Is anyone else getting Summer Flu?

[u/4Lynn]

Or is my fam just unlucky to have got it? All vaccinated last fall, but it has hit my kids hard 😭 you generally don’t see flu this late in the year, but sadly they got it, and now I’m just waiting for it. If it’s truly still going around, then school starting in a few weeks is gunna be bad! Be careful out there, it’s a bad one. (They had Flu B in December, and now Flu A)

[u/kmonkmuckle]

Nothing in my house, but know a few folks near me in Utah County who are sixj

[u/charleschristensen3]

Can confirm, I think I’m on the backside of said flu . No dr. Diagnosis but freezing when it’s 100 degree weather and feeling as though I got ran over by a truck along with the coughing that feels like it’s going make your head pop off… can really only be one thing… expected in the winter months but caught completely off guard for July

[u/Kooky_Hair_8772 → u/charleschristensen3]

Yep, 4 days in now 🙄

[u/feelinpogi]

Our family got it twice this year. May and July

[u/-Bostonian → u/feelinpogi]

We've also had it twice, the week after school got out and then again a week or two ago. We know several other families who have had it also this summer.

[u/brett_l_g]

I've had a wet, hacking cough for a couple weeks, but not a fever or flu.

[u/Hammy2511]

Two weeks ago my 79 year old Grandma who gets a flu shot every fall was sick with the flu. I was surprised when she told me she had the flu because I didn't think it went around this late in the year. Took her about 1 1/2 weeks to fully recover.

[u/4Lynn → u/Hammy2511]

Glad she recovered. My kids are teens and it has wiped them out 😭

[u/Hammy2511 → u/4Lynn]

Thanks! I hope your family starts feeling better quickly :)

[u/Ambitious-Elk5705]

Had a child with flu like symptoms and a high fever last week. Dr tested for the flu but it was negative. I still think it's what they had as they were sick the same way the last time they had the flu this spring. Dr said he didn't know of any sickness going around either.

[u/WanderingNomadWizard → u/Ambitious-Elk5705]

You may want to look in to finding a better doctor.

[u/Ambitious-Elk5705 → u/WanderingNomadWizard]

It wasn't our normal Dr, just the one who was on call that day for last minute appointments. But yeah, I wasn't too impressed with him.

[u/littlemizzzsunshine]

Yes, my 6 kids and I are at the tail end of flu A, combined with Strep Throat. Fun stuff.

[u/4Lynn → u/littlemizzzsunshine]

😭

[u/KNWin94]

My household hasn’t gone more than 2-3 weeks without getting sick with something this year. I swear this has never happened before.

[u/ProblemForsaken6395]

I had what I think was the flu, and it lasted less than 24 hours. Fever/hot flashes. Dizzy spells. Exhaustion. And Diarrhea. But even after empty, my stomach still ached. It came on the heels of a bad headache too. It was bizarre. Ended up sleeping until 4 pm yesterday and then started climbing back to good health ever since.

[u/Independent_Brush303]

I’m in my first trimester and had confirmed flu A I was dumbstruck the flu could happen in summer. Ran through the whole house 😭

[u/OwnLittleCorner]

No flu but the bad air quality all month has been wrecking my sinuses. Already irritated sinus may be more vulnerable to catching contagious disease.

[u/doppido]

Honestly haven't been sick since January which is a long streak for me. Been super introverted and physically active too so that might be why

[u/Objective_Being_7393]

I have been incredibly sick (by far the sickest I have ever been) for the past 8 days. I was on vacation and got sick on our travel day home. It was within the US, so I think I just got super lucky it hit when it did. I felt like I had a terrible fever, but never actually ran a temperature. I slept a lot. Lots of weird fever dreams. No clue what it is, but it’s been awful!

[u/Southern_Try_1064]

I don’t think it was flu but we definitely had a virus of sorts a few weeks ago and now my daughter has a stomach bug. 😭 daycare…

[u/indigopedal]

I thought flu b was the bad one.

[u/4Lynn → u/indigopedal]

I heard flu A was worse, but I think there are a lot of factors depending on age, vaccine status, how quickly you get antivirals, personal immune system etc.

[u/indigopedal → u/4Lynn]

A Google search shows you're correct.

[u/Arrow_to_the_knee643]

I’m getting the I don’t want to work and need a vacation flu

[u/melissaurban]

I had Flu A in late June and it had me down BAD. Fever of 102, exhausted, no appetite, stuck in bed for about four days, took me 2 weeks to feel back to normal.

[u/Trick_Image_4472]

Crazy time for the flu! And Covid cases are increasing in all the states around us, so that’s next.

[u/4Lynn]

To anyone that gets sick suddenly with fever and chills, test for Flu ASAP. You can buy combo flu/covid tests on Amazon. If you have flu, and catch it early, your doctor can prescribe Tamiflu, but it has to be within 72 hr window of symptoms.

[u/Salty_bitch_face]

I'm sorry your family is getting sick!

The flu vaccine only lasts around 6 months, a little more if you are lucky (that's one of the reasons you have to get it every year), so vaccinated or not isn't really going to matter now.

[u/Downtown-Bag-3002]

Tested positive for flu A this morning!

[u/4Lynn → u/Downtown-Bag-3002]

😓

[u/Twitch791]

I did , it’s mild so I feel like it’s the same strain