Can you get Swine Flu twice?

[Inseriousity.]

Better safe than sorry imo. Although doctors aren't a fan of self-diagnosis from the internet

[Lgq]

yeah you can easily get it again, the flu virus is renowned for it's ability to mutate relatively fast that's why people can become sick from it up to about eight times a year

[FlyingJesus]

I thought that I did cause' on the website it says what symptoms you get and I basically had all of them:

unusual tiredness
headache
runny nose
sore throat
shortness of breath or cough
loss of appetite
aching muscles

i've also been vomiting a lot but all of them are on the website

All 'flu types have those symptoms, it's rather unlikely that you'll get swine flu right now those symptoms can also just be a bad cold, which is likely the case if you're ok to be up and about rather than completely bedbound

[Phil]

You probably don't have swine flu, is the whole charade not over? Anyway yes, you could receive it again when it was still around whcih is why it was so important you didn't re-use your tissues etc

[Catzsy]

I've had it since I was 4/5 so I think most people can

They can if they pay for it otherwise under 60 you have to be in an 'at risk' group. I have it because I am asthmatic.

[HotelUser]

Better safe than sorry imo. Although doctors aren't a fan of self-diagnosis from the internet

You should meet my doctor

Becca to repeat what I said before this is not the same strand of flu because you cannot get the same flu twice because your body already has the antibodies and memory cells to fit against it.

Go to the doctor, you obviously have a sort of flu that needs to be treated anyway

[Circadia]

If you had the flu you wouldn't be on the computer posting about it as you would be more than likely bed bound. Also, swine flu hasn't stopped at all just the cases of it have dropped dramatically. On the news the other day it said that there had been 15 death from swine flu this year, so swine flu has definitely not gone away.

[Narnat,]

I don't think their is a high percentage that you could get it. However there is a first for everything..