u/raphadko

I posted about Flu B a few days ago. It was terrible, but I’m feeling much better now. Here are a few things that helped me a lot:

The Basics

Get tested ASAP - Knowing it was influenza helped me stop guessing whether it was COVID, a cold, allergies, etc. It also helped me decide what precautions to take around other people.

Start Tamiflu ASAP - Talk to a doctor, but timing matters. If you’re going to take Tamiflu, it works best when started early, ideally within the first 48 hours of symptoms.

Don’t jump straight to antibiotics - Influenza is viral, so antibiotics won’t kill the flu virus itself. Taking them “just in case” can be unnecessary and contributes to antibiotic resistance.

That said, secondary bacterial infections can happen during or after the flu, and those may require antibiotics. If you’re not improving within the usual timeframe, symptoms get worse again after improving, fever persists, chest symptoms develop, or something feels off, see a doctor.

Symptom Reduction

Nasal rinse - Absolute game changer. Reduces post-nasal drip, and reduced throat pain greatly. Use sterile, distilled, or previously boiled and cooled water. Do not use straight tap water.

Saline water gargle - Helped a lot with throat pain, reduced irritation and made swallowing less awful so I could at least drink water and eat.

Wearing a mask (A+ Tier) - A mask helped protect other people, but it also helped me. It kept my throat and nose from getting blasted by cold or dry air, the mask traps humidity and warmth so you're always breathing air in good temperature and humidity, greatly reduced burning on the back of the nose and eyes.

Pain and fever meds helped - I used normal over-the-counter stuff as directed for fever, body aches, and throat pain.

Recovery

Hydrate well - Basic, but easy to underestimate. If your throat hurts, swallowing is harder, so you may drink less without noticing. Water, tea, soup, electrolyte drinks, whatever you can tolerate. Dehydration makes everything feel worse.

Rest more than you think you need- The first day I felt “better,” I still wasn’t normal. Influenza can wipe you out even after the fever and worst symptoms improve.

Obviously this is just what helped me, not medical advice. Flu B was much worse than I expected, I hope this helps you too.

I remember getting a flu a few years ago. It would feel very unpleasant but nowhere near what I'm experiencing now with influenza B. Got tested today.

My eyes hurt, nose, throat, head. It all burns, a LOT and all the time, it's a constant suffering, torture really. I'm taking parecetamol and Tamiflu (unfortunately started late on day 3-4) . I can't talk, I can barely drink or eat. Staying in bed is unbearable but getting out is even worse. I feel like I'm dying.

1. Get a diet plan

2. Write an apology email to someone

3. Get the current AND past weather

4. Translate text into ANY language.

5. Get some great tips for a better hairstyle

Can't wait for it to come back.

Ok so I recently discovered aphantasia, I had it all my life and I was a bit shocked to know that some(most) people can visualize clear images in their mind, I mean how cool would that be. Anyway, I am, however, able to dream and to visualize things during my dreams. Can you guys too? Sorry if it's a known topic, as I said I'm new here.

Há algumas semanas, o shopping Curitiba foi vendido ao mesmo grupo que administra o Pátio Batel. O que esperar do "novo* shopping Curitiba? Vão manter igual? Será que vão trocar algumas lojas? Decoração? Cinema? Tem algumas lojas-zumbi ali, como a Americanas e o Jerônimo, ambas enormes e com pouco movimento. Imagino que essas dêem espaço para outras coisas.

After years of arguing about animal suffering and factory farming, I’ve become increasingly convinced that the meat industry probably won’t decline primarily because people suddenly become morally aware.

Most people are deeply attached to meat culturally, emotionally, economically, or simply through habit. Moral arguments alone move some people, but probably not society at scale. What can change things at scale is economics and technology.

That’s why lab-grown meat matters so much. If cultivated meat eventually reaches the same taste, convenience, and cultural experience while becoming cheaper, then industrial animal farming becomes economically vulnerable for the first time in history.

Ironically, this is also why parts of the traditional meat industry are lobbying so aggressively against it. Several governments and regions are already attempting bans under arguments like “tradition” or “safety,” despite the enormous potential to reduce animal suffering.

If the goal is reducing suffering, activism should probably focus on two parallel fronts: pushing for stricter welfare and environmental standards in animal agriculture, while also accelerating investment and adoption of cheaper alternatives like cultivated meat.

Technology may end up accomplishing what moral persuasion alone never could.

TLDR: Support lab-grown meat!