how can i tell the difference between having bronchitis and having a bad flu?
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The symptoms for acute bronchitis are:\n\nHacking cough. \nYellow, white, or green phlegm, usually appearing 24 to 48 hours after a cough. \nFever, chills. \nSoreness and tightness in chest. \nSome pain below breastbone during deep breathing \nSome shortness of breath \nThe symptoms for chronic bronchitis are:\n\nPersistent cough producing yellow, white, or green phlegm (for at least three months of the year, and for more than two consecutive years). \nSometimes wheezing, sometimes breathlessness. \n\n\nTypical clinical features of influenza include:\n\nfever (usually 100° F to 103° F in adults and often even higher in children) \nrespiratory symptoms such as, \ncough, \nsore throat, \nrunny or stuffy nose, \nheadache, \nmuscle aches, and \nextreme fatigue.
299245
Sounds more serious than bronchitis. It could be that you're developing pneumonia. The fainting could be from depleting your blood of carbon dioxide (like when a person hyperventilates), or a thing called the Valsalva Effect if you're coughing REALLY REALLY hard.
869727
You should probably check the little bit of paper that comes in every tampon box.  Some that I have found are:\n-feeling ill, headache, muscular pains\n-fever\n-vomiting and diarrhoea\n-fainting, dizziness, weakness, confusion\n-sunburn-like rash\n\nTo me a lot of these symptoms sound very similar to the flu, so if you have any of them I wouldn't panic but get checked out asap.
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The Bird Flu is the H5N1 flu virus. Unfortunately, you cannot tell the difference if you have the regular flu or the Bird Flu because their symptoms are quite the same, except that the Bird Flu results in death after a week or so. Be very careful, it's dangerous and is spreading accross the world at an alarming pace.
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Well first of all you need to go back to the Dr.'s..it sounds like you have already been because you are on antibiotics, but has the dr. told you what you have?\nA cough that lasts that long usually turns into bronchitis or pnemounia..but seeing that you are treating it with medicine your doctor must have a diagnosis for you...also take a cough medicine syrup that will coat your throat..some cough drops..drink lots of fluids..and rest when possible..you should call your dr. back soon to let him know your status...hope you get well soon!!!
825370
Not likely to be flu, you get very severe muscle pains with that.
782720
I get bronchitis on a regular basis and she needs to drink plenty of fluids, get plenty of rest and take all of the medicine that the Doctor prescribes.  If she's not careful, the bronchitis could progress to pneumonia . . . that's happened to me twice now in the past six years.
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If you have a virus, it can be influenza or a cold. There are hundreds of different types of each. The flu can include congestion, and a cold can include nausea, so it's possible that you can give your flu virus to someone resulting in them experiencing congestion. Some flu viruses are caused by the same strain as strep throat. As a preschool teacher, I used to get strep when others at work got the flu! My doctor told me this. :o)\n\nAll in all, I think that if you have the standard old flu with vomiting, fever, etc. but no congestion, it's not real likely that you gave it to a person who is congested and sneezing but has no other symptoms.
101688
pretty much the same as th flu
799932
Influenza effects the lungs while stomach virus only effects your stomach.
111266
if your temp is 96.6 you most likely don't have the true flu. yuou propably have the latest stuff thats going around you get a cough that lasts for a while and you feel miserable. and no that temp is nothing to worry about. some people have lower than 98.6 for their normal temps, and some have higher.
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Pneumonia symptoms include cough productive of sputum (usually green or yellow), high fever (above 101 F), some shortness of breath. Night sweats are also often present, though not always. Also if you are smoking, that could be making thigns far worse. Xray is very helpful with diagnosis.  Hope that helps a bit, though I will still say you should see a doctor if you are concerned
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Vaccinations are actually weaker versions of the actually disease you're suppose to be fighting. After a flu vaccination, you get the symptoms of a flu because now you have a weaker antigen in your body, and your body starts to react to fight it [i.e running nose, fever...].\n\nThe vaccination is to help you build up an immunity against the disease by having the anitbodies take on the antigens directly. Then the memory cells of your body will be able to detect and remember how to fight this disease or illness in the near future.
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acute bronchitis can be caused by irritatants or illness\nasthma is a prediagnosed condition which can be triggered by either of those things or physical exertion or may in some cases seem to happen for no reason. i'm not 100% sure i'm right though, i hope someone who is sure responds to either confirm or correct me.
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Bronchitis is the inflamation of the tubes to the lungs. It is caused by the virus and it is worsened by hard excessive coughing. Generally it starts with a cold and move on to Bronchitis.\n\nSigns:\nhard to breathe\nwheezing\npain in chest\ncant catch a full breath\nhurts to bend over\nfeelings of mucous you cant get out\n\nYou may just have a COLD. With a cold you have watery eyes, itcy hurting throat, possible temperature, coughing, tired, swollen lymphnodes in neck (so it can be hard to swollow), possible headach, chills or hot, and your nose runs.\n\nThe Flu mimics a cold but it can last longer that the week that a cold lasts and you can have high Fever and bedridden.\n\nIf you mom is a nurse, listen to her but make sure she knows all your symptoms. Remeber, you have to wait the week out for a cold with the flu you need a doctor. Doctors can not give you stong meds for a cold, it has to run its course.
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could be bronchitis, if so they can be treated with antibiotics by a doctor
834613
Sounds like the flu to me.