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Loula25 · Sep 30, 2012, 03:15 AM

Every year, sometimes twice a year I get run down with what I can only describe as some type of virus, with symptoms always the same, feeling cold but hot to touch, clammy and a horrendous pain in my head when I stand. It's almost like my body just turns itself off and every part of me screams out, I become very weak and shaky and almost every time resort to crawling around the floor as walking becomes difficult as I feel like I'm going to fall. I know this all sounds very exaggerated but it really is horrendous and lasts anything from 2weeks up to 6weeks with ibuprofen and paracetomal. After a trip to the doctors last year his diagnosis from me telling him my symptoms was that it just seems to be the way my body copes with Flu, I would appreciate your opinion as experiencing this from a small child as early as 4 or 5, I am now 25 and still struggle to understand what it actually is

Thank you and kind regards
Louise

J_9 · Sep 30, 2012, 03:17 AM

It does sound like it could be a flu. Do you get a yearly flu shot?

Loula25 · Sep 30, 2012, 03:23 AM

Originally Posted by J_9

It does sound like it could be a flu. Do you get a yearly flu shot?

Hello, thanks for your reply, I know how hard different types of flu can be to diagnose,
I did ask my doctor about a flu jab but apparently unless I fall under the high risk category being pregnant, elderly or have under lying health problems such as a disease that will weaken my immune system I don't qualify for the annual injection.
So basically to me that translates as I just have to deal with it?

J_9 · Sep 30, 2012, 03:26 AM

I'm not sure where you are, but here in the US, flu shots are available to anyone who wants it.

You could ask your doctor if a medication called Tamaflu is available for you to take as soon as you begin to experience symptoms.

Loula25 · Sep 30, 2012, 03:32 AM

Originally Posted by J_9

I'm not sure where you are, but here in the US, flu shots are available to anyone who wants it.

You could ask your doctor if a medication called Tamaflu is available for you to take as soon as you begin to experience symptoms.

I am in the UK, it's on my records that I have had these symptoms since a small child, now with my own two children the doctors advice of bed rest is becoming increasingly impossible, I will arrange an appointment with a different doctor I think and ask again about the jab or the tablets you suggested.
Thanks very much for your advice

joypulv · Sep 30, 2012, 03:54 AM

I'm not one to advocate antibiotics and avoid them as much as possible, but they helped me with a recurring severe cough (of 25+ years, usually twice a year for several weeks), and others with headaches associated with sinus congestion have been helped. A virus that lasts for a few weeks can turn bacterial, the theory goes. This is just ONE suggestion if it turns out to not be flu.