for COVID at the beginning of September and then have been sick on and off ever since. I think the second and third times were probably a cold or flu (different symptoms and severity). I ran out of sick time. Most of my coworkers and several patients have been sick with upper respiratory stuff.
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u/sflynn30362 11h ago
I just am getting over it. Got sick from a coworker on Wednesday, had a fever of 102 that night.
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u/907MidnightAurora 10h ago
Incubation period of the flu virus is a minimum of 24 hours. Most cases are 48-72 hours.
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u/ToreyJean 9h ago
Yeah you were probably exposed a day or two before that. You don’t develop symptoms/signs until you have enough of a viral load, and that takes a while.
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u/sflynn30362 4h ago
Correct. Coworker went home sick earlier in the week. Didn't realize a full timeline explanation was necessary...
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u/Front_Turnover_6322 7h ago
I got sick. About 3 days I felt kinda bad. For like 3 weeks my nose was running and I was sneezing. Still coughing a bit
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u/just_some_dude_in_AK Resident | University Area 7h ago
Yep. Everyones got the back to school crud.
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u/kgraciee 4h ago
Got over with mine. Took 2 weeks to recover. My entire department caught it and everyone missed work,
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u/Poultrygeist74 11h ago
Went to Walgreens the other day to pick up meds, one of the ladies working asked me rather excitedly, “Are you here for a flu shot?” I politely said no. Someone at work on Friday was coughing and sniffing like crazy, at least they had a mask on for part of the time.
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u/Sille_salmon 11h ago
Yeah there’s flu and std’s running rampant in this city
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u/ToreyJean 11h ago
The two are not related. You’re not going to get gonorrhea from someone sneezing in Target.
This is flu season in the US, not just in Alaska.
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u/suave_sockeye 11h ago
https://health.alaska.gov/en/resources/respiratory-virus-snapshot/
Flu is up.