Cold and Flu

You can get the flu if someone around you who has the flu coughs or sneezes. You can get the flu simply by touching a surface like a telephone or door knob that has been contaminated by a touch from someone who has the flu. The viruses can pass through the air and can enter your body through your nose or mouth. If you've touched a contaminated surface, they can pass from your hand to your nose or mouth.

Light foods such as toast, jelly, soup, crackers, you get the idea. Avoid things such as meat, spices, caffeine, alcohol and milk. If you feel a sense of nausea returning after eating, stop for a while until the nausea settles.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a state of pandemic due to the H1N1/09 Swine Flu. As of late March 2010 the pandemic is still in effect and the spread of H1N1 continues in some areas of the globe. For current situation, see the related question below.

well... depends what you means by worse, from my experience if i smoke When i have a cold. it makes the coughing worse at the time.

however, the cold itself (sneezing, head aches, runny nose) doesnt get worse. the smoking will just make the cough last longer.

so the cold may only last 4 days but the coughing will last 8 days!

my advice is, if you want to smoke whilst you have a cold. dont smoke as much as you normally would!

Influenza viruses can survive on environmental surfaces and can infect a person for 2 to 8 hours after being deposited on the surface. If you frequently wash your hands for more than 20 seconds, and avoid touching your face, you may reduce your exposure.

Swine flu is a threat you can die from it. Wash and Sanitize your hands, cough the right way, don't touch your face, and keep your germs to your self do these things to prevent swine flu. So be careful

because virus's are not living organisms so there is no logical way to 'kill' them, and a virus is constantly changing to there is no way to protect for all kinds of the 'common cold', its always different, YA BIG DUMMY!!!

Because...you ALL WILL DIE

LOL

I Don't think so. But i wouldn't worry about it anyway, because it doesnt matter where you are now. Swine flu is no longer containable. In fact you have more chance of getting it outside of corfu.

If you mean the kind of steroids that are given by injection, in a joint or other body part, to work as a local anti-inflammatory agent and to relieve pain, or the kind given by IV in severe infections with sepsis and other complications, then it is possible that it could be used in the treatment of severe flu infections with complications. If you mean the steroids that are used by some athletes and body-builders to build up bulky muscles, or those used sometimes in treatment of hormonal conditions, then no.

NO, SARS is bird-related, while the swine flu's... well swine related.

*akward laughter, then realizing he's laughing to his moniter* Oh-Boy:(

thank you for answering. my parents were wondering about it cause i brought it up just now. ☺

My son has the same problem after cleaning. Ever since he was little he has had trouble with ear wax build up and I would have to put ear drops in his ears to loosen the wax. The problem I have found, is that he has so much build up, that the drops loosens it up and blocks the canal more so than before to the point he cannot hear for several days. You may just have a lot of build up that needs to be washed out by a doctor, the ear wax drops may not help much. The above poster is correct, but wanted to add, sometimes it can be fluid build-up in the ears. When I wash my hair I always put the blow dryer on low and let it go into my ears. Also the blow dryer (on warm) and on low, is a good way to loosen up wax that may be further down the ear canal. It's dangerous to try and clean out your own ears so the above poster is correct in saying that you should see your doctor to have your ears cleaned out (doesn't hurt.) For the lady above, my one young nephew had a problem with his ears and his parents thought he was just ignoring them until his grandmother let a book drop behind him and he couldn't hear it! She then told the parents to take their son into a specialist. The specialist ended up putting plastic tubes in my nephew's ears (twice) and the problem was rectified.

A young female pig (swine) is referred to as a "gilt" - until after her first pregnancy (or litter of pigs/piglets). After giving birth (parturition) from her first pregnancy, a female pig (swine) is thereafter referred to as a "sow".

Yes. Not only does it lower your temperature, it controls all the symptoms of H1N1.

yes it does.

Lemon (like other citrus fruits) contain high levels of vitamin C. Vitamin C helps boost your immune system.

The higher levels of vitamin C you take in, the less likely you are to get colds and other diseases.

Its very interesting the power vitamin C. It has strong healing qualitiies. Almost every animal (but a handful) make their own vitamin C. Because of this, they are rarely have things like cancer, heart disease, etc. It is also hypothesized that humans once made their own vitamin C, but due to DNA mutation, we cannot anymore.

This may explain why people recorded in the Bible were able to live for 400,500, 700+ years!

Just a random fact.

Yes. It doesn't cure it, but it definitely soothes it. Caffeine-free tea (not decaffeinated is most effective. If you want to sweeten it, use honey instead of sugar (granules). A little squeeze of lemon is helpful too.

If your sore throat is affecting your voice, try not to speak. If you must, speak in a low voice rather than a whisper. Whispering puts extra strain on your vocal cords.

No. It is usually a genetic disease that is caused by the genes which were inherited.

Sneezing is contagious because it is partially a response to stimuli in the nose and partially in the mind. Hence, when your mind is reminded of its ability to sneeze, it often takes the opportunity to do so.

It may not be a virus, those symptoms can be caused by many different things including viruses that cause gastroenteritis or gastritis (infections of the intestines and stomach), but also by food borne pathogens like bacteria (E.Coli, Salmonella, etc.). Sometimes it is just from a food that didn't agree with them when they ate it and isn't necessarily a infective disease. If it continues or there are other symptoms like a fever and diarrhea, then consult their pediatrician. Be sure they keep fluids down so they don't get dehydrated. Toddlers can get dehydrated quickly, so be sure they take sips frequently to keep their fluids up.

Yes, the common cold viruses are some of the primary causes of sore throats. The common cold (also sometimes called a head cold or chest cold depending on which symptoms you have) mostly affects the upper respiratory system, which includes the sinuses and nasal passages, throat and mouth, trachea and bronchial tubes and sometimes the upper lobes of the lungs. See the related questions below for some methods to help a sore throat and cold.

It is not yet known exactly how it ended up in Mexico, but the latest investigation suggests that it originated in pigs in the US, probably Texas, at a pig farm and either an infected pig ended up in a herd in Mexico, or a farm worker went from the Texas pig farm to a Mexican pig farm and spread the virus that then began to be transmitted human to human. See the related questions below for more information.

Cipro is not the first line antibiotic of choice for pneumonia. Levaquin is the first choice. Levaquin is expensive. It is usually given IV for the first dose in order to speed up effectiveness, then by table form, one 500 mg per day for ten days.

No. Influenza viruses are active. You are infected, so your body creates antibodies that disable the viruses in 7 to 10 days. Then your body eventually removes all of the "dead" ones from your body. Latent viruses, like HIV, hepatitis C, and Herpes viruses, infect you but don't cause evidence of disease until later, sometimes years later, as they lie dormant (latent) hidden in your tissues until the disease they cause eventually manifests.

the first i am guessing is to get a vaccine. Here the body recieves a piece of the virus that is innactive. The body responds by learning the disease and preventing it from happening in the future. The other way (for some diseases) is to experience the disease. Some diseases like chicken pox only happens once and after you're body won't let it happen again.