I got H1N1 and was fine 2 days later. At long as you're healthy, you have nothing to worry about. H1N1 is just another strain of the flu. It causes the most problems for children and the elderly. This is due to their weaker immune system. If you get it, take a few days off, drink lots of fluids, eat healthy, and get lots of rest. For everyone's sake though, please stay away from people if you do get it. It's HIGHLY contagious.
Well, H1N1 will jump on you quick as can be. One night I was fine, the next morning I had a fever of 102, massive headache, chills, sweats, (all from the fever) and a dry cough. That day I ended up sleeping almost 15 hours straight. As I said before and your doctor will say the same, fluids, sleep, and nutrition is your best bet for now. They have medication which is supposed to help your body clear it out faster, but I have no experience with it so I can't say whether it helped or not. I recovered in 2 days without it. Also, since the tests for H1N1 aren't completely accurate, the reading they get could be wrong. There are a lot of false positives and false negatives. It still comes down to H1N1 just being the flu.
Hmm, I wasn't saying you're pulling this out of your ass, but I have heard nothing like that. I'd be very interested to hear more about this. The only thing I've ever heard like this is that influenza will increase your probability of contracting another infection such as pneumoniae.I'm on my way to medical school, so I can't say I have all the knowledge necessary. If you find a link about that then please let me know. I'm always interested to find out more about any of this.
Also, this wouldn't have to do with how strong your immune system is. There are systems in your body that tell it to start and stop doing everything. There are also markers that are used by your immune system to know what to attack or not. Your immune system is a coalition of many different types of cells. Hyperactivity would be a result of something else besides the influenza.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic
An estimated 500 million, or 1/3 were infected.<sup id="cite_ref-cdc2006_4-1" class="reference">[5]</sup> Scientists have used tissue samples from frozen victims to reproduce the virus for study. Given the strain's extreme virulence there has been controversy regarding the wisdom of such research. Among the conclusions of this research is that the virus kills via a cytokine storm (overreaction of the body's immune system) which explains its unusually severe nature and the concentrated age profile of its victims. The strong immune systems of young adults ravaged the body, whereas the weaker immune systems of children and middle-aged adults caused fewer deaths.<sup id="cite_ref-Barry_book_8-0" class="reference">[9]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-Barry_book_8-0" class="reference"></sup>
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Initially when the swine flu came out there was talk that it would react the same way.
An estimated 500 million, or 1/3 were infected.<sup id="cite_ref-cdc2006_4-1" class="reference">[5]</sup> Scientists have used tissue samples from frozen victims to reproduce the virus for study. Given the strain's extreme virulence there has been controversy regarding the wisdom of such research. Among the conclusions of this research is that the virus kills via a cytokine storm (overreaction of the body's immune system) which explains its unusually severe nature and the concentrated age profile of its victims. The strong immune systems of young adults ravaged the body, whereas the weaker immune systems of children and middle-aged adults caused fewer deaths.<sup id="cite_ref-Barry_book_8-0" class="reference">[9]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-Barry_book_8-0" class="reference"></sup>
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Initially when the swine flu came out there was talk that it would react the same way.
Very interesting read. I'm having trouble finding updated information. All I can find is speculation back from April or early May. I can't seem to find anything that can even come close to conclusively saying that the 1918 strain is close to the current swine flu strain. Also, it seems like the problem arises from the another infection attacking the body after the damage from the hyperactivity being done.
I had it in August - caught it on an airplane - my dad dropped me off to at the airport and I was starting to feel like I was hung over - the plane stopped in Dallas - within these 2 hours the flu came on like a hurricane - could not move and freezing and sweating with a temp of 103 - sweat and froze in my bed for 4 days - started tamiflu within 24 hours off onset - it's flu and nothing more - it sucks but the media is really hyping it up
Lots of speculation on this, but minimal science unfortunately.
The reality is that certain strains do seem to preferentially impact young, otherwise healthy people. 1918 is the classic example, but there have been others. None, of course, have been anything on the scale of the Spanish Flu.
The fear this year was that H1N1 would operate similarly, especially given minimal immunity in human populations (immunologically it's pretty new). The speed that it swept through Mexico heightened those fears, but we should have realized early on that the relatively few deaths signalled that H1N1 clinically looks like a "normal" influenza A.
I've seen probably 20 cases in the last two months. None have been anything special.
Remember that 30,000+ people die every year from the flu in the U.S. People will die of H1N1. But right now there's no indication that your friends and neighbors are going to keeling over any time soon.
