So if a person doesn't feel well...

[CoffeeCat]

People don't always run to the doctor when they experience fatigue, sore throat and a cough. Most
will ride it out and rest--until they feel better.

Given this Swine Flu scare--are health officials suggesting that people with the symptoms go to the
doctor right away?

I would think that local doctor's offices are probably crowded--with people who have garden-variety
coughs, colds and sore throats--wondering if they have the Swine Flu.

If you had a sore throat and other cold symptoms, would you go to the doctor?

[OhioChick]

1. Allergy season is in full swing here, to boot. n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Yes, they are

for public health reasons. They want to preemptively test people for it

Of course if you are in certain groups, aka recent travellers to Mexico, definitely go to the doctor

<------ raises hand, healthy as a horse

[lamp_shade]

3. Probably not, as long as the symptoms seemed "normal". If I started to have breathing

problems or my temperature started skyrocketing, I'd go see a doctor right away.

[SacredCow]

4. Likely, I would....

But then again- I was in Mexico last week, so.....

[ZombieHorde]

5. Many people don't have the money to go the doctor whenever they get a cough. nt

[Varner911]

6. Do not leave your house. You will increase your likelihood of contracting it.

I have vowed to stay indoors, in my cellar, until the virus is crushed.

[RaleighNCDUer]

7. As long as you have no fever and you're breathing OK, the LAST

thing you want to do is rush off to a waiting room filling up with people who might be REALLY sick.

[Stinky The Clown]

8. I don't feel well and decided NOT to go

I know I don't have the flu. I have a cold or allergies. Since I am on a shitload of heart meds, I can't take anything for a cold. So I hafta suffer with the sniffles and low fever and mild aches. I was gonna go to the doc today to see if there was **anything** she could give me.

I decided not to go cuz I don't need to be in there shitting up the waiting room with my little problems.

[damntexdem]

9. Don't wait for health officials: if you think you have flu symptoms, see a doctor.

And, yes I would.

[Fleshdancer]

10. If I had flu like symptoms, then yes, I would go to a doctor...

not because I would think I'd die from it, but because the information for tracking swine flu is important.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. Bingo and why they are asking people to do it

[Fleshdancer]

12. HAHA! I just bingo'd you in a different thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5545290&mesg_id=5545290

:D

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. That is funny, you are right

[RB TexLa]

13. Let's see, the WHO is made up of doctors, many government health officials are doctors

Doctors get paid for seeing people, so yes they are going to tell you to go give your money to a doctor. And yes, they would prefer you do it as fast as you can.

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. And tracking infection rates and epidiemeoltogy has precious little

to do with this.

Okie dokie

[Posteritatis]

17. A UN medical body's members aren't all going to be American physicians

Christ on a crutch, there's medical systems other than the American one, and quite a few of us don't have for-profit doctors all over the place. If I saw my doctor tomorrow not a dime would change hands.

[RB TexLa]

19. No entity pay doctors where you live? Are they enslaved? Are they afforded any human rights?

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. Hell doctors who work for socialized medical systems

make a pretty good life

Hell, they are even paid well

But I am sure you knew that

[RB TexLa]

23. The poster I was replying to said no money, I feel sure wherever they are someone or some thing

pays doctors for their services.

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. Yeah the National Health Care in Canada

they get paid by the state

But on the person to doctor level there are not even copays

[RB TexLa]

26. I understand, I don't think the poster understands that the doctor wherever they are is paid for

seeing them. Perhaps they do not understand that there is a government program that pays them.

[LanternWaste]

20. I imagine if there were a spate of people

I imagine if there were a spate of people waking up in the morning sans their right leg, the WHO would offer the same advice, and many people would still think it's simply another advertising job for greedy doctors...

(and yes-- they would prefer you do it as fast as you can....)

[Posteritatis]

16. I'd *call* my doctor

I'm fortunate enough that my doc is very accessible (and the office is just down the street), but calling ahead if you suspected something like this would be reasonable anyway. In my neck of the woods (Nova Scotia, four cases, about 27 others in isolation since they might have it) the government's saying to consult the doc if you're sick, but not to go in person since that would risk spreading things further. They're also saying explicitly not to go to the ER over it unless there's an actual E going on.

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. Same orders that have been issued in other places

I know

[Posteritatis]

27. Definitely good to hear (nt)

[Fuzz]

18. I never feel well.

:(

[WorseBeforeBetter]

24. What are the symptoms, exactly? I've tuned out on this story...

but figure I better start paying attention.

If I had a cough, cold or sore throat I doubt I'd go to the doctor, figuring it was just a cold (unless my throat was really raw and looked strep-ish). But if I have those symptoms accompanied by chills, fever, body aches, fatigue, etc., then yes, I'd contact my doc's office. I normally just ride out colds/flu, but under these "swine" circumstances, I might hit the doc's office.