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medical dillema about h1n1
dd 14 is sick(fever,aches,dizziness,headache)I found out today that she has been exposed to the swine flu(not only are there at least a few kids in her school who have been diagnosed with it,her closet friend was verified as having it today)After looking on cdc website I kinda think not bringing her in is the right decision(not much they can do,spreading her germs around if she does have it,catching it there if she doesn't).Any medical people have an opinion?Should I just try to treat her her because she doesn't fall into any of the danger zones or bring her anyway just to be sure?
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11-13-2009 09:19 PM
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I would bring her in, if she is bad off feeling like crap etc... they can prescribe her tamiflu(from what I hear any way, people are getting on that, correct me if I'm wrong), which helps out sooo much I here. No reason to make her suffer through the aches and pains if you don't have to. Also, they will listen to her chest/lungs and stuff, it does attack in the form of pnemonia also.
Also, it has been known for the symptoms to disappear, then come back.
Last edited by jasmine; 11-13-2009 at 09:49 PM.
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Keep an eye on her fever. If it isn't going down and staying around 102, 103 then you definately want to take her in. Most of the people we have seen that have tested positive have had the high fever that just wont back down. Does she have a slight sore throat? At our clinic we give everyone with any of those type symptoms a mask to put on. I would hope other medical offices are doing the same. Our clinic has a rapid Flu A & B test that helps determine within 10 minutes if the patient is positive or negative.
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I would take her in. My cousins 4 grandbabies had the swine flu and a remark was made by the treating doctor that they could use the tamiflu since they were diagnosed early.
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The tamiflu has to be given within 48 hours. I would take her in just to see. Around here, one of the nurses told me they're not really prescribing the tamiflu because it doesnt touch the H1N1, but that just might be for our area.
If you take him in, the local doctors and nurses will be able to tell you more of how things are going in your area, what to watch for ect.
Remember, PLENTY of fluids!
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Originally Posted by
freeby4me
The tamiflu has to be given within 48 hours. I would take her in just to see. Around here, one of the nurses told me they're not really prescribing the tamiflu because it doesnt touch the H1N1, but that just might be for our area.
If you take him in, the local doctors and nurses will be able to tell you more of how things are going in your area, what to watch for ect.
Remember, PLENTY of fluids!
That must be your area - my cousin's 3 kids all were diagnosed with H1N1 and were put on Tami flu and they are all under age 9. I do know that it had them up and around in about 2 days but they were still out of school the entire week.
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Originally Posted by
SLance68
That must be your area - my cousin's 3 kids all were diagnosed with H1N1 and were put on Tami flu and they are all under age 9. I do know that it had them up and around in about 2 days but they were still out of school the entire week.
Good I am glad to hear that. It is possible that a lot of the parents werent just getting their kids in on time so the tamiflu just wasnt helping because it was past the 48 hours.
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Originally Posted by
freeby4me
Good I am glad to hear that. It is possible that a lot of the parents werent just getting their kids in on time so the tamiflu just wasnt helping because it was past the 48 hours.
That is probably the reason they didn't give it to some. I had not heard about the 48 hour thing. Thankfully those were the only people I know of (knocks on wood) that have had the H1N1.
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Originally Posted by
SLance68
That is probably the reason they didn't give it to some. I had not heard about the 48 hour thing. Thankfully those were the only people I know of (knocks on wood) that have had the H1N1.
Yes, on the Tamiflu website it says it must be given within 12-48 hours of the first symptoms of flu. So I would imagine if the parents werent real sure of when the symptoms started or something they probably wouldnt bother prescribing it.
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It depends on your doctor to be honest with you. We have prescribed it for people that have gone longer than 3 days with the symptoms. It seems to start out a little lighter and then gets worse, so a lot of people don't rush in right away to be seen.
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