Q. I'm 53 years old and have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. I have been sick twice in the last 30 days. I have five of the symptoms. What are the chances I have swine flu?
- Robin, St. Petersburg
A. Influenza-like illnesses and symptoms are common to many diseases and virus. While the novel H1N1 or swine flu is being seen widely in our area, your comments suggest you may have something else going on.
I recommend you contact your physician and discuss your symptoms. He or she would be in the best position to advise you.
Do you have a question or comment about swine flu that isn't being addressed?
Visit our Swine Flu home page to submit your question, and health writer Mary Shedden will get you the answer.
Helping us track it all down is the Hillsborough County Health Department, which, like us, draws much of its information from the very helpful Web sites of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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