I had it a couple of weeks ago, it's no picnic but it's not nearly as bad as the media makes it. BUT, you need to watch out for bronchitis or pneumonia. If you're going on your 3rd or 4th day and you're still running a fever, and you're coughing up colored phlegm, you need to see a doctor ASAP. Bacterial pnuemonia progresses FAST and is a fairly common secondary infection to the flu. I was on antibiotics after I had H1N1 because it started to turn into bronchitis.
Another thing, make sure you're drinking PLENTLY, and I mean PLENTLY of liquids like water, gatorade, juice. NOT soda!! I mean, drink so much you're sick of drinking, and then drink some more. Basically, my ritual was go to the bathroom, take my temp, then go drink as much water as I passed, then go back to bed. Take advil every 4 hours and if the fever is still a little too high, you can take tylenol every 4 hours in between the advil. So it would be like this: 8am advil, 10am tylenol, noon advil, 2pm tylenol, etc. It's also a good idea to monitor your temp. If you've been running a 101 temp for a couple of days and then all of a sudeen it spikes to 103 or higher, you need to call a Dr.
Get well soon!
Another thing, make sure you're drinking PLENTLY, and I mean PLENTLY of liquids like water, gatorade, juice. NOT soda!! I mean, drink so much you're sick of drinking, and then drink some more. Basically, my ritual was go to the bathroom, take my temp, then go drink as much water as I passed, then go back to bed. Take advil every 4 hours and if the fever is still a little too high, you can take tylenol every 4 hours in between the advil. So it would be like this: 8am advil, 10am tylenol, noon advil, 2pm tylenol, etc. It's also a good idea to monitor your temp. If you've been running a 101 temp for a couple of days and then all of a sudeen it spikes to 103 or higher, you need to call a Dr.
Get well soon!
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