Thread: Has anyone ever had the "crud"??
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Old 03-25-2008, 11:20 AM   #17 (permalink)
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It started with us back in October. My youngest had a cold that would not go away for more than about 10 days before another illness set in. By January, I was kind of freaking out about it because she had lost weight and was looking like a P.O.W. The only thing that helped her after her many doctors appointments was Zyrtec, for allergies.

Whatever kind of bug was around this season was unlike any that I've seen before. And I saw people at work having the same problems that my family was having. Then I went online, and saw that many people around the country were having the same problems. I think it is a very different flu then we are used to. I have no idea why though.
Part of the problem was that the flu vaccine given didn't cover some of the strains we saw this flu season.

A lot of people forget that you don't get a fever with a cold. If you have a fever, it's the flu (influenza). You have many of the same symptoms, but the flu is much worse, and can lead to death.