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As Infectious Diseases go, it is not that hard for the body to fight and the immune system can usually fight it within 7 to 10 days. Sometimes two weeks, like in some people with H1N1, but a normal healthy person with a healthy immune system can fight a flu virus faster than it can fight a bacterial infection in many cases, especially without other treatment like antibiotics to help.
The flu virus is hard to fight with any medications, which is the opposite of most bacterial infections. There are not many medications for treating the flu and there are no medicines that "kill" the virus outright like antibiotics that we have to kill bacteria.
Viruses are able to mutate rapidly and make little changes to their shape, protein coatings and other things to help them avoid the defenses the body may have developed to it before the mutation. The body must start all over again to build immunity to the newest mutation. This makes it so that more and more "new" viruses are developing all the time that we have to one by one fight and create antibodies for protection against. This "getting-around-our-immune-systems" defense" is how viruses continue to infect and replicate even after we have inactivated a prior version of the virus with our antibodies.
What else can I help you with?
Can an antibody help fight off the flu virus?
Yes.
What organism does the flu virus represent?
The flu virus is a virus. It is a non-living particle that infects living cells, takes over their machinery and makes more of themselves.
Is theraflu an antibiotic?
No.Tamiflu is an antiviral that makes it harder for the flu virus to spread within the body.Antibiotics fight bacteria which would be useless on the flu which is a virus not a bacteria.
What is the influenza virus so hard to combat?
The Flu virus is so hard to combat because viruses can not be killed you just have to tough them out.
Should you get a flu shot when you have bell's palsy?
It won't hurt; the flu vaccine is non-virulent and won't lower your immune system while it makes antibodies to the influenza virus. It will still be able to fight off the Bell's Palsy virus (herpes).
Is the flu linked to a virus?
Yes flu is a virus
Why do doctors inject you with the flu virus to get rid of it?
its just like the anti live virus! its the virus but manipulated to attack its self, it that makes sense?
What cause Avion Flu?
Avian Flu is caused by the virus like Flu virus in man. This virus has evolved with birds.
Is amoxicillin good for flu?
No, swine flu is a virus and amoxicillin is an antibiotic which means it only fights bacteria. The effects of Swine flu can lead to infections that may or may not require the use of an antibiotic like amoxilin. However the amoxilin does not fight the Swine flu virus it fights the infection that is caused by the original presence of the virus. Your immune system takes care of the virus.
What is the avian flu virus?
its a flu
Is the flu a bacteria?
No, the flu is caused by a virus.
How is the flu virus pervasive?
The flu virus is pervasive in that it is a common virus which is spread from person to person generally in the cold months. There are several sub-categories of the flu virus, and the flu shot will usually contain 2 or three of these variations annually.
