10-23-2004, 04:33 PM
kandrathe,Oct 23 2004, 04:23 AM Wrote:When the flu makes the jump from birds to swine to humans, the flu can be extremely severe as it has more completely adapted to a mammalian host before spreading to humans. [right][snapback]57983[/snapback][/right]Thank goodness I don't live in the country! *hides in the city*
I've lucked out and avoided the real flu my entire life, the worst I've ever recieved was a 7 day viral infection that left me crippled. Symptoms were similar to the flu (headache, fever, severly achy joints, throwing up). I remember sleeping for 19 hours straight, being awake for 4, and then going back to sleep for 26 hours. I wish I was kidding.
By the 6th day the over the counter drugs I was taking for it had caused my sinus' to dry out so severely that they decided to rip open and give me the worst bloody nose I've ever had.
Somewhere I have a picture my brother took of me, the rings around my eyes were quite literally black. I look like a racoon :lol: .
Thankfully things began to improve by the 7th day and I stayed clear of a hospital visit.
I've never recieved a flu shot, and hopefully will never need to get one. That one infection is enough to scare me into considering one though.
Cheers.
Munk