{Respiratory} virus outbreak Wichita

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right smack in the middle of the usa 
this looks interesting because its in the lungs of it victims and its a very strong virus. and it attacks the young like bird flu does..

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22509947/.
Since Monday night, they've been at Wesley Medical Center which is at
capacity with kids who also have the virus. It's the worst outbreak
Wesley has seen in three years.

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Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: {Respiratory} virus outbreak Wichita Posted: January 05 2008 at 6:38am
	right smack in the middle of the usa this looks interesting because its in the lungs of it victims and its a very strong virus. and it attacks the young like bird flu does.. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22509947/. Since Monday night, they've been at Wesley Medical Center which is at capacity with kids who also have the virus. It's the worst outbreak Wesley has seen in three years.

linora Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Joined: December 16 2007 Status: Offline Points: 47	Post Options Post Reply Quote linora Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 05 2008 at 7:15am
	Coleyounger: clinical surveillances are going on weekly in the U.S. for patients with > or = to 100 degree temps, and cough. I'll give you 10 guesses as to why the surveillance.

linora Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Joined: December 16 2007 Status: Offline Points: 47	Post Options Post Reply Quote linora Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 05 2008 at 7:22am
	I believe Kansas is in the top three for the most poultry in the usa

linora Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Joined: December 16 2007 Status: Offline Points: 47	Post Options Post Reply Quote linora Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 05 2008 at 8:23am
	[QUOTE=medclinician] IMHO some type of flu is moving across the U.S. comment: medclinician, big high five!

chuckwks Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Valued Member Joined: February 22 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 39	Post Options Post Reply Quote chuckwks Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 06 2008 at 4:23pm
	As someone in Wichita who has the respiratory stuff along with my wife, I can tell you this is bad stuff. We have been fighting this for a month, get almost over it, and it comes back again. No fever, actually subnormal most of the time, but all the aches and pains, horrible coughing, and plugged up sinuses. I hope nobody else get it, it leaves you as limp as a wet dishrag.
	Chuck

Levygoddess Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Valued Member Joined: November 22 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 381	Post Options Post Reply Quote Levygoddess Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 06 2008 at 6:34pm
	chuck I hope you have gotten to read the other posts...I had this...it takes a while...in the mean time just pamper yourself and above all..stay home!!
	God put us here for a reason

chuckwks Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Valued Member Joined: February 22 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 39	Post Options Post Reply Quote chuckwks Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 07 2008 at 4:29pm
	How long is "quite a while"? Seems like it has been forever and 3 days so far.
	Chuck

Levygoddess Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Valued Member Joined: November 22 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 381	Post Options Post Reply Quote Levygoddess Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 07 2008 at 4:43pm
	Oh no...the one I had last for about two weeks...off and on...it took me a good month to get over it....3 rounds of antibiotics because I ended up with a sinus and ear infection....
	God put us here for a reason

mary1863 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Valued Member Joined: January 04 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote mary1863 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 07 2008 at 5:57pm
	Me and my son here in PA have "something" ugly too.... His fever has subsided, we both feel a little better.....but our lungs are just not bouncing back. It's been a week and we both still have lung issues.... cough and sometimes a mumuring sound when we breathe. It just won't go away.... Note. .. he has asthma, I do not. Another weird thing.... in a family of five, only me and my son caught it. This despite that fact that I was sneezing and coughing all over my adult daughter who lives with us...... she never got it. neither did my six yr old grandson ...who catches EVERYTHING... How is it that it can hit me and my teen son so hard and completely bypass other family members????????????

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 07 2008 at 7:04pm
	I was visiting Los Angeles over the holidays and came back with something nasty as well. Never really felt sick, but coughing and hacking up a storm. It seemed to get better only to now be producing heavier coughing and enough mucous to make a billy goat puke. If it lasts much longer, the ol' throat is gonna plenty sore. I can't wait to see where this all goes.

inthesticks Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: December 18 2007 Location: Arkansas -- US Status: Offline Points: 3284	Post Options Post Reply Quote inthesticks Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 08 2008 at 12:36am
	Just the other day, I was reading the paper, and happened to notice that two entire pages was dedicated to Obituaries. Scanning the list, most seemed to be 55 and older. I really would like to know how these folk died. I would also like to know why, suddenly, there are so many deaths. The paper never has so many Obituaries at one time (that I've noticed). And the usual flu season is reportedly mild here in Arkansas so far.

Iron Mommy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Joined: June 02 2006 Status: Offline Points: 69	Post Options Post Reply Quote Iron Mommy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 08 2008 at 5:58am
	This long-lasting respiratory illness is going on in New York too. I got a cold before Christmas and am still coughing up mucus from my lungs. I know a lot of people who have the same thing. Yuccch!

Pookey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Valued Member Joined: July 20 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 79	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pookey Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 10 2008 at 9:50am
	I don't know what I got, but it came on Monday, and settled in my lungs. Tuesday I went to the doctor and got a presciption for some antibiotics. It is agony to even cough, because the muscles in my abdomine are so sore from coughing. The doctor cautioned me about spreading it around. But when I'm sick I stay home. It irritates me to no end, that some people consider their job so important, that they will come to work sick and give it to everyone else in the office. You won't see me at work it goes H2H.

Levygoddess Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Valued Member Joined: November 22 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 381	Post Options Post Reply Quote Levygoddess Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 10 2008 at 11:40am
	I honestly think that alot of people dont feel they can pay the electric bill if they stay home. People like you and I Pookey probably have the ability to stay home while sick but others that may not have leave or the funds..feel like they cant miss one day.......on the other hand..some people dont realize they are sick..I have been told by so many people..its just allergies or sinus...and before you know it they are soooooo sick..either way..I like the social distancing practice
	God put us here for a reason

Loribearme Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: September 06 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2542	Post Options Post Reply Quote Loribearme Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 10 2008 at 4:27pm
	It sounds like a sick ward at my work ! I know the weather has been weird here in Pennsylvania and all, but the bird flu is not the cause or we would see hundreds of deaths.