Every time I get sick, I'm amazed by modern medicine (by medicine, I mean the science used to prevent, treat, or cure diseases and illnesses).
Yesterday afternoon I started feeling dizzy, and my fever reached 38.9C last night. I started taking oseltamivir (Tamiflu) at 5 PM yesterday. I woke up with a fever of 38.5C at 4 AM this morning, so I took another oseltamivir tablet. My temperature is now 37.1C, and I feel like the fever has basically subsided. (Although my nose and throat have not yet recovered, and I feel tired and weak from time to time)
I really didn't expect two things: first, I didn't expect the flu to be so contagious; second, I didn't expect oseltamivir to be so effective. I love modern medicine.
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In comparison, ibuprofen only bring down my temperature by 0.4C. Although ibuprofen is also a good medicine/drug, it only covers the symptoms, not the root cause. The oseltamivir stops the virus from spreading in your body, which fundamentally stop the infection, or stop the growth of the infection. This is amazing.
Also, for another comparison, my friend (the one who gave me the flu) had fever for more than 24 hours. And only after he went to the hospital and take oseltamivir, his fever is under control. Also based on my previous flu and covid experience, usually it takes days for my immune system to get virus under control.
I start taking oseltamivir as soon as I feel the fever, and my temperature go back to normal in less than 24 hours. So, yeah, this is amazing.
