'Consider more than flu'.A MAN whose mother died of meningitis after being misdiagnosed with swine flu has called for doctors to give more consideration to other illnesses when advising patients. Jasvir Kaur Gill, 48, was given a telephone diagnosis of swine flu and told to take Tamiflu after suffering from a sore throat Sore Throat Definition Sore throat, also called pharyngitis, is a painful inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the pharynx. It is a symptom of many conditions, but most often is associated with colds or influenza. and vomiting. But just 12 hours later the mother-of-three, from Leicester, collapsed of a heart attack and was rushed to hospital where she died four days later. An inquest opened into her death at Leicester Town Hall yesterday heard she died of meningococcal septicaemia septicaemia or septicemia Noun an infection of the blood which develops in a wound [Greek sēptos decayed + haima blood] septicemia, septicaemia - blood poisoning blood poisoning: see septicemia. caused by the same bacteria that causes meningitis. Her 25-year-old son Sukhvinder Gill called for doctors to consider other illnesses than swine flu when making diagnoses. Speaking after the hearing he said: "Everything these days seems to be about swine flu. "You've got a sore throat, they tell you to take Tamiflu, you've got a headache, they tell you to take Tamiflu. "Everyone seems to be swine flu, swine flu, swine flu. "What she had were also symptoms of meningitis, but they didn't think of that." Mr Gill said his family, who are Sikh, are "trying to get by." |
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