How quickly can you get over the flu?

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I can find lots of information about how long the flu can drag on but how quickly can it be over? 

Yesterday, after a disturbed night my daughter woke with a high temperature, sore throat and painfully stiff neck, painful enough that she kept screaming when her head was moved! I was checking the symptoms for meningitis it was so bad, but she didn't have the cold hands and feet or several other symptoms so I decided to wait and see. I settled her in front of the DVD player and kept her supplied with smoothies, fresh fruit, vit C and paracetamol. She was still sweaty when she went to sleep but woke up this morning with only a slightly sore neck and by lunchtime even that was better. That would make it something like 36 hours total? Is that possible?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

That sounds more like a viral infection rather than influenza.
Real flu can last from about 10 days to about 6 weeks and it can take even longer to regain your strength.
I always remember my Mum telling me she had the flu when she was 16 and she said that people don't have a clue what real flu is like because when you have it you are too weak to even stand up and you have to crawl to the bathroom.

? · Answer

I am fifteen, and I had meningitis 6 weeks ago.
I woke in the middle of the night, with really severe shaking/chills, and the worst headache I have ever had. The pain killers calmed the chills for 2 hours, but not the headache. Soon my eyes became sensitive to light, and my neck became stiff. By the morning, my mum made an ASAP doctors appointment. The doc told me to go straight to the hospital. On the way to the hospital i began vomiting, and when i got to the hospital, they put me in intensive care, and diagnosed with meningitis!
I got better though, but i know alot of people don't.

Anonymous · Answer

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How quickly can you get over the flu?

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