I think the school has a virus epidemic.
My boys were down with fever and cough. Last week, it was my youngest son then yesterday, it was my other son. My youngest is already recuperating from the cough. Good thing the fever lasted for only a day. As for my other son, I fetched him earlier from school because I got a call from the school's nurse informing me that he was feverish. His temperature was 38.
What puzzles me is that a number of students were sent home after displaying the same symptoms e.g. headache, fever and that's according to the nurse. Plus, my youngest told me that in his class, only 15 students were present. More than half were sick. On top of that, I heard one student telling his mom that 5 of his classmates were sent home because they were sick. That said, it is obvious that there is something terribly wrong in the school's environment that is causing all these illness among students.
I don't want to think it's the deadly H1N1 virus. But I'm not going to downplay the possibility. I think it is best to have my boys visit their doctor and undergo throat swabbing just to be sure.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the H1N1 virus strain is similar to that of the seasonal flu. So, the symptoms are similar.
What are the signs and symptoms of this virus in people?
The symptoms of novel H1N1 flu virus in people are similar to the symptoms of seasonal flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. A significant number of people who have been infected with this virus also have reported diarrhea and vomiting. Also, like seasonal flu, severe illnesses and death has occurred as a result of illness associated with this virus.
I am definitely going to keep an eye on how the school deals with this situation. And if necessary, the health department should be alerted.
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Im cases like this, the school is required to report such outbreaks to the city's health department. I hope the school has done so. In addition, the school should have taken steps to mount a general cleaning and disinfectation of its facilities in order to prevent/minimize the further spreading of such virus.
I hope your son gets better soon. Take care.
He's fine now, thanks. Just need to rest. Good thing it's nothing serious.
better to have your son checked ASAP. Looks like the Swine flue isn't as deadly as people think. There are fewer deaths from it unlike the SARS virus and mostly people affected are able to recuperate at home. It does become deadly to those older folks who suffer from known illnesses though :(
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