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The flu is a surefire way to stop your productivity and leave you completely helpless for days at a time. If you are having flu symptoms and you didn’t get your flu shot, you may be kicking yourself for it now—but before you panic and relinquish yourself to bed with some chicken noodle soup, find out if your flu symptoms really mean that you have the flu.
1. Make a list of the symptoms you’re experiencing before you read anything about the flu. Reading about symptoms before you make note of your symptoms could lead you to believe you have symptoms you aren’t really experiencing. Worse, you could ignore other potentially serious symptoms!
2. Check your list of symptoms against a reliable list of flu symptoms. Common flu symptoms include muscle pains, physical exhaustion, a high fever, and a runny nose. If your symptoms are different than these, you could just be experiencing the common cold. Since a cold tends to last only a day or two, you’re definitely lucky if you just have a cold.
3. If your symptoms do match a reliable list of flu symptoms, think about how long you’ve had your symptoms. If they’ve just started or haven’t lasted very long, it’s possible you just have a stomach bug or other quick ailment. On the other hand, if you’ve been dealing with these symptoms for over two days, it’s very possible you have the flu.
4. Once you’ve determined that your symptoms are probably the flu, you need to go to the doctor. The flu can knock you out for quite a while, so it’s important to get into the doctor right away. If your regular practitioner isn’t available, it may be worth your time to go to a walk-in clinic available in convenience and drug stores. They can run a quick test and if you have the flu, they’ll get you the medicine and treatments you need to make your run of the flu as painless as possible.
If you have the flu, prepare for an unpleasant week. With the proper medical care, however, it doesn’t have to be miserable! See your doctor as soon as you can to get the care you need.
What else can I help you with?
How can one tell from symptoms whether they have Flu?
To tell the symptoms of the Flu can be really easy and sometimes really hard as they can get mixed up with the common cold, most flu cases are feeling weak, tired and always coughing and sneezing at all times of the day and night.
What kind of cough tell you you have the Swine Flu?
The kind of cough is not diagnostic of Swine Flu. The swine flu has many of the same symptoms as the regular flu. You cannot tell by the type of cough what type of flu you have. Your doctor cannot even tell that. If you are displaying actual flu symptoms, your doctor can order a laboratory test to confirm or rule out the swine flu. That is the only way to receive a proper diagnosis to which flu subtype you may or may not have. See the related question below for a more detailed description of the symptoms of swine flu.
How can you tell for sure if you have the Swine Flu?
You cannot do it yourself. If you have 'flu like symptoms make an appointment with your doctor.
What are the tall-tell flu symptoms that I should be wary of?
The tall-tell flu symptoms that someone contracts can start with the average cold and fever. This will lead to other symptoms such as heavy vomitting, higher fever, fatigue, and chronic bronchitis.
Is flu like symptoms always the Swine Flu?
The symptoms of swine flu and normal flu are very similar, even doctors cannot tell them apart without swabbing and testing. As a result a lot of people who think they have had swine flu have probably only had normal flu.
Can you please tell me, Doctor Sir, what are the symptoms of the flu?
The symptoms of the flu include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, fatigue, and sometimes vomiting and diarrhea.
How you know if you have the Swine Flu or not?
The only way to know for sure that it is the H1N1/09 (swine flu) is to have lab testing. Otherwise you can only tell by symptoms which are virtually the same as regular flu. See the related question for information about the symptoms of swine flu.
How long after exhibiting symptoms of the flu or swine flu does the nasal swab rapid flu test work?
Well, I really do recommend buying a Nintendo Wii.
How can you tell if what you have got is Swine Flu or just a common cold?
Most people can not tell if you have any symptoms of the common cold you should see your doctor to see if it is swine flu or not.
What can causes cramps and flu like symptoms during dialysis treatment?
i really do not know
What are the symptoms of the onset of flu?
Some of the symptoms for the flu are the same as the common cold, but there are a few symptoms that you only get with the flu. The most common of these symptoms are a fever of 101 or higher, body and joint aches, and a headache. If you are experiencing these symptoms along with other cold like symptoms we recommend seeing your Dr. about the flu.
Do I have swine flu the first day I got symptoms my arm and leg were aching then I got a cough and sore throat and now the day after I feel like I'm going to pass out and feel sick Im 13 and English?
You could have the flu because those are symptoms that often occur with flu, but there is no way to know if it is the swine flu or not without seeing a doctor. But those symptoms can also be caused by other things, too. If you feel like you are going to pass out, you really should tell a parent or guardian right away so you can find out what is wrong and get it treated. It is not a good idea to wait to have that done. Tell your parents.
