The Darke county health department needs to check with the local schools. There has been 3 confirmed cases in the Franklin-Monroe school system. I know because i have 2 children in FM. We were notified by the superintendent Dave Gray by the one call system. Yes, each call he advised first there was two confirmed cases, then the second call was one confirmed case of the H1N1.
It's my understanding that most hospitals don't test for h1n1, they just test for the flu. I'm guessing that if someone gets extremely ill they will then test for h1n1. Again, my understanding is for the most part the treatment would be the same anyway. At least until the illness progressed.
Can someone please clarify how a case is "confirmed"? I have too have heard of many supposed cases being confirmed but yet the Health Department doesn't seem to have knowledge of these - ?. If doctors are not/will not see infected people then how accurate are any of these cases.
You have to go to your Dr. (or hospital) and have a 'swab' test done. You can then take it to the lab at your hospital and they will perform the test to determine if you have either seasonal flu, H1N1 flu or neither. The test is about $37 for each determination, not the $400 that I heard rumors about. Results are usually given within a couple of hours. We had my daughter tested and she didn't have either flu, but I know of several confirmed cases.
My two children were sick last week and they both tested postitive for Influenza A. The doctor said he was treating it as if it were H1N1. I contacted the Health Dept. and Wayne Hospital neither are testing for the H1N1. I think that is why there are no confirmed cases. Doctors are only testing for Influenza A. It takes much longer to determine if you have the H1N1, not a 10 minute swab.
Is that because we have no deaths that have been investigated to see if its h1n1? I think if they are not testing then this is ridiculous the community needs to know if it is in our area.
They definitely are not testing. That came to me straight from my doctor. H1N1 is everywhere...they can't expect us to believe that it hasn't hit Darke County yet. Their denial only makes them look incompetent.
After speaking with several different health care providers in the area, the way I understand it is this:
H1N1 is TYPE of Influenza A. Influenza A has developed at a much faster and higher rate, much earlier in the year than normal. Because of this developement the doctors in the area are ASSUMING that the Influenza A they are testing for is actually, and probably is, H1N1. Unless we start having "complications" (like mass hospitalizations or even deaths due to influenza), there is no need to actually test for H1N1 as the treatment is essentially the same, unless there are those complications that is.
that has changed as of today.
ReplyDeleteAnd I should believe that on who's authority??
ReplyDeleteThe Darke county health department needs to check with the local schools. There has been 3 confirmed cases in the Franklin-Monroe school system. I know because i have 2 children in FM. We were notified by the superintendent Dave Gray by the one call system. Yes, each call he advised first there was two confirmed cases, then the second call was one confirmed case of the H1N1.
ReplyDeleteIt's my understanding that most hospitals don't test for h1n1, they just test for the flu. I'm guessing that if someone gets extremely ill they will then test for h1n1. Again, my understanding is for the most part the treatment would be the same anyway. At least until the illness progressed.
ReplyDeleteCan someone please clarify how a case is "confirmed"? I have too have heard of many supposed cases being confirmed but yet the Health Department doesn't seem to have knowledge of these - ?. If doctors are not/will not see infected people then how accurate are any of these cases.
ReplyDeleteYou have to go to your Dr. (or hospital) and have a 'swab' test done. You can then take it to the lab at your hospital and they will perform the test to determine if you have either seasonal flu, H1N1 flu or neither. The test is about $37 for each determination, not the $400 that I heard rumors about. Results are usually given within a couple of hours. We had my daughter tested and she didn't have either flu, but I know of several confirmed cases.
ReplyDeleteMy two children were sick last week and they both tested postitive for Influenza A. The doctor said he was treating it as if it were H1N1. I contacted the Health Dept. and Wayne Hospital neither are testing for the H1N1. I think that is why there are no confirmed cases. Doctors are only testing for Influenza A. It takes much longer to determine if you have the H1N1, not a 10 minute swab.
ReplyDeleteIs that because we have no deaths that have been investigated to see if its h1n1? I think if they are not testing then this is ridiculous the community needs to know if it is in our area.
ReplyDeleteThey definitely are not testing. That came to me straight from my doctor. H1N1 is everywhere...they can't expect us to believe that it hasn't hit Darke County yet. Their denial only makes them look incompetent.
ReplyDeleteWe need a physician instead of a vet running the health dept.
ReplyDeleteAfter speaking with several different health care providers in the area, the way I understand it is this:
ReplyDeleteH1N1 is TYPE of Influenza A. Influenza A has developed at a much faster and higher rate, much earlier in the year than normal. Because of this developement the doctors in the area are ASSUMING that the Influenza A they are testing for is actually, and probably is, H1N1. Unless we start having "complications" (like mass hospitalizations or even deaths due to influenza), there is no need to actually test for H1N1 as the treatment is essentially the same, unless there are those complications that is.
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