The presenter said the little boy was at home ill with the flu, but it was really just a cold. Whenever I have had flu it's never been accompanied by a cold. You'd have thought a programme like this would know the difference between a cold and the flu.
The presenter said the little boy was at home ill with the flu, but it was really just a cold. Whenever I have had flu it's never been accompanied by a cold. You'd have thought a programme like this would know the difference between a cold and the flu.
It did look like a cold. Some people describe themselves as having the flu when they have a cold, but as you say you'd expect accuracy on this show, so I'm guessing it really was the flu.
It's really been a fantastic series. One of the best documentary series I've seen in years.
The presenter said the little boy was at home ill with the flu, but it was really just a cold. Whenever I have had flu it's never been accompanied by a cold. You'd have thought a programme like this would know the difference between a cold and the flu.
You must have special powers to diagnose from edited tv pictures. From the BBC Health website for symptoms:
Symptoms include fever, headache, cough, sore throat and muscle aches. They appear quickly, last for about seven days and generally leave you exhausted for weeks afterwards. One minute you're fine, the next you've been knocked for six and are too ill to do anything.
It's different from the common cold, in which the symptoms tend to come on gradually, usually affecting only the nose, throat, sinuses and upper chest. When someone has a cold, they're still able to get about and usually recover fully after about a week. Flu can cause serious complications, including pneumonia, and can even be fatal.
You must have special powers to diagnose from edited tv pictures. From the BBC Health website for symptoms:
Symptoms include fever, headache, cough, sore throat and muscle aches. They appear quickly, last for about seven days and generally leave you exhausted for weeks afterwards. One minute you're fine, the next you've been knocked for six and are too ill to do anything.
It's different from the common cold, in which the symptoms tend to come on gradually, usually affecting only the nose, throat, sinuses and upper chest. When someone has a cold, they're still able to get about and usually recover fully after about a week. Flu can cause serious complications, including pneumonia, and can even be fatal.
No I don't have special powers, I just watched what was presented on screen. At one point the child had a streaming nose, as the presenter indelicately described the "snot" stage. A cold is not the flu.
Well, disappointed no exploration of auto-immune disease, but what's that compared to a double hand transplant? Amazing stuff.
He's got someone else's fingerprints now. Weird.
That hand transplant was absolutely incredible. I find it amazing that surgeons are able to do that, must be the most complicated wiring job of all time joining up all those muscles and veins. Also massively weird that the guy now has someone else's hands, that feels stranger to me than having someone else's heart or liver, not sure how I'd cope with that.
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Speak for yourself! :eek:
To be fair they havent really shown anything in graphic detail.
If they did, I'd be hiding behind my cushion.
Trust me
getting this on dvd
Same here, when it's released. I'm hoping they release a book as well. Just check ..... nah, they must be waiting to start on that.
Boourns
He's got someone else's fingerprints now. Weird.
It did look like a cold. Some people describe themselves as having the flu when they have a cold, but as you say you'd expect accuracy on this show, so I'm guessing it really was the flu.
It's really been a fantastic series. One of the best documentary series I've seen in years.
You must have special powers to diagnose from edited tv pictures. From the BBC Health website for symptoms:
Symptoms include fever, headache, cough, sore throat and muscle aches. They appear quickly, last for about seven days and generally leave you exhausted for weeks afterwards. One minute you're fine, the next you've been knocked for six and are too ill to do anything.
It's different from the common cold, in which the symptoms tend to come on gradually, usually affecting only the nose, throat, sinuses and upper chest. When someone has a cold, they're still able to get about and usually recover fully after about a week. Flu can cause serious complications, including pneumonia, and can even be fatal.
No I don't have special powers, I just watched what was presented on screen. At one point the child had a streaming nose, as the presenter indelicately described the "snot" stage. A cold is not the flu.
That hand transplant was absolutely incredible. I find it amazing that surgeons are able to do that, must be the most complicated wiring job of all time joining up all those muscles and veins. Also massively weird that the guy now has someone else's hands, that feels stranger to me than having someone else's heart or liver, not sure how I'd cope with that.
Brilliant series all round.