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Sit down and relax. Drink a lot of Gatorade and water and also eat soup. Wash your hands after blowing your nose or after coughing and sneezing and cover your mouth and nose if you do cough or sneeze. Avoid spreading the virus to others by avoiding close body contact, shaking hands, etc. You may not get the virus from the exposure, but you will not know until symptoms show. You can be contagious and spread the flu for 1-2 days before you even have symptoms, so consider yourself infected and take all precautions to avoid spreading it. See the related questions below for more information.
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∙ 8y agoThere's really no sure-fire way to prevent it. The best way to prevent flu is to have a flu vaccine every year. That way, even if you get a strain that's not in the vaccine, your flu will be much less severe and just feel like a cold to you. Be sure you are as healthy as you can be, and your body will probably be able to fight off a cold on its own - eat right, take vitamins daily, get enough sleep and exercise, and drink enough water daily.
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How do you get exposed to the flu?
You get the Flu be generally being with people that are infected. You can also get them by being in a unclean atmosphere or house/bulding.
What sentence can you make with the word flu?
I caught the flu after being exposed to someone who was sick.
What if you have been exposed and did not have a flu shot?
You may get the flu. Next year get the flu vaccination.
Who gets the Swine Flu?
Most people who are not vaccinated against the swine flu or who have not had the swine flu will get it if exposed to it. Those who have had the vaccines will be immune.
If you are exposed to the Swine Flu can you still get it?
yes
If you are around a person who is not exhibiting flu symptoms but comes down with the flu a few hours after leaving you are you exposed to the flu?
yes
How do people gain resistance to illnesses such as the flu mumps whooping cough and German measles?
By being exposed to the disease (catching it) or by vaccination.
How do people today gain resistance to illnesses such as the flu mumps whooping cough and German measles?
By being exposed to the disease (catching it) or by vaccination.
Will a flu vaccine help after being exposed to it?
Unless you have specific lab tests to identify the exact strain of the flu to which you were exposed, you would be better off to get the shot than assume you don't need the shot and risk getting exposed to it later. A better treatment for prevention of flu after exposure and/or reduction in severity and duration of symptoms, could be Tamiflu. Check with your health care professional if you think you have been exposed, to be most effective, the anti-viral medicines should be taken in the first 40 hours after exposure.
Flu and holidays?
Alternative NamesHolidays and the fluInformationQuestion:Why is the flu more common during the winter holiday season?Answer:The combination of being indoors more frequently, being exposed to more people at social occasions, and being under increased stress during the winter holidays can explain the higher incidence of the flu. The winter holiday season also often occurs during the peak or near peak of the annual flu "epidemic."See: Influenza
When do you get the flu?
Usually during the flu season, but not exclusively. For example the H1N1/09 pandemic began in spring 2009 and continued throughout the next several seasons. You catch the flu when you are exposed to the flu viruses.
Who can get the virus the flu?
Anyone exposed to the virus can potentially become ill. In addition to humans, many animals have a type of flu they can get, too.
