Swine Flu - if your child was sick and in a swine flu area

[[M]umma[M]ia]

I think I’ve got swine flu, what should I do?

Contact your health care provider if you are worried about your symptoms and if you live in areas where swine flu cases have been identified. If you are sick you should stay home and avoid contact with other people as much as possible to avoid spreading your illness, according to the CDC.

Adults who experience these warning signs should seek urgent medical attention:

•Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
•Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen
•Severe or persistent vomiting
•Sudden dizziness
•Confusion
Children who experience these warning signs should seek urgent medical attention:

•Fast breathing or trouble breathing
•Bluish skin colour
•Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough
•Not waking up or not interacting
•Being so irritable that the child does not want to be held
•Not drinking enough fluids
•Fever with a rash

[PinkCupcakes]

Thanks, we aren't in melbourne we are in nsw. The main thing that is worrying me is that DS has developed stomach pain and vomiting and hasn't eaten in 24hrs. He doesn't normally get vomiting with a flu virus. He doesn't have a temp, but feels hot. I am going to ring health direct and see what they say .

BTW, I don't see swine flu as "just a flu", it has the potential to mutate with the normal flu which peaks in july and kill a lot of people, this is why they are quarantining people.

[Rouge]

A lot of schools are telling children to stay home with even the sniffles, which isn't normal so I would say yes to be on the same side get tested.