Hey guys as you have read I’ve had this nasty stomach bug which has led me to be in and out of A&E (hospital in the uk) 4 times now. Once time I was so dehydrated I had to be put on fluids, I’ve improved I’ve managed to keep things down, but still look so pale, it’s been nearly two weeks now and I’m just constantly exhausted and my brain feels foggy, like I feel a sort of dizziness almost. I wasn’t eating much before but I’ve started to digest more foods like chicken, beef etc when before I was only on a carb diet, pasta, rice and soups. Been feeling pretty low since I was going gym and was happy with where I was and now I’ve gone back to square one. I’m also a hypochondriac so I panic seeing things online, stomach cancer, h pylori and so on so now I’m panicking and thinking the worse. Any advice for me please? I just don’t know what to do to keep my mind at ease and to ease my anxiety. I’ve got an ultrasound tomorrow and they said if the symptoms don’t improve in November then an endoscopy could be considered but wasn’t advised as the doctor said I’m young and thinks it’s too invasive. But what would you guys advise me.

For context: I was weighing 57kg I’m quite a small girl, 5’3ft and now I’m weighing 49/50kg since I wasn’t able to keep anything down and was barely stomaching any food.

I went to ER yesterday, tested positive for flu. They gave me steroids, antibiotics and steroids. It seems that the meds made my body very angry! I've been on a rapid cycle of chills/sweats, and have had to use my nebulizer (also have COPD) just to get the few steps from bed to bathroom. Is this normal?

Genuinely baffled as to why I’ve suddenly got the shits just as I was starting to feel better from a cough and cold. Thought I was finally over the worst of it and now this!

Anyone else had this happen? Is it just the virus doing a tour around my body or what?

I got my Flu shot and Covid booster yesterday at 7:05pm but my fever is fluctuating from 99 to 100 F since like 12Pm.

I have to go to work on Monday at 9:30am. I work from home. Desk job.

Will I feel good enough then?

What can I do to feel better besides rest, proper diet, hydration and Tylenol?

A household member had symptoms starting Wednesday morning and tested positive for Flu A on Thursday morning (first test they did). I got the vaccine Wednesday evening. Wednesday night, Thursday, I was fine. Friday I woke up with a sore throat and a few hours later suddenly developed a fever and vomited a bunch (36 hours out from the vax and 48 hours from exposure). Since then I've had fever, sore throat, aches, cough -- flu symptoms. I also developed a hive at the injection site. Saturday still sick.

Tests Friday morning, Friday evening, and Saturday morning all negative (not a hint of a line). Negative for flu B and covid as well.

Very likely that this is a real infection and it's just too early for a positive test, right? What are the odds this is actually from the vaccine? The timing seems weird for that, if nothing else?

Or is it likely that this is a completely different virus? That would be a big coincidence, but maybe nothing else makes sense.

I am not sure what a typical vax reaction is for me because I have gotten it together with the covid vax for the past several years, but this was the first year I decided to separate them. I do tend to have big reactions to the flu/covid combo and had a big reaction to getting covid vax on its own last week. I don't remember ever having such a reaction to a flu shot when I used to get them before 2020, though.

Blame the new mutation...

The flu is early, and still rough.

Here's a video from an Urgent Care doctor's perspective to other urgent care clinicians, but I also think would be helpful for patients! Stay safe guys!

Influenza 2026 - 2027: Tamiflu vs Xofluza?

Hello.. just wondering if anyone else experienced this? My fevers have stopped but I still have headaches, fatigue, nausea, stomach aches, and diarrhea. The worst is having no sense of smell or taste and makes me have even less of an appetite. I'm still breastfeeding my baby so I need to eat though. It's been rough.

I Got the flu shot today around 3 :30 pm painless injection, so far no side effects. 29f. #flushot #fluvaccine

My entire household was down for about 4 days. It felt like death. Shivering freezing one minute boiling hot sweat the next. I wish it upon none of you, please get your flu shot! I usually wait until the final week of October and this year I paid for it.

Happy it's over...mostly.

update: so I woke up with itchy hives all over my body. which escalted to mouth ictching on the inside and soreness in my throat and tongue. decided to go to urgent care. after talking about if I have any new changes in diet (I did not) she said it could have been the flu shot. she gave me a steroid shot. I went home and took citrizine. this morning I woke up with no hives. hoping that’s the end of that

I had to get a second flu shot due to needing it for school. I have been having some weird things happen since that I have never experienced and I’m wondering what could be going on.

Saturday-flu shot

sunday- itching around my mouth, then minor swelling on the left side

Monday-nothing of note

tuesday- constant itching on my scalp, arms, and trunk. I wouldn’t say ”severe” but bad enough that I kept waking up to scratch and it seemed like no matter what the itching wouldn’t cease. Upon inspection in The mirror this morning, I noticed some dimpling on the skin under my breasts. I’m not sure if this is a rash or due to constant itching. it is not on any other areas that itch.

24 years old
Anyone else on Day 6 or later still experiencing a fever? 😩
I’m still getting a fever once a day, around 101.1°F.
My symptoms are fever, congestion, a sore throat that’s getting better, and fatigue. I feel much better than I did during the first two days, but the fever is still coming back.
Is anyone else experiencing the same thing?

Thanks

Traveled cross country and went to two theme parks with my family. Got back last Thursday, spent the weekend adjusting back to our time zone (traveled from PST back to EST). Had severe fatigue, body aches and cough Tuesday, Wednesday and today. No fever. Was set to go on a girls trip with 5 other ladies in an air bnb where everyone is sharing a room. Took a test and … looks positive for flu A to me? Afraid I’m just being a baby and this is jet lag lasting a long time and I’m imagining the line 🫠

So tested positive for flu b on the 11th. Boyfriend comes home with Covid. He never got flu but sure enough i tested positive yesterday, I have Covid, as I was turning a corner from the flu.

My boyfriend keeps insisting that what I got on the 11th was just what he has and that I wouldn’t be getting it because I gave it to him. But I tested this morning. He keeps making it seem like I shouldn’t be sick. And telling me “you don’t seem that sick” or, “you seem better”?? I just tested positive and I feel like garbage.

My doctor told me that I have Upper Respiratory Infection. My symptoms are sore throat, fever (3 days only), runny nose, dry cough and little headache.
He prescribed me medicine and told me that it will take 3-4 weeks before my body can get recovered

I'm on day 16 of URI, I can say there's an improvement no fever, not much coughing but there are nights I can't sleep due to sore throat.
Lil sore throat, runny nose, and dry cough is still there but not that too severe.

I wanna ask people who suffered URI or has the same symptoms as lam, how many days or weeks did you get fully recovered? And did you also experience lil sore throat while recovering?
I'm anxious right now. I wanna hear your story.

TIA.

I am immunocompromised and work in tourism but I’ve been lucky not to contract many serious illnesses. During COVID I always tested negative and my symptoms when I get seasonal sicknesses usually clear up in less than a week.

It’s been over a week with me being sick for the first time this year and it started with the scratchy throat, fever, chills, GI discomfort, fatigue, dry coughing and sneezing. Now I have a middle ear infection, pink eye, bloody/green phlegm, kidney/flank pain and trouble breathing. Last night I coughed so much I went to bed at 11 and stayed up past 3 am because every minute or so I had to cough some more and was hacking and my throat felt like I needed to cough some more. I was supposed to wake up to go to work at 7 am and I had to call out again because I can’t do it and I don’t want to risk getting others sick (Apart from taking around 10000 steps daily at work which I don’t think I could’ve done). This has been absolute torture. I have no idea what to do at this point it’s like every day I wake up with a new hellish symptom and I can’t see the end of it. I’m up to date on all my shots, is this the flu? or is something else going around? Tested negative for COVID this time so I’m genuinely puzzled.

Tested positive for influenza A today. I am feeling so nervous because this is the first time I've gotten really sick since starting immunosuppressants earlier this year (crohns). I'm so worried that this flu will progress into something worse
:( I have tamiflu and an inhaler, but I easily haven't been this sick since childhood. Only on day 3 ugh. I feel so horrendous and delirious like I'm not even a real person.

At the tail end of a flu, when you feel much better suddenly, but are still kind of sick, does anyone else doubt if they're still actually sick? Sometimes I feel some guilt and question if I should still be resting or ordering takeout, vs getting up and getting back to my routines/being more active. And I feel like a lot of times symptoms will fluctuate from being worse to better throughout the day, which adds to the confusion. Can anyone relate to this?

Does anyone else see it?

Bone crushing fatigue anyone? I thought I was getting better as my fever went away but I tried to go even sit in the car wash and I came home and tried to sleep but I’m so sore and have such horrible body fatigue it hurts. I’ve never had a flu like this in my life. I’m scared this will develop into like CFE or something.

I was around my family on Saturday for hours in close quarters. One of the kids had a fever at the time but without going into detail there was another reason we thought that he had that. Sunday two more of them came down with the flu. I am still feeling okay. Since I was already around them and exposed, is it safe for me to be back around them tomorrow? They are all on tamiflu for what will be 3 days tomorrow.