ABC News Delves Deeper into CDC H1N1 Map
After surveying 60 hospitals, ABC describes some possible state-by-state trends to provide a more detailed profile of swine flu cases across the country.
Peramivir Treatment for Severe H1N1 Flu
Technically, this CDC Q & A is for health care providers, but reading it may help give you a little reassurance about this just-approved emergency IV treatment available for severe patients.
Swine Flu School Closures Again
According to this article, 351 schools closed just last week.
Italy Vaccinating Its Olympic Athletes
Since this outbreak – and then pandemic – started, the 2010 Olympics never crossed my mind. After reading this, I’m wondering how H1N1 will affect the February games in Vancouver.
Not Only Does Swine Flu Hit Kids Harder, But They Appear to Shed Virus Longer, Too
Even worse, the research also suggests that the younger the child, the longer they shed.
The io9 Halloween Costume Show
Via Flickr, lots of spooky cool sci-fi and horror costumes to take you into the holiday weekend.
Happy Halloween! Hoping, as per usual, you and your kids stay healthy flare-free.
Hi Asthma Mom and followers,
Is there a distinction made between active asthmatics and those with a dormant condition when it comes to being considered “high risk” for H1N1 infection? I’m a twenty-five-year-old who has suffered no symptoms of asthma and taken no medication for the condition for nearly fifteen years. While I’m ready to line up as soon as the vaccine is made available, I’m not sure if I should consider myself a high risk candidate and, therefore, deprive someone of the limited vaccine who needs it more than I do. All the online literature I’ve found on vaccine policy places asthmatics in one general camp of high risk. Any thoughts?
Someone please talk me down off the ledge. My “M” tested positive for H1N1 on Friday. We have been fever free for 2 days BUT…the cough is killing me. This is the first time she has EVER had an illness and no wheezing. My bag is packed. I am ready for the 3 am ER trip. But still no tugging. I can’t live waiting for the other shoe to fall. How long is this cough going to last? Does the nebulizer help? Our dr. said it wouldn’t hurt but won’t do much. Could this still develope into something else? When do I send her back to school?
Robert–That’s a fantastic question, and thanks for asking it. I have no idea about the answer, but I’ll ask around and post if I get any answers.
Allison–I’m the owner/author of this site and I can relate–the cough’s a bad one. If you check the comments on this post, I left some information about how long the cough lasted for me (non-asthmatic), my older daughter (asthma), and my younger one. (no asthma) We don’t use a nebulizer b/c we don’t notice much difference b/t what an inhaler/spacer combo, but some parents do.
Total time w/coughing for my asthmatic daughter was a little over 2 weeks, and the second half of that was after she recovered from the actual flu symptoms. Her coughing was very bad throughout, but didn’t develop into anything worse. I sent her back to school after all other symptoms left (actual flu lasted about a week) and once her peak flow numbers stayed in the green consistently.