{"id":95,"date":"2009-10-07T15:00:53","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/10\/swine-flu-how-sick-are-you.html"},"modified":"2009-10-07T15:00:53","modified_gmt":"2009-10-07T15:00:53","slug":"swine-flu-how-sick-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/10\/swine-flu-how-sick-are-you.html","title":{"rendered":"Swine Flu: How Sick Are<\/i> You?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"flu.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>Microsoft has unveiled a new online tool, developed by Emory University, to help you decide whether your flu-like symptoms warrant a trip to the doctor’s office.  This is a major issue for many people, as doctors’ visits can be frustrating circuses of waiting rooms, vague advice, and traveling from point A to point B when you feel sick and run-down.  Not to mention expensive.   Not to mention a great place to catch some other bug. <\/p>\n

So in theory, this H1N1 Flu Self-Assessment<\/a> questionnaire is a helpful tool that might help you rest easier as you rest up.  <\/p>\n

I just took the quiz, though, concocting a make-believe (thank God) malaise to see where the quiz falls on my personal common sense-o-meter.  I told it that I don’t have a measurable fever, but I “feel feverish.”  I said I have a cough or sore throat, but no chest pain, shortness of breath, or vomiting.  I said I am dizzy when I stand up, and I’d only felt sick for less than 24 hours.<\/p>\n

And here’s what it told me:  “Based on your answers, you probably have the flu and you might be very sick<\/u> [underline theirs].  Call your doctor now!”<\/p>\n

As much as I believe that serious symptoms should be taken seriously, to me this was way over the “alarmist” line.  My theoretical illness should be put to bed with a bowl of soup and a pile of blankets, not whipped up into an anxious frenzy and woozily driven to the doctor’s office!<\/p>\n

Do you think swine flu reaction is too trigger-happy?  Or would you head for the doc’s with the symptoms I described above?  <\/p>\n

To try the questionnaire, click here<\/a>.     <\/p>\n

For a gallery of swine flu prevention tips, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(image via: http:\/\/professionalmedical.wordpress.com\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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