Newcomers to Canada face many adjustments, not the least of these being introduced to winter flu season. It’s important to get treatment if the symptoms you’re suffering are severe. How severe? Follow this link to read more.
“People who have influenza are going to feel really crummy, they are going to have fevers, they might have muscle pains. They’re going to have fatigue,” says Dr. Isaac Bogoch, an infectious disease specialist at University Health Network in Toronto, explaining that these are typical flu symptoms.
More severe forms of the flu have the same symptoms, Bogoch notes, but it just feels much worse.
“The things to look for are not new symptoms, but more severe symptoms,” he says. “It’s an intense weakness, and such a low appetite and fatigue that they’re really not able to keep up with their required food intake. That’s a problem because you can get quite sick and quite fast, and you might need to be seen in a medical facility.”
Another indication that it’s time to get medical help is difficulty breathing.
“It’s not a little bit of shortness of breath, but progressive shortness of breath,” which includes things like actually “huffing and puffing,” Bogoch explains.
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