r/flu • • 8h ago

Question Day 6 fever

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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


r/flu • • 9h ago

Flu A or am I imagining things?

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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 🫠


r/flu • • 12h ago

Am I crazy or is there a flu b line? I had the flu on the 13th, but now have Covid.

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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 ā€œyou don’t seem that sickā€ or, ā€œyou seem betterā€?? I just tested positive and I feel like garbage.


r/flu • • 18h ago

Question Day 16 of Upper Respiratory Tract Infection

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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.


r/flu • • 19h ago

What is this?

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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.