Roos' HUMAN is VERY SICK...HELP!!!

[Cathy-Lynn]

I have 3 bantams, 3 bobwhite adults, and just hatched bobwhites babies a couple weeks ago...Last weekend the Roo bit me and broke the skin. 3 days later, I got HORRIBLE FLU, NECK PAIN, HEADACHE, FEVER, CHILLS. The doctor tested me for the flu and it was negative, so she put me on 2 different antibiotics and wants to do a spinal tap. She admitted she doesn't know a thing about animals. Can anyone help me out? I haven't been out of bed in 4 days except for the doctor. THANKS!!!

 

[redhen]

I dont think it was from the bird...I dont think.. Maybe someone on here will chime in and help ya out. Good luck and i hope you feel better soon!

 

[maranlady]

Did she do a blood culture? If the bird gave you anything like a staph or bacterial infection it would show up. The wound you were bit at, how is it doing? Is it red or draining?

 

[redhen]

What about Salmonella?

 

[Cathy-Lynn]

No blood work yet, and the wound is healing fine. What about Histoplasmosis? All the symptoms fit. Anything else from being around the birds and their feces?

 

[chickenfat]

I've gotten pecked so many times. And really bruised & broken skin.I just put some peroxide on it.Maybe just a coincidence? Feel Better!

 

[muddypuddles]

I have read again and again that the test for the swine flu is only about 50% accurate and if you have flu symptoms now ( in the summer when other flu is dormant) it should be treated as flu with anti-viral drugs. I would get a second opinion or go the the hospital. There was a lady in my state that had the test three times negative and ended up in the hospital where they tested using a more accurate test and it was positive but too late.

 

[SpottedCrow]

I don't think the roo bite did anything...personally.

Sounds like you've got a good case of the flu.

You wouldn't get salmonella from a chicken bite, only if said chicken promptly pooped on the bite maybe.

Hope ya feel better.

 

[Andora]

If you're interested in alternative medicine, try grape fruit seed extract. (GSE) They sell it in a little white bottle at Whole Foods and also on amazon.com. It works SO well. Anytime I feel like I am coming down with something I take 10 drops in a glass of OJ 2-3 times a day for several days, and I don't get sick. It's an antiviral and an antibacterial. It even kills parasites but you have to take it for 5 days to kill them all, then again for 5 days in two weeks...

 

[sundance]

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are you taking any meds that would have an reaction to grapefruit? I take a blood thinner and cannot take or drink any thing grapefruit. but I have been pecked many times and with the blood thinner it usually bleeds, I use benidine, to disinfect it, IMO you need a second opinion from another dr. marrie