Cold and Flu

Well...Maybe depending on the seriousness of the disease. It it's spread all around the earth you can get infected but not die. But other pandemics like Smallpox it can be lethal but only in a large matter of time.

You will have high fevers,shivers,coughs,muscular pain&sore throat also vomiting and diareha

My husband has a confirmed case of H1N1 and was given Tamiflu to help. It has made a marked difference in how he is feeling (he has been on the meds a little more than 24 hours). But, we were told he is still contagious up to 7 seven days after the onset of symptoms, or until his symptoms compleatly disappear, whichever is later. However, a different doctors office told us he was NOT contagious after 24 hours on the drug. I called a nurse line provided by our insurance, and the nurse I talked to confirmed that a person is still contagious on Tamiflu. Point being that some doctors are still sorting through this new out break and it's important to ask lots of questions and get a second (or third) opinion if you need one.

Tamiflu was invented by Gilead Sciences and licensed to Roche in 1996. Roche and Gilead partnered on clinical development, with Roche leading efforts to produce, register and bring the product to the markets. Under the terms of the companies' agreement, amended in November 2005, Gilead participates with Roche in the consideration of sub-licenses for the pandemic supply of oseltamivir. To ensure broader access to Tamiflu for all patients in need, Gilead has agreed to waive its right to full royalty payments for product sold under these sub-licenses.

Absolutely.

Just like any process in the body, fighting off a cold requires energy. The body needs water to metabolize food to create that energy. It is as if when you have a cold, your body is in a higher gear, running at a higher speed to fight off the invasive bacteria or virus. Drinking more water than usual can actually help get rid of a cold quicker.

I did some research on this one to get the answer. Phlegm balls (medical term is tonsil liths [lith means "stone"]) form in the tonsils. Your tonsils are the two bags at the back of your throat. They are spongy with lots of crevices to trap impurities, bacteria, dirt, etc. so they don't enter the lungs. The tonsils have lots of spaces, like a sponge, and they are called "crypts". Mucous, especially thick, sticky mucous can get trapped in these crypts. Over time they will coagulate, (like heavy cream coagulates into cottage cheese when stirred with a fork) and in time they thicken to the point of forming balls, a lot like a small cottage cheese nugget. They are usually yellow. The darker they are, the older they are. A stimulus will pry them loose and that's when you feel the phlegm ball in your mouth. Yes, they taste and smell terrible. A strong emotional event can

cause a phlegm ball to be dislodged from your tonsils. But, that's where they come from, the tonsils. To prove this, wash your hands, look in a mirror, take a clean finger and gently press on one of your tonsils. If there

are any phlegm balls in there, chances are you can push one out of your tonsil and you will see it exit via the crypt, and into your mouth. Gargling every morning and before bed with a strong mouthwash like Listerene will help prevent them. Good luck! - gregg in Sarasota, FL

Not necessarily. About 2 years ago i was always cold, nose hands, everywhere, and it turned out to be an underactive thyroid. I am now on daily medicine for that and, my nose is still cold all the time. Maybe if the rest of you is cold all the time, and you have low energy and your skin is dry, you could get your dr to have a blood test taken to test your thyroid. Also, to improve your cold nose, you should apply heat.

The keyword is suppress. The object of any medication is to make you feel better and prevent collateral damage to other bodily systems. Fever is the body's natural reaction to infection, but can only be safely maintained for a short period of time. It would be ironic to survive the infection but die from the fever.

As influenza, a contagious illness caused by a virus, which affects the respiratory organs but is a systemic illness, progresses, one may move from feeling weak, tired, feverish and possibly nauseous to feeling congested in the respiratory passages, from the sinuses down as far as the bronchial tubes, with dry coughing, sore throat, and sometimes a runny nose. But if bronchitis (usually bacterial bronchitis) develops as a result of the illness, it can rapidly become pneumonia and should be treated quickly with antibiotics. One way you can tell that you have bronchitis is if your cough becomes wet and croupy and you're having difficulty breathing.

The flu itself cannot be treated with antibiotics as it is viral in nature, but there are some anti-viral meds available for some flu strains. This year (2014-2015 flu season), in the US, the CDC has announced that one of the three strains of the flu covered by their shots this season has mutated, so that one strain can be caught by people who had the shots. My housemates and I found that one out the hard way, developing influenza for the first time in many years!

Take good care of yourself, and should you develop severe difficulty breathing or a fever higher than 102, get prompt medical attention! Stay in bed, rest up, stay warm, and stay hydrated. Eat if you can manage it. Feel better.

Well, if you're epileptic, if the screen is bright enough and you're watching a flash video or something, it can induce a seizure.

If you mean like, influenza or a cold or something, it's possible if there are lingering bacteria on the keyboard, mouse, or trackpad, left by someone carrying the disease who happened to use it before you.

It is a term used to describe situations when workers (with or without labor unions involved) decide to do a work slow down (as opposed to a full blown strike) to make a point. They plan a day for workers to call in sick to demonstrate the impact of their absence from the job. Each worker uses their own chosen "illness," but when the plan is referenced, it is sometimes said that they all had the "blue flu".

Standing in a hot shower can get rid of a clogged runny nose because of the steam, however, it does not last for a long period of time after the shower.

No. It is impossible to contract an allergy from another person because allergies are something contained within your own affected immune system.

This is a "chicken or the egg" sort of situation.

A cough can be caused by any irritant to the lungs.

With that in mind, a cough is usually a symptom of a cold (caused by a virus) and increased mucus production and congestion in the lungs.

A 7-year-old would be considered to have a fever if his body temperature was above 100 degrees F.

Well, if you have the flu, you are able to cure it but if you get cancer or heart disease, there is no way of stopping it and you are too late.

the rhino virus is the common cold

yes hand sanstizer can make your immune system weak it depresses ur body and your skin it makes your immune system weak and bored because HS is always killing the germs first

Try pouring a drain cleaner down the drain you suspect is the breeding ground for the gnats. There is most likely a clog of hair or some other material that is holding moisture and creating an ideal environment for egg-laying and hatching. Standing water (especially that which might have food or plant particles floating in it) such as mop buckets, dishwater, soaking laundry, etc. can cause the same problem. Pretty gross, huh?

The main reason for cold and flu symptoms to worsen at night is due to cortisol levels in your body. Cortisol is a hormone produced by the adrenal gland. It works on a 24 hour cycle where a person's highest level of cortisol is during the day- and lessens as the day ends. When your body has its highest level of cortisol (during the day) it actually effects T-cell growth, preventing the immune system to work at its full potential. At night, cortisol levels drop, allowing the immune system to kick in. Believe it or not, you actually feel slightly worse when your immune system is hard at work. (ie. congestion is worse- this is because your body is actually breaking up the mucus, causing a worse sensation. The same applies to a worse cough, stuffier nose, etc.) Also, as gravity has it, if you are in bed laying down, this tends to allow congestion to settle more and your nose not to drain as well as if you were standing upright.

There is no vaccine for H1N1 (swine flu) virus yet. The CDC expect the first batch to be available in October at the earliest. Those doses will go to people who need it most. Those with chronic illness, the very young and old and health workers.

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The same as any other virus strain of influenza, avoid direct person to person contact with an infected person, wash hands frequently, and avoid touching your face, eyes, nose, or mouth with your unwashed hands. See the related questions below for more information on avoiding viruses.

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