Cold and Flu

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Hi Dear ,We live in north shore kamloops, and where can we go to have flu short ( free ) ?

Please let us know ,Thanks

Seasonal Flu - NOVEMBER 26 - MONDAY LAST CHANCE NO APPOINTMENT NEC

9am-4pm CALVARY CHURCH ON ROGERS WAY.

The rest are done with appointments only (with children)

Dec.10, Dec.17 845 am-345pm at the health unit on columbia st.

Also, appointments only Jan.7,14,28 at the health unit on columbia st. same times

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health unit number is 250-851 7300

Thats it for flu clinics in kamloops. the rest is done through pharmacy, doctors office etc.

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In general, no - most veterinarians will not vaccinate a horse with a fever because the immune system typically doesn't react as well to the vaccine. It is usually better to wait until a few days after the fever breaks and the infection is resolved before giving vaccines.

Many assume that a Cold is caused by the changes in weather, but there are other reasons directly related to 'Catching a Cold'. 1. If you 'believe' you will catch a cold, you will. Mental attitude has a lot to do with how you feel.

2. Many people do not realize that a cold can be induced by stomach acid being expelled upwards while sleeping, then breathed back into the lungs, creating a cough (mucus in the lungs). If you are a smoker, chances are you don't respond to foreign liquids in your lungs the way that a non smoker would, so you can develop more sever coughs and other accompanying symptoms.

3. Lack of humidity in the air, caused by either A/C, or heating units, can cause the hair in you nose, to become brittle and ineffective at straining debris out of the air, resulting in dust and other items being inhaled. This again will create mucus in the lungs.

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Yes, they do. This is because the immune system can find the swine flu viruses in your body and inactivate ("kill") them and will then remember how it did that so if you were to ever get exposed to swine flu after that, your body would already know how to fight it.

Most healthy persons can walk distances with a cough, unless the person has bronchitis or pneumonia or another chronic ailment. However, cold air can make breathing more difficult.

http://www.cdc.gov/FLU/protect/keyfacts.htm

Do you or did you smoke? If the answer is yes, and you've done it for a long time, it could be chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. You really should talk to your doctor about your symptoms.

Try the divers equalization method -- hold the nose tight shut and attempt to blow out your nose, but use caution as detailed below from http://www.humankinetics.com/products/showexcerpt.cfm?excerpt_id=3197 You can make several movements to open the ends of the eustachian tubes where they connect with the throat. Swallowing, yawning, lifting the base of your tongue, and jutting the jaw forward (either individually or in combination) should produce a cracking sound in your ears. The opening of the tubes causes the sound. Some divers are fortunate because they can use simple movements to equalize pressure in their ears during descent. Most people require a more forceful means of equalization. Many divers use a technique known as the Toynbee maneuver, which you do by blocking your nostrils, closing your mouth, and swallowing. The Valsalva maneuver is even more forceful and is done by blocking your nostrils, closing your mouth, and gently attempting to exhale. You must avoid excessive force when you use the Valsalva method or you can damage your ears permanently by rupturing the round window. When pressure in the outer ear increases, the eardrum bulges inward. The bones of hearing in the middle ear transmit the movement to the oval window in the inner ear. When you attempt to exhale against closed airways, you create an internal pressure on your inner ears. The attempted exhalation pressure in conjunction with the external pressure exerted on the oval window can cause the round window to rupture, a serious injury that can result in a permanent high-frequency hearing loss and constant ringing in the ear. Because you control how hard you attempt to exhale in a Valsalva maneuver, you can prevent this injury. Be careful!

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the Asian flu originated from a mutation in wild ducks combining with a human strain of virus. it first broke out in Singapore, but then was found in hongkong.

First off, I am not a doctor, but am in nursing school. As I am sure you know, it is difficult to say what you may have without seeing you in person. Based on what you have said, here's where my mind goes: You may have thrush, which would account for the white "fur" on your tongue. Thrush is a yeast infection and is very easy to cure in most cases, and it is often caused by certain antibiotics and corticosteroids. The red bumps may be irritation due to the thrush, or could possibly be a sign of scarlet fever, which is strep throat with a rash. Either way, I suggest you seek medical attention. Thrush is easy enough to treat, but you do want to rule out scarlet fever, which is caused by streptococcus bacterium and is known to cause some pretty ugly diseases that in many cases won't go away on their own. It is highly contagious and can cause some serious diseases such as rheumatic fever, pneumonia, and rheumatic heart disease. Good luck :-)

With a bad chest cold you generally cough a great deal and since organs are attached to the spin the coughing will make the body ache (especially the back, ribs and stomach. Please see your doctor to get medication to stop the constant coughing.

Your brain recieves signals from your skin receptors that tells your brain that your temperature is too hot. You produce sweat from your sweat glands, which cools your body down. The hairs on your arms lie flat against your skin so that no hot air can be trapped there. Your capillaries that are near the surface of your skin dilate/get widen so that more blood can get to the surface and so that more heat can be lost.

I don't know if Hall's Cough Drops has an herbal formula, so I don't think it can cure a sore throat. Herbal cough drops with echinacea and goldenseal are an excellent remedy though when taken with herbal capsules as well.

Cold weather may cause a runny nose, and occasional sneezing, and both colds and the flu can be airborne. Therefore, its all in the bodys reaction to cold weather.

During the pandemic in 2009, the number of people age 65 and over who were catching the flu was much lower than the usual infection rates for that group with other types of the flu prior to that. The elderly usually make up the largest demographic group that get, have complications with, and die from influenza. There are approximately 36,000 deaths in the US from seasonal influenza each year. This group was less likely than younger people to get and have complications with the 2009 pandemic swine flu. It was not clear why, but speculations of epidemiologists were that those in that age group perhaps had some "carry over" immunity from having had a similar strain of flu in their past medical history and it gave them protection from the 2009 pandemic swine flu H1N1/09.

The elderly have a lower response by the immune system to new viral invasions and to new vaccines than those in other age groups, due to their age affecting the system's functioning and due to their having other systemic underlying disorders that add to the inability to cope with the infections as well as they had in the past.

The majority of gerontologists and immunologists still recommend that, of all demographic groups, the elderly are most in need of annual flu vaccinations and, therefore, should be vaccinated annually. Boosters of flu vaccines are proving to be helpful to many (and especially the elderly) to keep the immune system "primed" and ready to jump at a moments notice if viral invaders are discovered attempting to "break into" your cells to cause infection.

Infectious disease specialists, pediatricians, primary care physicians and even obstetricians recommend that all of their patients who can, should get the annual influenza vaccinations.

That information is no longer being kept or made available. The counts of cases of H1N1/09 is no longer done. Testing is not often done to determine the type of flu and states are no longer required to report separate counts of H1N1 flu infections to the CDC in the US. Most, if not all, countries are no longer keeping counts, but monitoring of the total incidences of flu during the flu season is still continuing.

the danger is if you touch your eyes mouth and nose that is how the virus enters your body that is why it is so important to wash your hands often

Unless you had toothaches prior to experiencing any flu symptoms, it's most likely related. The roots of your upper teeth are in very close proximity to your sinus cavities. So if you have a sinus infection or inflammation in that area your teeth can be sore from the pressure on the roots.