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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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How do you describe common cold in a layman's language?
A virus that is inside our body that may make u sneeze, cough, may cause sore throat.
Not that research turns up. The flu pandemic and epidemics are audited (reviewed) by various scientists for different reasons. The vaccine use and side effects/adverse reactions are monitored through case audits, and etc., but "Audit" as a type of flu is not located, at least in the English language.
What is the disease with the symptoms of long perido of short fast coughs ending with a 'whoop'?
it is called a whooping cough
Do they tell you right away if you have the Swine Flu?
No, it takes about 4 days before doctors can tell if you have Swine Flu.
What are solutions of killed or weakened viruses?
One such example would be a vaccine for viral illnesses. They can be made from attenuated (weakened) viruses or from inactivated viruses or pieces of them.
How do you use phlegm in a sentence?
Cough medicines may help either to control coughing or loosen the phlegm.
Sometimes a person may start to feel very tired, headache, 12 hour diarrhea or vomiting which only lasts a short time.
What can you do about cough and white mucus?
If i were you, i would go straight to your doctor to see whats going on.
Can you get the flu from someone who just got a flu shot and got sick from it?
It isn't possible for a flu shot to give someone the flu. The shot is made from inactive ("dead") virus particles that can not cause infection. They just provide the "pattern" of that particular virus strain to cause your immune system to react by making the right antibodies that will "kill" the same strain (pattern) of flu if a "live" particle ever does enter your body.
It is unlikely, but possible, for the flu vaccine that is given in a nasal spray to cause the flu in someone who has a very weak or compromised immune system, such as due to HIV/AIDS, or chemotherapy, for example. The vaccine for use with the nasal administration is made from active virus particles that have been weakened so they won't be strong enough to cause infections, except in extremely rare situations in a specific demographic group.
However, people in close association and physical contact with the person who got the nasal spray vaccine could also, theoretically, get the flu from exposure to that "live" virus in the nasal spray, so precautions are recommended for those people with poorly functioning immune systems to avoid close contact with someone who has just had the nasal vaccine (they should only use flu shots and are not supposed to take the nasal type of vaccinations themselves either).
When you get a flu shot, it can take your body two weeks before you develop full immunity. If you were around someone who had the flu after getting a flu shot, they probably either had a different strain of flu than was included in the vaccine; or they were already infected immediately before getting the shot, but had not yet shown the symptoms; or they caught the virus between the time they got the shot and when their body had developed the full immunity.
If any of the last three scenarios occurred, then you would be able to catch that flu from them.
See the related question below, "If you had the flu shot and you get the flu what happened?" about what might have happened if you had the flu vaccination but still got the flu, for more details of the possible, but unusual circumstances, that could allow this to occur.
If you have the flu already will a flu shot work?
The flu shots are to prevent the flu, not to treat the flu.
It will not be necessary to get a flu shot after you have had the flu, if you know what type of flu you had for sure (by lab testing). If you are not sure that it was the seasonal flu or another type of flu (like swine flu), then taking a vaccination will be a good idea to be sure you are protected for the other strains of flu. It will not hurt to take a flu shot for the same type of flu you had, and if the vaccine is for a different type, then you will have that added protection. You should usually wait until after the symptoms of active fever are gone before getting a flu shot, though.
Flu shots work by exposing you to a small amount of weakened or dead viruses that cause a specific flu, or sometimes the vaccine will cover several (the seasonal flu vaccine usually contains three strains), so that your body can build immunity to them before being exposed to the full strength viruses in the environment.
For the 2009 - 2010 flu season in the US, you are encouraged to get two vaccinations for the flu. One for the seasonal flu (it protects against three flu strains) and one for the A-H1N1/09 swine flu. If you have not had lab confirmation of the type of flu you already have had, then the CDC still recommends you get both vaccines.
If contracted Swine Flu do you develop immunities from further contraction?
Yes. Once you have caught swine flu you cannot catch it again.
Is bloody nose a sign of Swine Flu?
It is not a typical sign of the swine flu, however since the upper respiratory system that involves the sinuses and nose are attacked along with the lungs by the A-H1N1/09 Swine Flu, it could be possible. You would want to look for more than one of the typical symptoms of swine flu as well, to suspect the flu. Nosebleeds depending on the age of the person, can be signs of other serious problems such as high blood pressure, so it would be good to contact your health care provider to report this symptom and determine if your doctor needs to examine you for potential other problems.
See the related question below about other symptoms of Swine Flu.
How long after exhibiting symptoms of the flu or swine flu does the nasal swab rapid flu test work?
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Is the turtle flu caused by pollution?
There is no disease that people get that is officially called Turtle Flu, however, there may be some people who call the gastrointestinal infection caused by the bacteria Salmonella, that is common in turtles, "Turtle Flu". It causes symptoms similar to those of "stomach flu".
Neither "stomach flu" nor Salmonella infections are really flu/influenza. Flu is a respiratory disease in humans caused by a virus and most influenza viruses are not frequently associated with gastrointestinal symptoms.
There are viruses that cause diarrhea and vomiting that are often incorrectly called "stomach flu". The specific virus that causes this is often the Norovirus and not an influenza type of virus.
Salmonella is a bacterium found commonly in turtles and you should be warned to not touch them in the wild, and to be sure if you do that you wash your hands as soon as possible to remove any bacteria housed by the turtle. Salmonella is the common bacteria that causes the most prevalent type of "Food Poisoning". My guess would be that people are using the term Turtle Flu to refer to the diarrhea and vomiting that you get from Salmonella transmitted from turtles to humans. It is bacterial and totally different than viral influenza.
There is likely no relationship between pollution and Salmonella infections or pollution and viral gastroenteritis. Bacteria are everywhere and Salmonella is a common kind of bacteria (especially in chickens and eggs). There is also likely no causative relationship between real influenza and pollution, except air pollution can definitely worsen any respiratory disease or infection and cause complications and secondary symptoms.
How long does it take for H1N1 to be gotten out with a cotton swab?
If you have the swine flu (A-H1N1/09) and a doctor or other medical professional uses a long cotton swab (long "Q-tip" swab) in your nose, they are not doing it to treat your flu. There is no effective flu treatment that would be done this way. What they are doing with the swab is taking some of the mucous material from your nose to use it in a lab test to see if you have the flu.
Some people are recommending using cotton swabs and normal saline or salt water in your nose to stop or prevent the swine flu. This is not effective. It may, however, make your irritated nose feel better because saline is soothing to mucous tissue like the lining of your nose and throat. For best results in using saline this way, you can get a spray bottle over the counter at the drug store or most grocery stores in the health aisle made for using as a nasal spray. It can be very soothing during colds and flu as well as in winter when the humidity levels of your house are too low due to the dry air from furnaces. Follow the label directions.
Do not share the spray bottle, each person should have her own for individual use.
What triggers your nose to run after you sneeze?
Sneezes and runny noses are usually caused by irritation of the mucous tissues. The sneeze is intended to blow out any particles and the runny nose is to wash them out. Even if there are no particles and there is just irritation from a cold or flu virus, your body still has the reflective responses trying to keep the airways clear.
Does the swine flu vaccine cause sterility?
No.
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Which toliet tissue is the best Scott or charmin?
=Charmin tissue is stronger because it can hold more.It is more absorbant.Scott's tissue is strong to.It can absorb alot too, but not as much as Charmin. THIS IS A FACT!!!!!=
How many people did the black pandemic kill?
According to most scholars, the Black Death killed anywhere between 25 and 75 million Europeans.
Does Swine Flu cures by itself like a regular flu or needs special tratment?
There is no cure for Swine Flu.
