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Have I got swine flu? That is the question on many peoples' minds at the moment, is it the swine flu, regular flu or just the common cold. Well, if you are in bed feeling like you have the swine flu, you see a £50 note about to blow out of the window and can dive up to get it before it does, then the likelihood is you just have a cold. The flu makes you feel so bad that you'd just let that £50 note fly away!
If you are worried take a look at the symptoms below, if you have some of them then you could possibly have contracted the swine flu, but these can be the symtoms of regular flu too, if you have swine flu then the symptoms will be a little more severe...
- sudden fever
- sudden cough
- tiredness
- aching muscles
- headache
- chills
- aching joints or limbs
- sore throat
- runny nose
- sneezing
- loss of appetite
- diarrhoea or upset stomach
If you still think that you have the swine flu, then please DO NOT GO TO YOUR DOCTORS SURGERY, call the surgery and they will tell you what to do next. Alternatively you could call one of the following numbers for advice...
The swine flu information line on 0800 1513513
NHS Direct on 0845 4647 (England and Wales)
NHS 24 on 08454 242424 (Scotland)
0800 0514142 (Northern Ireland)
If you think that you have the swine flu, here is a list of useful things to help relieve the symtoms....
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