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Flu-like Illness Onset Poll

If your ME/CFS began with a flu-like illness, did it come on rapidly?

  • The flu-like illness that initiated my ME/CFS came on rapidly

    Votes: 21 70.0%

  • The flu-like illness that initiated my ME/CFS began like a 'normal' flu

    Votes: 9 30.0%
  • Total voters
    30
Little Bluestem

Little Bluestem

All Good Things Must Come to an End
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My fever continued to go down over the next two days (until I finished the abx) after the doc refused me more antibiotics because my lungs were clear, so I think I still had the bacterial infection. However, I did not have further lung problems with the relapse infection, so it was probably viral. I'm not sure why finishing a course of antibiotics would cause a viral infection. Perhaps it just clears the playing field of bacteria, bad and good.
 
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