viral infection

[greenlady]

anyone else had this nasty viral infection going round...sore sinus,blocked ears,sore throat,runny nose,swollen neck glands and cough..i have had it what seems weeks..have had 4 courses of antibiotics..and feel absolutely knackered..be grateful of any feedback as its getting me down..cheers mutchly
gina

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anyone???

[Andria24]

My husband. He's about over it now. Not sure what it was, and he just dealt with it, no anti biotics.

Try Vit C and Echinacea, both easy to get hold off :)

[greenlady]

thanks x

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anyone else?/

[emmelyne]

dont worry I recently had the flu...there is a lot of horrible things going round right now!

[greenlady]

did you have swollen glands too?

[emlica]

You seem really excessively worried about the glands side of things. It means nothing sinister if your glands are up when you're ill - it's just a sign that your body is fighting something off. My glands go up when I have a mouth ulcer!

If it's a viral infection, then the antibiotics will do - pardon my French - absolutely bugger all, as they only fight bacterial infections. There are definitely multiple cold/flu type viruses around at the moment and they can be persistent. Plus I always think if you're stressed out your immune system doesn't fight things off as well as it should.

[Karol.Papis]

It is such a common thing... I actually went to a doctor on a few occasions in the past thinking that it was something more serious but the GPs kept saying it was a viral infection... What I found uncomfortable was that I was supposed to wait until it got better and there was no magic cure... I obviously felt tired as the body was fighting the infection... but every time I recovered from it, so just try and keep your head up, you'll get there :D

[Round in circles]

*Raises hand* Yep. I'm mostly over it now, I hope. Every time I thought I was on the mend, fever would kick back in and I'd feel back to square one. I'm much better than I was 2 weeks ago so fingers crossed I'm okay now.

At the start of it, I went to the GP and the glands in my neck swelled so it was really painful to move my head. So glad I was at the doc that day!

I hope you feel better soon :) I hate flu season with a passion!