Cold and Flu

I have never heard of usin iodine to cure a sore throat, but iodine is an anti-infectant, in other words, it kills germs. Despite the fact that the cold is caused by a virus, a sore throat is often caused by bacteria, and so killing them will get rid of the sore throat. However, if you stop the iodine before they are all dead, your sore throat will get worse.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization are able to do lab tests to determine what kind of flu someone has. Each year, they investigate the different flu viruses occurring around the world. For the US, they test the types of viruses that have occurred on the other side of the world during their flu seasons before our flu season starts. If they see that there are new types of viruses infecting those people tested, new vaccines are made for us to take to prevent the new viruses in anticipation of them reaching us when it is our flu season. We are then usually prepared with immunity to that year's active virus strains for when our flu season starts.

In the 2009 Swine flu epidemic, the vaccine in the flu shots that were taken before that at the beginning of the flu season, was not protecting people from the type of flu that was spreading. It was also spreading at a time of year that was unusual for new ones to occur.

That is what caused doctors to wonder why things were different than they expected, and to want to find out exactly what was making the people sick. So they contacted the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and/or the World Health Organization (WHO) and initiated an investigation to see what the microbe was that was causing the illnesses and deaths. They were a little surprised to see that it was a totally new form of virus that had mutated in the interim.

At that point the CDC and WHO started alerting the medical communities around the world that a new type of flu was spreading and people did not have any immunity from vaccines or from having had similar types of flu viruses in the past.

It is that combination of events which started the activation of the epidemic prevention measures that are in place in the medical communities, CDC, and WHO. Those preparedness plans are there for this very type of infectious disease situation and help to keep us all safer from epidemics and pandemics.

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No just like ordinary flu it doesn't. That's why it's so important to wash your hands before you touch your face etc.

try soup , i know when i have a sore something .. i eat chicken noddle soup and i usually feel lot better .

yes

The weakened form of the virus or parts of inactivated virus strains to which the immunity from the vaccine is desired. There will also be other ingredients that preserve and prepare the compound for administration. See related question below.

Absolutely not.

all the nosodes are based on the like antibiotics theory. but antibiotics also harms the white blood cells.and nosodes are not

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Homeopathy medicines for bacterial infections: Curcuma Longa, Einbelia Ribes, Azardica Indica, Emblica Oficinale Belladona and pyrogenum

Actually, the symptoms of Crohns disease are very similar to those of the flu. Most undiagnosed Crohns patients believe for a long period of time that they actually have the flu when in fact they are having a flare of Crohns disease. On the reverse, a veteran patient of Crohns will often experience the symptoms of the flu and suspect they are having a flare. The treatments for each are very different, so a Crohns patient needs to seek medical attention as soon as possible.

I dont know the name of this flu but it is the worst i have ever had. I am going on day 9 and have not had a cold or flu in about 10 years.

It started with the most horrible cold shakes and a temp of 102 for 3 days, then it went into my lungs, i could not breathe, it was awful, i thought i was going to suffocate to death! Now i have the touch of nausea and still pretty weak. This is lasting so long! Pray you don't get it! Its the worst.

interval- flu vaccine and the shingles vaccine

How long is the flu contagious would depend on the severity of the flu. If your symptoms are subsiding now then you might not pass it on to your family.

A flu shot clinic is a place where you can go to receive the flu vaccine. During flu season these clinics are set up so that more people can be seen to receive the vaccine.

mono is a kissing sickness. one way you can help is DON'T kiss anyone. even your boy or girl friend.

Kissing is one way of spreading mono. It's caused by a virus, and is spread in much the same way as the flu. Like when you have flu, you'll want to get plenty of rest and liquids. A few important things you should not do--even more so than with the flu--are strenuous activities, heavy lifting, or contact sports. Mono can enlarge your spleen, and leave it vulnerable to rupture. It may be a month or more before you can begin to resume normal activities. You would want guidance from your doctor as to when these strenuous activities are allowable.

The first Swine flu viruses were isolated in 1930 in the United States in pigs.

The most famous early swine flu outbreak in humans was in 1976 at Fort Dix, New Jersey where four soldiers who were previously healthy contracted the virus and developed pneumonia diagnosed by X-ray with other symptoms of the flu. One died as a result. The virus was thought to have circulated approximately a month in the close quarters of the group in basic training but not outside the group, then it disappeared.

In the fall of 1988, a previously healthy 32-year-old pregnant woman was hospitalized for pneumonia and died 8 days later. A swine H1N1 flu virus was detected. Four days before getting sick, the patient visited a county fair swine exhibition where there was widespread influenza-like illness among the swine.

The 2009 pandemic of Influenza A, Novel H1N1 "swine flu" was first detected in Mexico City and was made public March 18, 2009. This new strain of virus has been tracked back to a child from a small village in Mexico (where there was close proximity to hog farms) as the probable first infected individual.

The village was La Gloria, a small town in southern Mexico. La Gloria has about 3,000 people, and it is now believed the first human cases of the Novel H1N1 Influenza probably started there. The first known person to have contracted the 2009 H1N1 Influenza was a young boy named Edgar Hernandez from La Gloria. He survived the virus.

Although a particular pig farm in Mexico was thought to have perhaps had the first case of the flu among pigs, the Mexican government tested and found no evidence of that at the farm. It is now believed that the first case among pigs was more likely at a different farm in Texas.

The first cases in the US were discovered in March and early April in Southern California and near San Antonio, Texas. See the related question below about what caused this recent pandemic.

Sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (TMP-SMX) is an antibiotic primarily used to treat bacterial infections, not viral ones like the common cold or chest colds, which are often caused by viruses. Using antibiotics for viral infections can contribute to antibiotic resistance and may not provide any benefit. If a chest cold is accompanied by bacterial complications, a healthcare provider should be consulted for appropriate treatment.

You should not play sports when you are suffering from a cold. As at that time when you have a cold, your immunity goes down. Due to that, you would suffer different diseases. So I suggest that you should fully recover from the cold and only then you should play the sport.

If this is a common occurrence, please get the advise from your doctor

If this is a common occurrence, please get the advise from your doctor

If this is a common occurrence, please get the advise from your doctor

If this is a common occurrence, please get the advise from your doctor

If this is a common occurrence, please get the advise from your doctor

If this is a common occurrence, please get the advise from your doctor

Hot water with a slice of ginger and some honey should work. Or just hot water/honey.

No, there wasn't.

ferrets do not get colds, however they can catch influenza virus (flu)