Swine Flu Again Come In India
It got me – again. I wrote this post the last time it got me – back in 2009. Not a bad run for someone who has her head down sick people’s throats all day this time of year. But, contrary to popular belief, even we medical people get sick sometimes and I am down – SO down – with the Swine Flu again.
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I followed all my own Swine
Flu advice. And I updated that Swine Flu shot info here on the blog this past
fall. But as a Nurse Practitioner, 6 to 8 of the patients I see every day are
sick this time of year. Catching the Swine Flu is just an occupational hazard
in my line of work.
Read this for tips on
how to take care of yourself if you get sick, too. It will tell you when you
need to see a health professional and give you some tips on how to keep
yourself out of the hospital.
I have not been this
sick in over 10 years. The last time I was this sick I didn’t take care proper
care of myself – I kept on working and I didn’t rest . You know what happened?
Yep. I ended up in the hospital. I was hospitalized for 10 days (diagnosed with
a double lobe pneumonia) and then was out of work for 5 weeks after that! I
don’t plan to ever repeat that mistake and I don’t want you to make the same
mistake I did.
My advice to you if you
get what I have is:
Do what the woman in
this picture is doing – go home, get in bed and do what I call “act like a sick
person”. How?
Drink lots and lots of Swine
Fluids (becoming dehydrated can put you in the hospital). Sports drinks,
gingerale, and clear sodas (not dark colas) are best because they replace
sugars, sodium, and potassium you may be lacking if you are not eating or if
you have nausea and/or diarrhea.
Rest. Rest. Rest.
Sleep. Sleep. Sleep.
(I
didn’t know it was possible to sleep 36 straight hours only waking up to go to
the bathroom – but that’s what I did!)
Take Tylenol or
ibuprofen and Septilin for your fever and body aches.
Eat bland foods –
chicken soup, broth, saltines, Jello, popscicles, etc. Nothing spicy, fatty,
fried, high fiber and no dairy.
Wait for it to pass.
Depending on how bad it is, that can take as long 7 to 10 days.
Antibiotics won’t help
unless you develop a secondary bacterial infection (like when I got that
pneumonia 10 years ago). Seek medical care if you develop shortness of breath,
if you are coughing up foul material or if you can not hold down Swine Fluids.
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I really hope you don’t
get what I’ve got, but if you do I wish you a speedy recovery.
I’ll be back with
another post – when I’m able.
