folks,
how do I know if I have the flu or not?
(in other words, I am not feeling great, but I'm not sure if this is a bad cold or the flu!)
Jayne: That's a good idea. Good idea. Tell us where the stuff's at so I can shoot you. Mal: Point of interest? Offering to shoot us might not work so well as an incentive as you might imagine.
'Out Of Gas'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
le nubian - Jan 16, 2013 8:36:35 am PST #7909 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
§ ita § - Jan 16, 2013 8:37:03 am PST #7910 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
meara, medicine is amazing.
My dad has been having eye surgery recently, but I'm convinced that everything he's doing is to prep for debilitation and I don't want to ask questions.
I am at a power user level with SQL, as opposed to developer, at least here. The number of tables and schemas they need to string together to get any decent answer for anything is kinda scary, and puts me in my place.
Jesse - Jan 16, 2013 8:40:01 am PST #7911 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
how do I know if I have the flu or not?
I think by level of fever -- at least, the one time I'm sure I had the flu, the doctor said no, because my fever wasn't high enough. (Although who can tell what my fever ever would have been, since I was downing advil like it was my job.)
le nubian - Jan 16, 2013 8:42:26 am PST #7912 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I don't have a fever though. At least I haven't had one the last 2 days I checked it. I suppose I could have had one before.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 16, 2013 8:48:55 am PST #7913 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I think something is wrong with my body temperature because I have literally never had a fever as an adult. I swear I FEEL like I have a fever when my temp is 99 degrees, and when I take my temp at normal (non-sick days) it is about 96 degrees, but my doctor just tells me that 99 degrees is not a fever.
le nubian - Jan 16, 2013 8:51:16 am PST #7914 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
the printed material with the target thermometer says anything about 99.5 is defined as a fever.
I did not know it was possible to feel like ass warmed over and not have a fever.
(/sulk)
msbelle - Jan 16, 2013 8:52:36 am PST #7915 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I think fever is required for flu.
Work has been going at breakneck speed and I am convinced I am missing things. I hope today to go through pile of notes.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 16, 2013 8:56:37 am PST #7916 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Well, if normal body temperature is 98.6, and anything over 99.5 is a fever, than 1 degree is a fever. Therefore if my temperature is 99 degrees and my normal temperature is 96 degrees, don't I have the equivalent of a 101.6 degree fever?
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 16, 2013 8:57:14 am PST #7917 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Flu also tends to have that achy-tired feeling. Colds may make you feel miserable, but for me at least they don't make me feel physically weaker.
Amy - Jan 16, 2013 9:01:17 am PST #7918 of 30001
Because books.
I'm the same way, Sophia. My healthy temp is usually 97.4, so if I have a temp of over 99, I usually consider it a fever.