swine flu
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Topic: swine flu
Posted By: ElfsMum
Subject: swine flu
Date Posted: 25 June 2009 at 8:51am
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there is a suspected case at my child's school... do i need to do anything special except watch him for signs? if i get it does it affect my unborn baby? (can you tell I don't know much about it?:) ) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 25 June 2009 at 9:19am
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ah i answered my own question:)
Why is avoiding the disease so important for pregnant women? Does pregnancy make them more susceptible to it? Being pregnant doesn’t make it more likely that you’ll become infected. But if you are infected, pregnancy makes complications of the flu—any flu—more likely and often more serious. And women in their third trimester have reduced lung function because the baby takes up so much room. That may make pregnant women more susceptible both to influenza viral pneumonia and to secondary bacterial pneumonia. If the mom does get infected, is that a threat to the fetus? Not directly; that is, the mom won’t pass the disease to the fetus, and it won’t harm the fetus as, say, chicken pox can. But if a mom develops pneumonia or gets extremely sick she is more likely to have premature birth. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 25 June 2009 at 9:37am
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There's an inhaler type drug called Relenza (I think) which works like Tamiflu but because it's taken through the lungs is thought to have minimal transferrence to the unborn baby. It helps prevent secondary bacterial infections so if you do get sick that's probably what they'd give you.
My biggest concern is if I do get sick with *any* flu it seems like it will be bloody hard to get medical advice and help. Healthline is overloaded, GP's often don't want you to visit their clinic sick and the ED at the hospital like you to have a referral from your GP. (all heresay from other people admittedly but still) -------------  
 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 25 June 2009 at 9:38am
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very true..from what i hear atm it's ring the doc and then they can kinda quarantine you on the way in.. at this rate they will have to drop the medicine off!!! I guess i will just have to watch out for symptoms and hope! ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 25 June 2009 at 11:15am
| I'd be tempted to keep him home. You dont want to deal with flu (yours or ethans) AND be pregnant feeling tired and sick. just my thoughts. I had the flu at 40weeks with Tom and it was MISERABLE!...I cant imagine what it would be like with a toddler also. |
Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 25 June 2009 at 11:25am
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I was going to say the same as NZpiper- personally i would keep him at home for the week, just to be on the safe side. ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 25 June 2009 at 12:11pm
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its only suspected...so even if i kept him home that child would probably then be back after that i guess? if i keep him off i have to keep him off for weeks i imagine? I think at the rate it's going he's more likely to get it from the mall or any of the three coffee groups we go to:( he only goes 8 hours a week and he's done now.. I was freaking out but I'm not so much now I'm just going to be as safe as we can and hope that the case at school is just normal flu... (not sure when they get results)
although it would totally suck to get it pregnant of course you are definitely right there!!! I will ring before he goes back on tues to check and if it is swine flu might keep him off next week ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 25 June 2009 at 12:55pm
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I expect if that child is ill he is no longer at childcare and probably spread it around before he even had symptoms so I wouldn't bother keeping Ethan away as I don't think it would help. That child won't be back until he is better and no longer contagious.
Chch has a proper centre set up somewhere in city (I saw it on the news) and when you phone up the doc they are directing people to go there instead of your normal medical centre. They also said on the news that half the people who get it won't have any symptoms and most of the rest will only have mild symptoms. It would suck if you guys go it, but realistically you would need to quarantine yourselves if you want to be safe as you could pick it up anywhere (like you said) and the likelihood of getting complications with it are very low. I texted you about Spencer, he has a runny bum and temp and so do three other kiddies who were at lollipops on Sunday, so it looks like they all picked something up from there. Fingers crossed you guys don't get it too.  ------------- 
 
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Posted By: Snappy
Date Posted: 25 June 2009 at 1:44pm
| A little boy that i look afters Mum had swine flu last week, the doctors kept him away from us for one week. His mum still isnt feeling right but the docs have given him the all clear (although I am still a bit concerned!) |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 25 June 2009 at 1:46pm
| It really needs another name doesnt it? |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 25 June 2009 at 1:52pm
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yes it does..i thought they changed it?
cuppatea- he's good so far... what a pain for you guys though:( gosh 4 that's most of the kids in our group:( kaiz- i did read somewhere that little children might be infectious longer(might have been ministry website?) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 25 June 2009 at 1:54pm
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amazing you can have it and have no symptoms?! crazy! ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 25 June 2009 at 2:29pm
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its good you can have it and have no symptoms!!!!
PS...congrats on the pregnancy!! |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 25 June 2009 at 3:58pm
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thanks:) time seems to be going very slowly but saw a heartbeat on monday so so far so good just hoping this one is a sticky one:)! ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 25 June 2009 at 4:11pm
and once you have had it you cant get it again 
------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 25 June 2009 at 4:14pm
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until it mutates -------------
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Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 25 June 2009 at 4:26pm
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yep like all the other types of influenza,
most GP's in our area have big signs outside asking people to wait in their car if they have flu symptoms and their doc will go out to the car and see them, and if necessary fax a script thru to their pharmacy for them. weve had rediculas amounts of people asking to buy masks etc, if i was you tho, if the child was at school still (which i dont think they would be) id keep mine away from them, last thing you need being PG is getting any kind of sick at all, ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 25 June 2009 at 6:12pm
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There was an ad in our local paper for the flu centre. Says to phone 0800 37 30 37 if you need an appointment but that most people should just stay home and don't need to see the doc, same as normal flu, only to see them if you have another medical condition that could cause complications (pregnancy might fall under that)
They also have a website www.fluinfo.org.nz I think that info is just about the canterbury flu centre, not sure about other areas of nz. -------------
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 25 June 2009 at 6:35pm
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yeah i think they mostly mean third trimester as the lung function of mum is diminished and can cause pneumonia and then pre term labour etc..
but yeah just going to watch him and I catz- the child hasnt been there since started to show sickness signs and is still away and will be till better and getting results.. i will ring on tue before i take him again.. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 26 June 2009 at 10:32am
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DH just phoned and a colleague has been sent home as the guy her husband sits next to at work has confirmed swine flu.
We were talking and I said if it were me I would have stayed home and got tested before going back to work. DH didnt completely agree. Fingers crossed she doesnt have it and it hasnt been passed on to DH. I have baby massage class on monday and movement class on wednesday.. Do I go or keep Jake away from the other kiddies just in case? -------------   
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 26 June 2009 at 10:58am
One of my friends on FB just reported that her son has it (in Chc) and that he had a fever of 42 but they managed to get it down to 39 by the time he got to the ED. So because it was no longer over 40 he wasn't considered an emergency and they were told the waiting time was 5-6 hours!!  -------------
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 26 June 2009 at 11:20am
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that is !@#$@# shocking...OMG:(
melnel- that's a hard one.. I'm not sure.. it sounds pretty unlikely that you would have it? ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 26 June 2009 at 11:21am
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jeepers if they did that to me you should see what would happen!:( (the hospital) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 26 June 2009 at 1:03pm
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Thats crazy Bobbie!!! I think I might have gone a wee nutso on them if they told me that.
The chances of Jake or I having the virus are slim, but I would feel pretty stink if I was carrying it and got another bubba sick. Might ring the surgery back and see what they suggest. I dont want to put my life on hold for a very big may be, but on the flip side I would be pretty peeved if one of the other mums rocked knowing they have potentially been exposed. Total bummer, I was really looking forward to those two classes. Sorry for the threadjack KA, hope you and Ethan are still symptom free! -------------
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 26 June 2009 at 1:06pm
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I should actually clarify that he's about 5 so not a baby baby but still... -------------
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 26 June 2009 at 3:28pm
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melnel-yeah we are he's had a bit of a runny nose but nothing else...
in terms of exposure ..I'm sure he's probably been exposed at lollipops on sunday or one of his three coffee groups or anywhere else he's been..it's very quickly spreading and while I obviously don't want him getting it I imagine he's been around it unknowingly already:( still annoying me how much the media are making of it like it's a deathly plague:(! ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Holstarr
Date Posted: 26 June 2009 at 5:10pm
| I work in a Pharmacy, and some time this week I contracted the flu. Incubation period before showing symptoms is anywhere between 2-4 days. Last night I was feeling a little under the weather, and got a fever overnight. Sore throat, aches and pains, and this morning I vomited quite violently and have been in bed all day.(TMI). I rang the doctors and they saw me at the back of their clinic to test me, which hopefully I will have the results for tomorrow. I wonder if you can get it twice? |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 26 June 2009 at 5:36pm
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holstarr hugs.. :( that is awful
I assume it's like normal flu ..once you have it once you are immune to it but can get different strains I guess? ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 26 June 2009 at 5:50pm
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Yeah you won't get that flu twice but there are loads of different strains around, so if you have swine flu you could still get one of the normal flu's or if it's normal flu you could still get swine flu or one of the other normal flu's that go around. That's how some people have the flu jab and still get the flu because they catch a different strain, the jab is made for what they expect to be the most common one but doesn't cover all of them.
Hope you feel better soon. Melnel I would see how you feel on Monday, you would probably have symptoms by then if you were going to get it, or miss Monday but still plan to do the Wednesday one. Is hard with any of these things as you don't know you are contagious until it is too late. Like Spencer picked something up we think probably on Sunday but didn't show any signs of illness until yesterday so we still went to two coffee groups, swimming, the supermarket, the doctors and so on, then you feel stink cos of all the people you have exposed it too, but what are you gonna do, never go out just in case -------------
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 26 June 2009 at 8:55pm
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Yeah, thats kinda what I am thinking. I cant lock myself away just in case.
The chances are pretty slim, if Jake or I have any flu-ish symptoms on Monday morning I will stay home. Holstarr, you poor thing. Hope you fill better very soon. -------------
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 29 June 2009 at 11:48am
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i wonder if i should ring to see if the child did have swine flu? though if he was going to be exposed he already would be wouldn't he? ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |