{"id":2727,"date":"2023-03-07T08:58:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T14:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=2727"},"modified":"2023-03-07T08:58:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T14:58:19","slug":"if-its-not-covid-or-the-flu-what-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2023\/03\/07\/if-its-not-covid-or-the-flu-what-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"If it’s Not COVID or the Flu, What is it?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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San Diego News<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

People across San Diego County are raising concerns about a new illness going around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI heard other people, just around the neighborhood, they were preparing teas and just making soups and things like that to help the immune system,\u201d one San Diego resident said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some say the illness gives them stomach issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy husband’s daughter came down with a really bad stomach flu,\u201d said another San Diego resident. \u201cThe school called and said that she had a stomachache and had been throwing up.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others said their symptoms are respiratory. But one common thing people report is that it lingers longer than usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter a few days, I\u2019m surprised it’s still lingering,\u201d San Diego resident Maria Harris said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We talked to Dr. Abisola Olulade and asked what was happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe’ve had unseasonably cold weather this time of year,\u201d said Abisola Olulade, MD, chief impact officer at Sharp Rees-Stealy. \u201cSo that could be one of the theories as to why more people are inside, and they’re huddling together. And so that always causes the viruses to spread and circulate.”  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said it’s not a new virus, but simply part of the effects of the winter season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCOVID has taken a lot of spotlights, but there are other viruses that are circulating, and it’s actually not unusual for this time of year,\u201d said Dr. Olulade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The percentage of emergency room visits for influenza-like symptoms has been noticeably higher this winter season, according to county data. But Olulade said she doesn’t believe any of these infections are more potent. Instead, it could be that COVID has heightened health-related anxiety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnytime we start feeling a little itch in the throat or coughing, we think, \u2018Is it COVID? Do a COVID test,\u2019 but it’s true there are so many other viruses we forget about,” said one San Diego resident. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olulade said the best way to prevent a long case of any illness is to make sure you’re staying healthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo it’s important that you exercise, try to get sleep, try to reduce stress as much as you can,\u201d said Olulade.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

San Diego News People across San Diego County are raising concerns about a new illness going around. \u201cI heard other people, just around the neighborhood, they were preparing teas and just making soups and things like that to help the immune system,\u201d one San Diego resident said. Some say the illness gives them stomach issues. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,21,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-infectious-diseases","category-featured","category-influenza-like-illness"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2728,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2727\/revisions\/2728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}