Early Flu?

[jnemartin, BSN, RN]

I am in my second week of school and have 3 confirmed diagnosed cases of flu, and three additional students who presented today with fever of 101.5+ and flu-like symptoms. Anyone else seeing so much flu-like activity so early?

*My student body is only about 400 students

[Eleven011]

We haven't even started school yet and I took my own daughter to the dr. today and she has strep throat. Kind of odd.

[jnemartin, BSN, RN]

I did a quick internet search and nothing is popping up about early flu incidences for this season, but this is definitely a higher occurrence rate (in my population) than last year.

[ruby_jane, BSN, RN]

Remind me where you are?? Nothing here in the NTX yet but I seem to have a cold. I am drowning in my own mucus...

[jnemartin, BSN, RN]

1 minute ago, ruby_jane said:

Remind me where you are?? Nothing here in the NTX yet but I seem to have a cold. I am drowning in my own mucus...

Arizona

Yikes!

[guest464345]

That's very early! I'm in Arizona too, and I haven't seen a case yet. ADHS still doesn't even have their 2019-20 flu reports on the website....

https://www.azdhs.gov/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-control/flu/index.php#surveillance-home

[iggywench, BSN, RN]

I'm in south TX, and it's the third week of school. We've had one confirmed flu case reported already. Isn't that crazy?

[jnemartin, BSN, RN]

Update: one of my suspected flus was pna - so 3 confirmed flu, 2 flu-like symptoms, one pna. Wild!

[missmags3]

We are on week 3 of school - no flu, but 7 confirmed cases of strep throat. crazy. these kids are dropping like flies this week. ugh.

[ruby_jane, BSN, RN]

Apparently the Australians had an early flu season as well. Not sure what that means.

[UrbanHealthRN, BSN, RN]

I usually hold off on getting my flu shot until October each year, but this is good to know! Looks like I'll be getting mine sooner this time.