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Just wondering if anyone's had some experience of dealing with swine flu yet?
Am vaguely concerned about it all and can't say I'm entirely confident in the abilities of the NHS services available...
Any advice would be really welcome!
Got it right now (or recovering from anyway)...
The tamiflu made me rough but having started with light symptoms last Friday, and really going down hill Saturday evening & Sunday, i'm feeling a whole lot better today Weds..... The worst thing is feeling sick (and the other end) after eating AND not really knowing how long ur infectious for...
NHS helpline was fine - they just check symptoms and give you a number to send with someone for you to get the Tamiflu... Our own doctors has a huge sign saying don't come in if you think you've got it...
Check this out
Meant to post it when i saw it, Telegraph article :
"Parents been urged not to give children under 12 the anti-viral drug Tamiflu for swine flu because its harms outweigh any benefits. "
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/swine ... chers.html
Its based on research from Oxford uni...
Ron
well I have been inoculated against swine flu hysteria. So should all be fine if it all kicks off again.... 😀
i read one article vitamin D is very helpful in the case of swine flue and keep you safe if you not have so use it as a treatment.
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