Cold and Flu

So that the virus has plenty of host animals from which to hijack cells to be used for replication/reproduction of the virus. See the related questions on this page for how it is spread.

Yes it can.

You mean swine flu? I it is a new flu virus, very deadly to aged and young people.

No, peroxide is dangerous to your health and has no beneficial effect whatsoever. If anything, it will damage your throat more, possibly giving it permanent chemical scarring.

If you are sick with an influenza illness, like Swine Flu (A-H1N1/09), the symptoms typically resolve after 3-7 days, for most people, without treatment with an anti-viral medication like Tamiflu. By the end of that time, most, if not all, of the virus particles have been destroyed (neutralized) and filtered from your body. With Tamilflu, studies have shown that the recovery is 1.3 days faster for participants taking Tamiflu than those who were given a placebo. So, it would likely follow that the virus would be destroyed and filtered from your body when treated with Tamiflu after 1.7 to 5.7 days. The typical length of time Tamiflu is prescribed is 5 days.

Defibrillation should not be performed on a patient who has a pulse or is alert, as this could cause a lethal heart rhythm disturbance or cardiac arrest.

It is easy for people to tell if they have a sore throat, but difficult to know what has caused it without laboratory tests. Diagnosis of a sore throat by a doctor begins with a physical examination of the throat and chest.laboratory tests.

Yes, there can be a local infection from a contaminated needle from a flu shot and that would be called cellulitis. However, many people can get a red, sore, slightly swollen area at the flu injection site from the desired immune response. This usually goes away in a few days. It gets better from exercising the muscle into which the shot was injected. If it is more than two days after the shot and the redness or inflammation is still increasing, then you should seek advice from your health care professional.

You do not categorize virus into hidden or active category. That way, every virus is hidden inside the cell. It can not grow outside the cell. Every virus is active. Otherwise it would have disappeared from the race of life. It is very interesting to know about the virus. Now you study it. Tomorrow the world will learn from you.

Yes.. it's very normal to have eye pain with a fever/// Because of the blood flow diff. b/c of tempaturess =]

No. Influenza viruses, including avian "bird" flu have no cells at all.

Any type of viral infection is caused by lytic viruses. These types of infections include pneumonia, influenza, and the common cold.

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Swine flu came to Hong Kong in 2009

No. Only a positive HIV test means you have HIV. Individual symptoms can be caused by any number of factors, not just HIV (not even just a virus). If you suspect you may have contracted HIV, you should seek medical advice IMMEDIATELY.

An epidemic is an outbreak of an infectious disease that has spread beyond the local community (that is called an outbreak) but has not gone world wide (that is called a pandemic). An epidemic is regional and indicates that the infection is spreading in a wider region than an outbreak but not as far as a pandemic spreads.

no you shouldn't the flu is contagious you wouldn't want to get your child sick unless he has the shot for that flu

Patients who have had photocoagulation therapy for retinal detachment are asked to have a friend or family member drive them home after the procedure. The reason for this precaution is that the eye medication used to dilate the pupil of the patient's eye will make it difficult for them to see to drive and can cause uncomfortable photosensitivity, requiring dark glasses.

Once home, the patient should rest. They will have instructions to resume their regular medicines, except eye drops in the eye that had the photocoagulation. They can eat, but the meal should be kept light. Pain relievers may be required. After surgery an eye patch will have been applied to the affected eye. This should be worn until the physician takes it off at the follow up appointment, usually the next day. There will need to be care of the patch to keep it clean and dry, the instructions will be provided by your doctor or his staff. You may be prescribed eye drops that you will be instructed to use. The shield over the eye patch must be worn at night during sleep and may be required during the day as well. Some doctors will allow the patch off during the day if glasses are worn to prevent injury while the patch and shield are off.

Prednisone, azathioprine, and tacrolimus are often combined with cyclosporine for better results.

Dushanda is the collection of numbers of medical herbs put togather. These can be boiled in water and extracts can be given to kids or adults. Good for Cough and cold.

The only clear beneficiaries of a bad flu season are stores like Wal-Mart

Not unless the damp patch is a breeding ground for viruses.

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On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the worst pain ever, it is probably almost always less than 1. I would liken it to a prick from a thorn or splinter, or more than a bug bite but less than a bee sting or similar to poking yourself with a sewing needle or straight pin by accident.

It can vary depending on what medicine is in the shot, some medicines sting or burn as they are going in (it helps if they are injected slowly). Thick medicines also hurt more and slow injection also helps prevent that. But these two circumstances still would be less than 1 on the pain scale in most cases.

If the medicine is not an irritant to tissue and if the injection is done correctly, you may not even feel it. If you feel it, it lasts only a second or two just as the needle goes in. Count, "1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi, ... " and see how fast it goes.

Influenza vaccinations, for example, are given in small quantities and the needles used are not very big when injecting into the muscle as most flu shots are. There are even smaller (90% smaller) needles used when you get the newest intradermal vaccines. They go into the layers of the skin, not as deep as muscle or subcutaneous injections. They are good for those with needle phobias and, these almost never hurt.

Sometimes some people will get a sore arm the next day from vaccinations. It can feel like a strained muscle and might be very sore to the touch, have reddish skin and be slightly swollen. This is a normal reaction to the immune response that the vaccine is causing, and it is noticed more at the local site of the injection at first. It should go away in a matter of days and the more you use your arm, the faster that will improve.

Shots in the arm are really usually no big deal.

it is called a whooping cough