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is this flu or common cold?
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Reaver Glitterstim
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2015-10-28 07:33:03 UTC
I have this sickness again that I get a lot and I can never tell which it is.

Symptoms:
sore throat
intestines bubbling and rumbling, making noise
lack of appetite, only want to eat something soupy and salty
don't like water, but feel better if I drink it anyway
chilly all over even though I'm not cold
I have this weird soreness that feels like my skin is so sensitive it hurts slightly from just the air and if I touch it it'll hurt a lot more, but if I actually touch it it just hurts exactly the same tiny amount as before--it's a phantom soreness I guess


What do I have? I'm a nerd and I want to sound like I know what I'm talking about when I tell people what I have. Help me out here, fellow nerds!
(I've tried researching the symptoms, but I get a lot of overlap, and a lot of evidence that people talking about it really don't know the difference)

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Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#2 - 2015-10-28 08:21:33 UTC
Definitely the plauge.

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Mag's
Azn Empire
#3 - 2015-10-28 08:25:09 UTC
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
Definitely the plauge.
That or manflu.

It's not looking good.

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Obadja
Perkone
Caldari State
#4 - 2015-10-28 09:17:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Obadja
The symptoms are pretty much the same. influenca just hits you harder, knocks you out for a few days including high fever.

cook a chili chicken soup, drink hot tea, keep yourself warm, shower and change regularily and get in bed (no tv, no eve) and you will be ok in a few days.

Edit: get an influenca vaccination next year...

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Reaver Glitterstim
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2015-10-28 15:21:07 UTC
Obadja wrote:
The symptoms are pretty much the same. influenca just hits you harder, knocks you out for a few days including high fever.

Last time anything knocked me out for a few days I was three years old. I do probably have a fever though, it would explain why I have to get so warm to not feel chilly.

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Bagrat Skalski
Koinuun Kotei
#6 - 2015-10-28 17:01:32 UTC
Its flu to me. I think Cold would start with snoozing and running nose and you could not breath thru it for a few days.

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Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
#7 - 2015-10-28 21:26:25 UTC
Definitely flu. Fever is only presented in a cold in a very tiny minority of cold cases. That, plus the skin/joint sensitivity, makes flu the winner - a cold is usually just an upper (but can progress to a lower) respiratory condition.


I guess the gastric distress might be a little unusual but probably not completely unheard of...

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Mijel Riak
Extensive Enterprises Space
#8 - 2015-10-28 23:39:04 UTC
Raffael Ramirez
Alcohol Fuelled
#9 - 2015-10-29 04:36:41 UTC
Reaver Glitterstim wrote:
I have this sickness again that I get a lot and I can never tell which it is.

Symptoms:
sore throat
intestines bubbling and rumbling, making noise
lack of appetite, only want to eat something soupy and salty
don't like water, but feel better if I drink it anyway
chilly all over even though I'm not cold
I have this weird soreness that feels like my skin is so sensitive it hurts slightly from just the air and if I touch it it'll hurt a lot more, but if I actually touch it it just hurts exactly the same tiny amount as before--it's a phantom soreness I guess


What do I have? I'm a nerd and I want to sound like I know what I'm talking about when I tell people what I have. Help me out here, fellow nerds!
(I've tried researching the symptoms, but I get a lot of overlap, and a lot of evidence that people talking about it really don't know the difference)


Definitely got a fever combined with joint paint/soreness go to a medical professional of your choice.
Everything else is just a guess flu has almost the same symptoms as most viral diseases but generally lots of fluids, vitamin C and sunshine with rest helps in most cases.

Also a bad hangover with lots of yelling the night before might present with the same symptoms Blink
Mina Sebiestar
Minmatar Inner Space Conglomerate
#10 - 2015-10-29 05:24:56 UTC
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Reaver Glitterstim
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2015-10-29 07:45:36 UTC
Bumblefck wrote:
Definitely flu. Fever is only presented in a cold in a very tiny minority of cold cases. That, plus the skin/joint sensitivity, makes flu the winner - a cold is usually just an upper (but can progress to a lower) respiratory condition.


I guess the gastric distress might be a little unusual but probably not completely unheard of...

Yeah I think you're right. I may have been mistaking the common cold for hay fever, which would explain why it's only aggravated by pollen and not actually caused by it. Perhaps all the times I have ever felt general malaise has been from the flu, and they're hard to tell apart because it was the same sickness every time.

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Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2015-10-29 07:50:53 UTC
Not to be a smartarse but go to the docs and see if it is flu.

Worst thing you can do is spread flu around the office thinking its a cold. No one will like you and you shall be denied sweeties and / or cakes.

I speak from experiemce on this. My invul keeps the space flu in, not out.

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Reaver Glitterstim
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2015-10-29 08:10:05 UTC
Wouldn't it be nice if we could all just "go see a doc".

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Frostys Virpio: "We have to give it to him that he does put more effort than the vast majority in his idea but damn does it sometime come out of nowhere."
Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2015-10-29 10:17:37 UTC
Bugger forgot where you lived Reaver.

In that case wrap up warm. My personal flu remedy is beef stew with a dash of chili powder. Gets the nose juices flowing!

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