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What Causes Fever,chills And Body Ache?

Hi,

My mother is suffereing from acute fever, chills and body ache. Also she had vomitting twice today. We consulted a local doctor and he recommended some tests which included test for malaria. The test is negative. He r haemoglobin count is 12gms/dl. WBC count is 10,400/cumm. Platelet count is 2,99,000. I am afraid if she is suffering from Swine flu or not . Please help me if i need to get her test done or can you say by above mentioned blood figures that she is not suffering from it.

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Yogesh Sharma
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hello,
Welcome to HCM,

Swine flu or H1N1 is a disease caused by the influenza virus having strain H1N1 and it is transmitted by the droplet infection and droplet nuclie of the patient suffering from swine flu.

The symptoms are similar to any flu like fever, malaise, generalized body ache and chills but it should be confirmed only by lab investigations like throat swab. The investigations which you have undergone is showing normal values.

The swine flu is diagnosed by clinical symptoms and the lab investigations and it is very difficult to tell by these investigations. I would suggest you to take your mother for throat swab culture to confirm swine flu.
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What Causes Fever,chills And Body Ache?

Hello, Welcome to HCM, Swine flu or H1N1 is a disease caused by the influenza virus having strain H1N1 and it is transmitted by the droplet infection and droplet nuclie of the patient suffering from swine flu. The symptoms are similar to any flu like fever, malaise, generalized body ache and chills but it should be confirmed only by lab investigations like throat swab. The investigations which you have undergone is showing normal values. The swine flu is diagnosed by clinical symptoms and the lab investigations and it is very difficult to tell by these investigations. I would suggest you to take your mother for throat swab culture to confirm swine flu. Thank you.