[mamabear]

#1019431

I am not sure where everyone is from but I would like to take a moment to ask that everyone speaks to their friends and family about this flu. If they have to go out make sure they stay away from people that sneeze and wash their hands VERY WELL when they come home from being out.
Also make sure they know not to touch their hands to their mouth while they are out.

Just like with anything anyone with any form of illness auto immune or not is susceptible to getting any type of cold or flu. Please please think before you touch something and only go out when necessary. The less you are exposed to strangers that might have it the better your chances of not getting it. Don’t let anyone drink/eat from you either. If your boyfriend/girlfriend is sniffling then stay away from them till they figure out if it’s just allergies or not.

Might sound paranoid but just being cautious. The Flu was what triggered my Graves’ , no matter what dr’s said I know it was that. Happy to say that my current dr. feels the same way and is always reminding me to wash my hands lol.

[lakeview]

#1071622

I believe I am similar to you Mammabear… I had a very bad flu in December and a week after recovering my eyes became swollen and GD began..
Such a weird experience because I believe that stresses caused it and then the flu was the final trigger.
I am trying not to worry about swine flu… my grandfather survived the Spanish flu in 1917 and is now 100 still telling the tale… however, his father wasn’t so lucky.
We can only help our medicine is better today… but sometimes I wonder given, the primative treatments for TED… I honestly can not believe in this day and age we have nothing to help TED !!!
It can’t be rocket science. My mission is to ensure a cure is discovered for Graves so that my future grandchildren don’t have to go through this.
Cheers!

[Madame_X]

#1071623

As a rule of thumb you should always wash your hands when dealing with "the unknown."

And when you leave a public restroom, take a piece of paper towel and use that to open the door to the ladies’ room. The environment is germy enough and we all know that not everybody is diligent about washing hands after a restroom usage.

(I can’t even place the emergence of my Graves’. The last time I had a cold before my Graves emerged was a good year or so before the Graves. I still think it was stress from the horrible job I had; I put up with a year of that nonsense in that environment)

[catsmum]

#1071624

Hi,

Here in the UK we are being advised to reduce the risk of catching this virus (and any other) by washing hands for at least 20 seconds after using the bathroom, public restrooms, etc. (apparently 20 seconds is the length of time it takes to sing 2 choruses of ‘Happy Birthday to you’! ). As an added precaution we have taken to carrying a small bottle of alchohol hand wash, as used in hospitals, with us so we can ‘wash’ after touching things such as door handles when out & about.

Take care everyone,
W x

[hyperm]

#1071625

It is rather frightening. 2 people close by to us are critically ill with it.

Good hand washing is always the way however if its airborne then there is little that can be done. Recent UK research of alcohol hand wash has found that it does very little to sanatise your hands and most often results in skin irritation which then increases the risk of infection……not great when you work in comm rehab with patients with MRSA ” title=”Sad” />

Keep well everyone

M x

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