Q. I am having fever on and off. Could this be swine flu?
Hello doctor,
I am feeling feverish since yesterday. My sister is not well, and I was around her during the day. She went to a second doctor after 15 days of sore throat, pain, weakness, vomiting, fever, cough, phlegm, and breathlessness. Her new doctor asked her to do a chest X-Ray and CBC. He said that the medicines she was taking were not working. He also gave her some syrup and a mild tablet to take until she gets the report. He hinted that, in swine flu cases, it is hard to diagnose. During the time I was around her even two weeks ago, it was like this. I used to get fever starting late in the evening, and then after taking Dynapar, it would go. I am taking Dynapar twice a day. What could it be? What medication should I take?
Hello,
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Since these episodes are noticed after an exposure to a patient, you need to be careful.
- Flu, which is viral in origin, is very quick to spread. As it is a respiratory infection, it spreads through the air we breathe.
- I suggest the following:
- Tab Dynapar (a combination of Diclofenac and Paracetamol) 500, thrice a day.
- Take plenty of oral fluids.
- Get a complete blood count, if this persists.
- Injection Fluvax (influenza vaccine) IM, a single dose vaccination.
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