Cold and Flu

You could use OTC meds that contain Guaifenesin which is in the expectorant family that could help break down the mucus and help you expel it. Also, I have heard that pure pepperment in water can also open you up to help too but I have never tried it. You can also ask your doctor to prescribe Sitrex PD Liquid. This contains Phenylephrine HCI 7.5 mg and Guaifenesin 75 mg in a sugar free alcohol fre dye free liquid dose. Usually each 5 ml dose (1 teaspoon) every 4 hours is enough to break down the mucus and help restore airways. If you have a cough that persists beyond 7 days that you do not see any noticable change in treatment, you should seek medical attention as this could be a more severe respritory issue that needs other treatment. I hope this helped.

yes, it can cause nose bleed! especially if it is dry air or cold outside..

No. This treatment for the flu contains no ingredients that can give you the flu or any other infectious disease.

Yes, they are one of the groups at highest risk of catching the disease and of having more severe complications from the flu. As soon as the vaccine is made available to them, they are encouraged to get the vaccine.

They should not use the vaccines that contain the live attenuated viruses, however. This includes the nasal mist that is approved in the US for use in healthy people aged 2 - 49. The flu shots for A-H1N1/09 that are approved for use in the US are made from inactivated viruses and are therefore the ones recommended for immunocompromised people. Always check with your health care professional to be sure that you are a candidate for vaccines, since each patient's care can vary due to their disease process or condition that has left them with suppressed immune systems.

People who are immuno-suppressed may have a less than optimum response to the vaccines due to their condition or their medications, therefore, they should continue to practice all the precautions for avoiding infection even after they have received a vaccination, just in case they are not fully protected by the vaccination.

People who are in close contact with, and caregivers for, the immuno-compromised patients should also avoid using the live attenuated virus vaccines, since there is a small, but possible, chance for the virus in the live vaccine to revert or mutate to one capable of making the immuno-suppressed person ill if they are exposed to the person vaccinated with the live variety of vaccine soon after they are vaccinated.

It may well mean you have the flu. Some viruses will cause a lowered temperature. The A-H1N1/09 virus usually causes an elevated temperature but that doesn't mean that you don't have the flu because yours is currently low. See the related question below about the symptoms of swine flu and follow the link to the web sites with self evaluation online tools that may help you know. In the mean time, assume you have it and follow the precautions to avoid the spread of the flu in related questions below.

The theory for sneezing 3 times in a row may cause you to die, is absolutely 100% wrong, many people have sneezed 7 times too, but that won't kill you either. so don't worry mon, be happy.:)

Air is a great heat insulator. Water is a good heat conductor. So immersion in cold water is very chilling. Wearing wet clothes is fairly chilling too. Yes. The reason for this is as the water evaporates off the body, it removes heat. This will lower the temperature of the skin and give you a chill. Persons who have high fevers are given sponge baths for the same reason, to cool off the body. Those with dangerously high or deadly body temperatures (above 105 degrees F.) are given ice water baths to reduce the high fever. This is also how the body uses perspiration to cool off the body.

Nasal congestion is the condition where the tissues in the nose, including the sinuses, are irritated and swollen. The irritation causes the production of mucous, and the swelling causes difficulty breathing.

In short - yes, but some explanation is warranted.

In the way the question is worded, the asker is either currently on tamiflu, or has taken tamiflu in the past but is no longer currently taking it. If the asker has taken tamiflu in the past but is not currently taking it, it won't serve to prevent them from becoming infected with the novel h1n1 (or any other flu virus they haven't established immunity to.

Antivirals function somewhat similarly to antibiotics - they acts to inhibit the pathogen from successfully completing its reproductive life-cycle. The difference with oseltamivir and zanamivir (aka Tamiflu and Relenza) is that they bind specifically to the active sites in certain types of flu virus. Neither one will act as any sort of 'immunization' to prevent future infections. It simply limits the virus from making more of itself once you have contracted it.

If one is currently taking the drug, it may prevent contraction from becoming a full-blown infection, or limit the severity, but it won't cause the body to recognize the virus any faster, it just gives the immune system more time to respond.

In one recent study published in Japan (where Tamiflu is widely used), they did have at least one case of H1N1 flu in someone who was taking the drug as a prophylactic (preventative) measure. However, they note that those taking Tamiflu in close contact with confirmed cases of the flu did not develop severe illnesss.

Here is a link to a pdf of the study for further reading:
http://www.eurosurveillance.org/images/dynamic/EE/V14N35/art19320.pdf

Regards,

Perry Arellano-Jones

There is no manufacturer-listed drug incompatibility between these two medicines, and the combination is often recommended by physicians.

No, not at all unless you want it to be very messy.

Yes, depends on your immune system . Everyone says you can't get the same flu twice in a row within 1-2 weeks, and if you get another flu within that time period, and it's the same symptoms but last longer or shorter, it's the SAME, it's just your body's getting it all out so you won't have it again. Until or if it comes in contact with you in a few months or years or if lucky not at all, that's why NO one asks " can you get the flu three times or four times or five times within a ______ amount of time" comen since.!

When you put food in your mouth, odor molecules from that food travel through the passage between your nose and mouth to olfactory receptor cells at the top of your nasal cavity, just beneath the brain and behind the bridge of the nose. If mucus in your nasal passages becomes too thick, air and odor molecules can't reach your olfactory receptor cells. Thus, your brain receives no signal identifying the odor, and everything you eat tastes much the same. You can feel the texture and temperature of the food, but no messengers can tell your brain, "This cool, milky substance is chocolate ice cream." The odor molecules remain trapped in your mouth. The pathway has been blocked off to those powerful perceivers of smell--the olfactory bulbs.

A moderate fever helps many of the bodies defense systems work better and slows down the growth of many pathogens

No, perhaps you are thinking of a ruptured epidermoid cyst (skin cyst) or ruptured appendix which can happen with appendicitis (inflammation or infection of the appendix in your intestine).

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Unless there is some obscure local legislation, yes. The majority of shots can be give almost anywhere. Come places are more effective however it is possible to get a flu shot in the hip.

A cold usually comes along with other things, sometimes flu, strep throat, etc. and the reason that is is because coughs and colds lower your immune system, the body is fighting the cold and it lowers the immune system allowing other virus's and germs to get in this also includes allergies

Time off varies on the prolonged severity of the illness. You should stay home as long as you are experiencing any symptoms. It has also been suggested you can still be contagious for up to a few days after symptoms have disappeared. The longer your work will allow you to stay home, the better.

Tanacetum Parthenium - A short-lived perennial used as a medicinal herb.

It does now.

Possibly; THC is fat-soluble, so burning fat can increase the rate at which the body eliminates the detectable compounds. (Despite a common misconception, burning fat that contains these compounds doesn't make the exerciser "high a second time around.")

However, this is greatly influenced by a lot of factors. Some people can smoke marijuana on a daily basis for many months, exercise and drink lots of water for 2 or 3 days, and then pass a urinalysis drug test. Others will fail the test several weeks after cessation, regardless of exercise. Many "detox" products advertised online only hope to dilute your urine; modern urinalysis drug tests can detect highly diluted urine.

So, the tried-and-true method for eliminating marijuana compounds from your body is to simply wait it out with time, exercise frequently, and drink lots of water. On that note, exercising frequently and drinking plenty of water isn't bad advice, regardless of drug use.

Flu is caused by a pathogen (by viruses) but is not the pathogen itself, flu is the disease the pathogen causes. Flu is short for influenza which is an infectious disease of the respiratory system caused by influenza viruses.

That is when you usually catch cold, during cold weather. The body's metabolism is geared toward warmth and the immune system may be lower. At the same time, you are exposed to more airborne viruses because more people spend more time indoors, and because the air is not as frequently exchanged for outside air.