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Chronic fatigue syndrome
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Why was CFS called Yuppie flu?
CFS was sometimes referred to as Yuppie flu because it seemed to often affect young, middle-class professionals
How can yuppie flu be prevented?
There is no virus called Yuppie Flu. It is a name given usually to a disorder called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Conditions usually are called a "Syndrome" when the underlying cause of a cluster of symptoms seen similarly in multiple patients has not been identified yet. This is the case with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. If you don't know what is causing it, you don't know what would prevent it. So, there is currently no prevention.
What is a urbanization professional called?
Yuppie
What is a young urban professional called?
Yuppie
Does the current Novel H1N1 Swine Flu contain elements of avian flu?
Yes. It does contain genetic material of Avian Flu in addition to three types of swine flu and also human flu viruses. (Avian flu is also called "Bird Flu"). When a virus mutates like this one did in pigs with five different genomes in the virus, it is called a quintuple reassortant (also known as reassortment) virus.The three types of swine flu genetic material in the A-H1N1/09 pandemic flu are American swine flu, Asian swine flu, and European swine flu.
What are other names for Chronic fatigue syndrome?
It has been called chronic fatigue and immune disorder (CFIDS), myalgic encephalomyelitis, low natural killer cell disease, post-viral syndrome, Epstein-Barr disease, and Yuppie flu
What respiratory infection is seasonal?
Influenza. Also called as flu.
How was the Swine Flu formed?
It is a desiease from pigs it is also called H1N1.
What is an immunization commonly known as a flu shot given to prevent?
A flu shot will prevent the type of influenza virus or viruses that have been used to make the vaccine. A,nd it may sometimes protect against a different, but very similar, strain.
When is the stomach flu season?
The "stomach flu" is most prevalent in winter in temperate climates and in summer in the tropics. For that reason, it used to also be called "winter flu". It is also sometimes called the Norwalk flu or Norwalk agent (a very large outbreak occurred in Norwalk, hence the name). It is actually not really the flu. What is most often called stomach flu is viral gastroenteritis. That just means an irritation of the stomach and intestines by a virus. It is very contagious and is commonly spread when people are gathered together in close proximity through person to person contact or fecal contamination of foods or water. Sometimes food borne illness/food poisoning that is due to bacteria is also mistakenly called the stomach flu. The viruses most commonly associated with viral gastroenteritis are Norovirus and Rotavirus.
Is the swine flue a fungus?
Swine Flu A-H1N1/09 is caused by a virus, not by a fungus. The virus is a Type A Influenza strain named A-H1N1/09 or also called the Pandemic Swine Flu virus among other names around the world.
What types of flu create the Swine Flu?
A mixture of the standard Human Flu, Bird Flu and Pig Flu. This creates a new strain of flu called swine flu (Influenza A H1 N1).
