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Cold and Flu
Questions and answers about the "Common Cold"; symptoms in the upper respiratory tract like sneezing, scratchy throat, and runny nose, but adults don't typically have fevers. Colds are usually caused by the rhinovirus (up to 40% of colds), or Coronaviruses (about 20%), but there are more than 200 viruses that can cause the common cold. Also questions about the seasonal flu, also called "regular flu", caused mostly by Type A and Type B Influenza viruses. Flu starts with similar symptoms as a cold only it hits faster and harder and usually includes fever in adults. Although the "stomach flu" is a common term, it is not a real diagnosis. The proper medical term for stomach flu is gastroenteritis (an intestinal disease, sometimes viral but also bacterial), it is often mistaken for influenza because the flu can sometimes include vomiting and diarrhea.
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What to put on aching flu shot arms?
The best treatment is using the arm as you normally would. It will hurt more at first, but the more you use it the better it will feel. I make myself use my arm as soon as possible after the shot and don't "favor" it at all. I ask for the injection to be put in the arm I use most often so that I have no choice but to use it and make it better even if I don't want to at first.
Otherwise, you can put a warm water compress on the site of the shot by running very warm water (not hot) on a towel or thick wash cloth and lay it on the spot for 20 minutes several times a day, re-warming as it cools off during that time period. Often NSAIDS (medicines like fever reducers: Tylenol, Ibuprofen, etc....but don't use aspirin for children or teenagers) will ease the ache, too, if they are medicines you can take.
What to expect in a stomach flu?
you have a pain i your stumic you g\feel tired and you cough and burp alot
When you go through periods of not smoking, like when you're sleeping at night, your damaged cilia can't move the phlegm up to your throat where you can swallow it. Smoking does cause extra mucus to develop in order to get foreign toxins out of your lungs. This makes you cough.
Would the flu cause blisters on your hands and feet?
If you have had a fever and sore throat, chances are that you have hand-foot-mouth disease. It is a virus that children usually get, but I think adults can get it too. It is contagious.
Can you catch the same cold twice if you 've already gotten over it?
However, you can catch a second kind of cold virus after having a different kind before. The reason this happens fairly frequently is that common cold viruses mutate quickly into new forms. The virus may change only a tiny tiny bit, but technically, what you would be contracting causing a second cold is a mutatedstrain of the same cold virus, or a different one of the many hundreds of cold viruses around at any given time.
Your immune system makes anitbodies and has sort of a "memory card" so to speak, of the exact virus you had so that you can't get the same one again.
See the related question below for more detail about viral infections and the immune system.
What main substance would an influenza vaccine contain?
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Anything that does not contain codeine. Just be careful because there is alcohol and DM in cold meds and they can depress the nervous system.. Just use it as it says on the box and you should be ok.
How long does the arm ache for after having the swine flu jab?
It hurted for about 3 days for me. But it edventually went away
Is a below normal temp something to worry about if you have flu like symptoms?
People often have a below normal temp. when they are in a cold climate-outdoors. Also first thing upon waking. If if you've had a drink of soemthing within about 15 min. of taking your oral temp. The flu normally presents with a fever, though in the case of the swine flu it may not. Try taking your temp at different times of the day. And if you have flu like symptoms, treat yourself as if you have the flu. Rest, Fluids and see your doc.
Will penicillin treat congestion and flu symptoms?
No, not unless the symptoms are caused by a secondary bacterial infection. Antibiotics like penicillin work only on bacteria. The flu is caused by a virus for which antibiotics have no curative effects.
How long when they are fever free with the flu are they contagious?
The US CDC has indicated that after 24 straight hours without a fever measured with a thermometer (while not taking any fever reducers) people can return to work and school and are considered no longer contagious. See the related question below about the incubation period and stages of a flu infection.
What can be done medically for a person infected with a virus?
For many viral infections, anti-viral medications will help. Tamiflu, for example, when given within 40 - 48 hours of first symptoms, can significantly reduce symptoms and shorten the duration of a bout of the flu. Other types of anti-viral medications help with other types of virus infections. For example, Acyclovir is often prescribed for common viral infections such as a cold sore/fever blister. In many viral infections, time, to allow your immune system to cure the infection, is the only medicine. But, in the interim, while your body does the work to "kill" the virus, symptoms can be treated (such as cough medicine for coughs, fever reducers for fevers, etc.).
"Prevention is the best medicine", is a well-known saying, and it is true. Keeping vaccinations up to date is a crucial component of any plan for infection control. It will not only prevent your infection, but it also provides one less infected person to spread the disease to those who can not take vaccines (such as infants under six months old in the case of flu vaccines, etc.). Proper hygiene is also a crucial part of prevention. See the related question on this page for info on how to wash hands to protect against germs.
What can cure sore throat naturally?
For old people it is best to give them natural products such as hot water, warm milk with turmeric or some hot soups. This will soothe the throat. You could also read up on the internet about what to take for a sore throat. It will give you many home remedies.
Yes when you take sugar when you have a cold, it will make your cold worse.
Does metformin interfere with flu shot?
Metformin does not interfere with the effectiveness of the flu shot. While diabetes may decrease immunization response, it's important for diabetics to get immunized for flu.
How many people in the US had the flu in 2013?
We are still right in the midst of the current epidemic; it is a little early to be looking for totals.
Do you have a cold if you only have a slight cough and no other symptoms?
Not really. Unless you have a sore throat and runny nose along with the cough, then you don't have a cold.
I doubt it, A fever is to do with the immune system, Its best to be warm and plenty of water, Its just a stupid rumour that is going around stick to what you believe as your mind is the most powerful thing to beat illness and your immune system.
Pigeon fever is really hard to get rid of, it swells in the chest part of a horse. Ive been told its contagious..so watch out! wrong it only depends on what type of pigeon you have
the black fever started in 1348 and ended in 1350.
With a fever of 104.2 a very bad cough chills extreme fatigue and vomiting do you have the flu?
that sounds like something i'd take seriously
Why do you have a habit of coughing and how can you stop?
im really sorry to hear that if you have it. but i say you should talk to your doctor.
Could a 6 year old child's daily stomach ache and mouth blister be related to H1N1 vaccine?
That would be unlikely to have any relationship with the vaccine.
But a daily stomach ache in a 6 year old should be evaluated by their pediatrician.
Mouth blisters are a common condition in children that age caused by a different virus and they are called Herpangina. They are typically caused by Coxsackie group A viruses, not influenza viruses or vaccines.
Is it true that going outside with wet hair wh?
i am not sure what the question is but i can assume that you were asking if you go outside with wet hair can you get sick. the answer is no you cannot.
Tamiflu is a prescription medication used to treat the influenza, or flu, virus. It can shorten the duration of the flu if taken as soon as symptoms start.
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