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Nowadays anything back related is suspect, whether it's true or not.

Personally I find that less info is better. Call in sick. That's it. I don't pretend to cough, or sound sick. Half the time I don't even call. Just shoot an email in. But things like this are pretty lax where I'm at.

Unless your company has a doctors note policy for a single day, they have no need for details and most people don't really care what's wrong with their coworkers as long as it doesn't affect/infect them. When folks call in to me with lots of details and info, I tend to not believe them, and am usually correct.