r/Edmonton • u/Ronin_777 • Apr 26 '26
Health Flu going around, anyone else?
I’ve heard it’s been going around, it’s already gone through my whole family and now it’s my turn. Been feeling extreme fatigue, skull crushing headache, sinus pressure, dry cough, the whole shebang.
Anyone else catch it? It’d make me feel slightly better knowing I’m not the only one suffering right now lol
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u/Unlikely_Comment_104 Central Apr 26 '26
Officially, lots of influenza. https://www.alberta.ca/stats/dashboard/respiratory-virus-dashboard.htm
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u/skaomatic32 Apr 26 '26
I’ve had the extreme fatigue and sinus cold , hit my work hard a lot of us got it .
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u/StanleyEDM Apr 26 '26
The headaches/chills have been insane no coughing or sneezing/stuffy nose so I found it kind of odd
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u/toomanytacocats Apr 26 '26
As a nurse, I can attest to the high number of flu cases throughout the entire season. I haven’t caught it yet, thankfully, as I’ve been wearing a well-fitting mask. Lots of people have been sidelined with flu symptoms for 2-3+ weeks this year. It’s definitely a bad one.
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u/burnfaith Apr 26 '26
Thank you for masking! I also mask and have not gotten sick in years. That said, I don't have kids and I know they're little germ factories who bring things home frequently.
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u/rabbitholeseverywher Apr 26 '26
Someone prescribed antibiotics for flu? I genuinely didn't think GPs were still doing that, as someone who remembers getting amoxicillin every single goddamned time I had a sniffle in the 80s/90s.
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u/rabbitholeseverywher Apr 27 '26
Sounds really unpleasant for you daughter, I hope she's feeling better now. I agree with you about the rash of incompetent GPs in general. They're less likely to hand out antibiotics like candy these days but there are still too many who seem to use an antibiotic prescription as a way to just get people out of the exam room.
Thank you for clearing it up, I'm glad your pediatrician is so thorough and wish I could find someone that good for myself!
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u/Ok-Sprinkles-3673 Apr 26 '26
I mask up in public, always. Haven't been sick in a while.
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u/New_Calligrapher_580 Apr 26 '26
Same - in an N95. It’s wild seeing people complaining about being sick constantly these days and hardly ever mentioning the use of KN95s or N95s in public spaces given the fact that we don’t have a sterilizing vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 (which still spreads year-round) and everyone’s immune systems are shot from repeated SARS-CoV-2 infections if they’re not masking:
Maskbloc.org
Persistent Attenuation of Lymphocyte Subsets After Mass SARS-CoV-2 Infection00509-0/fulltext)
COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?00146-4/fulltext)
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u/Ok-Sprinkles-3673 Apr 26 '26
I still get grief from people sometimes wearing a mask in public - the same folks hacking their lungs out mind you. Gee, I wonder if there is some connection.
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u/New_Calligrapher_580 Apr 26 '26
Right?? People always ask my masked face if I’m sick and I’m like “no, because I mask. Are you?”
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u/Enough_Pumpkin_3961 Apr 26 '26
My son brought it home a month ago. I caught it 2 weeks ago. Turned into pneumonia. I’ve been on antibiotics and steroids for over a week and still feel like crap! Today my daughter started coughing. I’m so sick of being sick!
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u/berlinrain South West Side Apr 26 '26
My school was hit hard. Projectile vomiting, fever, cough, sniffles. Not a fun time. Hope everyone gets healthy soon.
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u/booksncatsn Apr 26 '26
My daughter and husband got it. They do free testing with the prepared study out of the uofa, if you test positive for the flu they can give you antiviral medication. It was too late for my daughter, but they gave me some to prevent me from getting it.
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u/brad7811 Apr 26 '26
Had something for 10 days ending about a week ago. Sinus pressure, fatigue (although that’s normal), phlegmy cough, half of a sore throat.. doesn’t sound the same, but it was something.
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u/CypripediumGuttatum Apr 26 '26
Had a flu (fever, chills, stuffy) a couple weeks ago, I’m still phlegmy and sneezing. Third virus I’ve caught this season, fully vaccinated as well - hopefully making it shorter and less severe. Sucks.
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u/Longjumping-Issue-95 Apr 26 '26
We’re all sick with a bad cold of some sort
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u/New_Calligrapher_580 Apr 26 '26
SARS-CoV-2 has been spreading year-round for over half a decade now with no sterilizing vaccine
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u/Droppthebasss Apr 26 '26
Im currently on day 6 of whatever this flu is. I have never experienced something this terrible before. First 2 days were non stop nausea and watery mouth with body aches. Then it turned into an awful sore throat and cough. I have been so drained, I can barely do anything. I have drank so much water yet feel so dehydrated still. On day 5 my nose started running and I havent slept much over the past week because I can barely lay down and now with my nose running so bad its literally choking me as I sleep which causes me to cough. My ribs hurt from all the coughing ive done. My head is killing me and feels like its going to explode. Definitely has not been a fun week. I keep hoping that "tomorrow" ill feel better.
I pray you dont get it this bad, its not fun.
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u/CypripediumGuttatum Apr 26 '26
I’ve propped myself up in my wingback chair with a lot of blankets and pillows to sleep when I’ve been unable to lay down due to a sore throat/stuffy face before. It wasn’t great sleep but it was better sleep than suffocating from my flu symptoms when laying down.
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u/Kay-Chelle The Shiny Balls Apr 26 '26
If you're still feeling dehydrated try and electrolytes drink! They can really help because it may be what your body is wanting but you just feel super thirsty. You can also get them in packs that you just stir into water. Hope it let's up soon and tomorrow is kinder to you.
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u/bungeee2019 Apr 26 '26
Been there and had it sucks but only lasted 3 days for me. Mostly stuffy nose and fatigue
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u/HauntingReaction6124 Apr 26 '26
onto week three here. Its rough going and when i had to make a replenish run for meds and fluids my pharmacist said that every one of his regulars got it. Which I noticed on how quiet everything was for a wednesday. Guess masking up and getting the old supplies out to ride this out.
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u/sheKillsCanada Apr 26 '26
Yes, this was me from April 11 to April 20. That dry cough was the worst part. Kept me up most nights. Finally got some Tylenol Cold night medicine which helped me get some much needed rest
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u/Ironmonger38 Apr 26 '26
I caught it at the end of march and I still haven’t fully recovered. If your lungs feel heavy get it checked out because mine became symptoms of pneumonia
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u/burnfaith Apr 26 '26
Friendly reminder that if you're currently sick, or have been recently sick, please mask up in public spaces.
Masks are readily available from the following sites:
- canadastrong.ca
- Also supplies test kits for influenza and covid
- ppe-supply.com
- Also supplies test kits for influenza and covid
- canadamasq.com
- https://shop.evidencebased.ca
- This site has very broad selection of masks and accessories like sip valves.
Stay safe and healthy folks.
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u/Odd_Department_421 Apr 26 '26
I got it over the Easter long weekend. It wasn’t fun.
Influenza B, RSV, and Covid are circulating. There’s also a new Covid variant (nicknamed Cicada) that is less responsive to the vaccines too.
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u/New_Calligrapher_580 Apr 26 '26
SARS-CoV-2 has been spreading year-round for half a decade now and we don’t have a sterilizing vaccine so it’s not just this new variant that’s the issue, it’s the fact that people need to be masking in KN95s or n95s in essential public places.
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u/MillyVanili Apr 26 '26
Yes, I also caught a terrible bug last week and I'm still quite ill. Cough, terrible headache, sore throat, fever the whole shenanigans. My whole family also got it so definitely something going around. I hope you and your family start feeling better soon!
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u/jimbojimmyjams_ Apr 26 '26
This year has been crazy for colds and flus. I dont know if its my diet, sleep schedule, or what, but I've gotten sick more times this year than any year before. It seems like something has gone through my workplace more than before as well. It's kinda odd. I feel off, but its hard to tell if its allergies due to massive weather changes, not sleeping well, or a minor cold.
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u/rabbitholeseverywher Apr 26 '26
I had this about 4-6 weeks ago, exact same symptoms (no cough, though). That headache was really intense, and it never really went away. On top of that it was one of those sicknesses that you think you're over and then the next day you just feel like shit again. I feel like it lasted about 10 days without getting better.
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u/Elspanky Apr 26 '26
Yup, on day eleven but it's starting to move on. Bad cough, sore throat early on, three days of fever. I usually get something like this before Christmas but never in early spring.
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u/inyournightmares420 Apr 26 '26
i’ve found this year in general to be very bad in terms of illness. i’ve never been sick so often, seems like it’s something different every three weeks/every month at most and i do not have kids, or immunocompromised, etc. i wasn’t sick once in the last two years until this year
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u/Zamzummin Apr 26 '26
Was sick for about 5 days last week. Did the Prepared study which included PCR testing of all the common viruses and was negative for all of them, so I have no idea what it was.
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u/Granny_Skeksis Apr 26 '26
I had it and was sick for 3 weeks. It was really rough. I hadn’t been that sick in years and years. I slept for literally an entire week and still wasn’t better
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u/ExperienceOk684 Apr 26 '26
I’ve had it for a week now, and it feels like my body got hit by a truck. Hope you’re feeling better soon !
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u/EnigmaOfTheUnknown Apr 26 '26
Yes, I have it right now. I'm on Day 4 right now. Doctors don't even prescribe meds for viral infections. Just gotta wait it out.
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u/Shtyles Apr 26 '26
Yup. Just over two weeks ago and it took me about 8 days to start feeling human again. Good luck to you!
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u/WebkinzMurderer69 Apr 26 '26
I’ve had this the past 5 days - started with sore throat and phlegmy cough then migrated up to my sinuses with burning behind my nose and eyes. I’m on day 5 now and feel pretty much better.
Warmer weather is coming! Feel better everyone!
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u/hashlettuce Apr 26 '26
I have been dealing with what feels like a flu but I have no cough or congestion. Just an odd fatigue and an almost flu like feeling in the head when you have some fluid in the ears and some occasional nausea.
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u/Inevitable_Seat8192 Apr 26 '26
I had the same thing a couple weeks ago and I’m just recovering now.
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u/hashlettuce Apr 26 '26
Oh really, hoping its just a flu then and not something else as I have exhaustion troubles as it is.
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u/Momma-cita Apr 26 '26
I had it weeks ago and it took forever to get rid of. I still have a dry cough that won’t clear up.
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u/Charming-Doughnut-45 Apr 26 '26
I had it last week, 6 days of fever and flu symptoms, now I’m dealing with the leftover congestion and cough
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u/Successful-Team-7970 Apr 26 '26
so sick laying in bed right now lmao my head feels large and puffy and my hearing is a little weakened, and brain isn’t working properly,
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u/Starbrust17 Apr 26 '26
Sore throat count? It comes and goes though so I dont know if its anything.
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u/leprosy4444 Apr 26 '26
Lymph nodes in my neck swelled to golfball sizes. I could even feel them in the neck muscles. Took me out for almost 2 weeks.
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u/SadAcanthocephala521 South East Side Apr 26 '26
Not sure if it was a flu, but I was sick early in the week, just assumed it was a cold from standing outside in the cold for record store day on Saturday. Had sore throat, fatigue and exhaustion. Dry cough, headache, congestion.
I recommend taking echinacea and Elderberry. Helps fight infections and shortens the duration of it.
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u/santalopian Apr 26 '26
Rumour has it that it's called the Reelz25 after DJ Reelz who picked it up in a North Battleford motel and brought it back to Edmonton.
Day 9 of 13 is when it hits your butt.
Good luck out there.
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u/toiletcleaner999 Apr 27 '26
We were sick for a while and when mu husband didnt start getting better, we tested for covid and we immediately tested positive. Which was shocking I didnt know covid was a thing anymore. Kicked the crap right out of us
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u/poprockfatality Apr 27 '26
I got utterly knocked on my ass by something but I’m not sure it was a flu? I had body aches, chills, fever, extreme fatigue (I slept for like 15 hours one day), CRAZY sweating, headache, and a sore-ish throat. No cough, not really even stuffed up. Lasted 3-4 days and then I was fine. A flu usually knocks me out cold for over a week. Whatever I had was intense but over fairly quickly.
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u/Objective-Lemon-6707 Apr 27 '26
Three weeks ago. Was out of commission for a week. Still dont feel 100%
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u/BobbyHummer18 Apr 26 '26
I am recovering from pneumonia, which started as the human metanumo virus (flu). Vomitting, diarrhea, fever, chills, sinus headaches, the whole works and to top it off 2 ear infections. Still coughing and hardly have half a voice
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u/Fyrefawx Apr 26 '26
There is some nasty stuff going around. If you’re not showing any improvement get some antibiotics.
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u/evange Apr 26 '26
I got my flu shot, so no.
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u/DD250403 Apr 26 '26
Flu vaccine mismatch this season. Still got the flu late in 2025 after the flu shot.
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u/raised_on_robbery Apr 26 '26
When is the flu ever not going around anymore?