Comments on: Rise In Local Flu Cases Strains ER

By: Just An Old Soldier

Just An Old Soldier — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:25:58 +0000

I had the shot – and still got the flu. Stayed home, stayed hydrated, lost too much weight, but it was over in about 10 days or so. It was not fun.

By: nudo

nudo — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:05:11 +0000

Did the article not say from the doctor interviewed not to come to the ER if you have the flu symptoms ? I believe it did. I spent nine years working in the ER amoung other things. I do not need CDC statics about influenza. There are always complications or secondary problems that can arise from anything left untreaded. Go to your primary doctor. You making this out to be more than it is. Some of you just don’t get it!!

By: Monty

Monty — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:47:52 +0000

Nudo somewhere between 250,000 and 500,000 people die each year worldwide from influenza. Between 1979 and 2001 on average 41,400 people in the US died from influenza. Should they have stayed home? Was staying home the reason they died? I don’t know. Which of those 41,400 people should have stayed at home? 12,000 died last year because of the swine flu alone in the US according to the CDC. It’s often complications that send people to the emergency room and it’s those same complications that tend to kill them too and there are antibiotics for the secondary bacterial infections that set in with the flu.

By: random dude

random dude — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:52:13 +0000

i have having some of those things and i hope i dont have a flu

By: nudo

nudo — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:12:10 +0000

Yes chumuckla that is correct. But not all chest pain is related to the heart either, and we can go on for hours. I’m saying use common sense.

By: Chumuckla proud

Chumuckla proud — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:31:39 +0000

Nudo, cold viruses come in hundreds of different strains..not all are alike, some more serious than others.

INFLUENZA, however, is another matter…some of these people may actually have the flu and may need emergency treatment. Unfortunately, not everyone can tell the difference from a very bad cold virus and an actual influenza…that is why there are doctors..to determine who has what.

By: Fishmore 1

Fishmore 1 — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:51:19 +0000

You go to Sacred Heart ER you will be there 4 hours before any one can see you. I set in the ER with a baby turning purple and after 31/2 hours left. Unbelieveable!!!!

By: nudo

nudo — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:01:09 +0000

Theres nothing you can do for a virus people…why clogg the er. There aren’t any antibiotics for viruses. Take something for the fever, drink plenty of fluids and rest.

By: Chumuckla proud

Chumuckla proud — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:58:11 +0000

I got mine last month and am glad I did. I kept “putting it off” last year and as a result, got pneumonia….won’t do that again! I am 67 yrs old and retired from the medical profession.. There is no excuse for me! lol

By: just call me joe

just call me joe — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:36:54 +0000

Is there any way to find out if these people with flu-like symptoms had their flu shots or not? I had mine and have not had the flu. I wonder if we took a survey here, how many readers have had their flu shots? And do they feel the shot has worked for them so far? I think more people should get the flu shot. The flu is miserable. I did have it a few years ago and was down for two weeks. I could barely move off the couch or bed. I guess the shot was not a good match that year. This year’s shot seems to be a good match though.