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The term flu is short for influenza. The term comes from the Italian for "influence". Meaning that some bad air or bad water influenced the event.

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What does Swine Flu stand for?

It stands for Influenza A H1N1.


What does the H1M1 stand for?

The disease developed from Influenza known as Swine Flu (also Schwein) Edit: It is called H1N1, not H1M1.


Are the flu and Swine Flu the same?

No, Swine Flu is just one strain of the many flu viruses. Flu is an abbreviation for influenza. So Swine Flu is a type of flu, but all flu is not the swine flu, there are other kinds.


Can I get the flu from receiving the flu shot?

No, you cannot get the flu from receiving the flu shot. The flu shot contains inactivated virus particles that cannot cause the flu.


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).


Can the flu cause neck pain and dizziness?

From personal experience, when sick with a cold or flu, I'm most of the time laying down. When I first stand up I mayexperience dizziness. And then it calms down, but other times it doesn't- generally I would not want to stand up for too long when sick.I would say dizziness lasts as long as you are in the build up or peak of your flu, once you start feeling better it should go away.


Is the Swine Flu the same as the tami flu?

Swine flu is a flu very similar to the regular flu. Tamiflu is a medicine that you take when you have swine flu or other types of influenza.


Which has worst side effects the flu or the flu vaccine?

The flu. One of the side affects of flu can be death.


What is the plural for flu?

flu


What doe N1 stand for?

H1N1 describes the class of viruses that have certain proteins on their outer envelope. Swine Flu fits into this class of proteins.


What are the different types of bird flu?

Swine Flu


How do you spell flu?

That is the correct spelling of "flu" (the flu, viral influenza).