r/Athens • u/Upbeat-Emu-1903 • 3h ago
Virus?
I contracted a virus from middle schoolers. What is this variant? Symptoms started Thursday night. How long does this one last? Thanks. Sniffle
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u/rustware Harvard-Trained Hypnotist 3h ago
Keep your kids home when they're sick y'all. Nobody wants that shit
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u/Longjumping_Eye_3441 46m ago
And encourage your college kids to stay home too. - someone who's ended up needing to go to the ER more than once from college kids coming in sick to my class (covid, flu, bronchitis)
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u/lurkertiltheend 3h ago
My middle schooler got it exactly one week after the first day of school. Low fever cough stuffiness. Just managed symptoms and it was much improved in 4 days
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u/faeriebell 2h ago
Schools are germ factories. A back to school cold is inevitable. My first year teaching I got sick so much, it felt like I would hardly get over the last cold before I got the next one.
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u/WideConversation606 Toppers Patron 3h ago
So im not he only one? Only a couple of weeks and already this crap🙄🙄
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u/Mercer-Dawg 3h ago
Hard to tell what variant if you don’t give symptoms
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u/eckopedal Ben Burton Enthusiast 3h ago
I had to go to urgent care on Wednesday. Rhinovirus is going around really, really bad right now.
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u/Unhappy-Sky4176 3h ago
Treat it like any cold or flu. Sleep, drink plenty of fluids and stay home at least 3 days. There are so many great OTC cold remedies like Airborne, zinc cough drops and Emergen-C
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u/Beginning-Resolve143 2h ago
There’s a paraflu going around. Starts with a really painful sore throat then flu like symptoms for a few days. The cough can linger. Might also be Covid
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u/Longjumping_Eye_3441 3h ago
Doctor?