Cold and Flu

A flu shot will prevent the type of influenza virus or viruses that have been used to make the vaccine. A,nd it may sometimes protect against a different, but very similar, strain.

Having TB or any lung disease makes you at higher risk of catching and having complications from Swine Flu (A-H1N1/09 Pandemic Flu).People with underlying medical problems, and especially those involving the lungs, are strongly encouraged to get the swine flu vaccine when it is available. You will likely be on the priority list to be able to receive the vaccine among the first groups to get the flu shots. Watch your local news programs, talk to your pulmonologist or attending doctor, and stay alert for news releases about the vaccination program in your location.

There are currently two known subtypes of Influenza A that are infective to humans and called the Swine Flu. One is called Influenza Type A H1N1, it is infective to humans and pigs and was the initial swine flu strain that surfaced originally in the 1930s, again in the 1970's, and perhaps another time or two in very small outbreaks since then in humans, but which has been active in hogs for these decades.

There is also the new strain called Swine Flu that was identified first in late March, 2009 and has now become called Influenza Type A H1N1/09 Virus or Novel H1N1 (see the related questions below about the names of the new Swine Flu, what caused it and when and where it began).

This sounds like an allergy to something that is in your home or place of work. Particles of dust, mold and mildew can effect your sinuses, give you a runny or congested nose and is the first sign of a cold. This in turn will be sniffed in further and irritate the throat, pussibly giving you the headaches as well.

My best advice is to get a good vacuum cleaner with a hepa filter and clean the problem areas first. Clean the toilets with a 10% bleach solution from a spray bottle. Clean the tub to remove any mold build up. vaccuum each room twice and use the setting above bare floors for carpets. Vaccuum slow and evenly and be very careful when you dunp this material outside of your house into a compost pile. clean the vaccuum cleaner often. Make sure your dryer hose is well attached and is not letting clothes lint dust into the air. Vaccuum first, dust last because vaccuuning kicks up more dust. I dust with the vaccuum hose attachment and a paint brush. I use the brush as a broom on bookcases, mantles, dressers, etc. with the suction close enough to catch any dust that does get picked up. I also wear a dustmask that is the kind that people who work on sheetrock. It is much more conforming to the face than the older ones I used like a dental assistant wears which leaves many gaps around the face and the dust gets inwith these older ones. My other advice to you is to ask your family physician why this reoccurs.

They are caused by two different kinds of viruses. There are three types of influenza viruses that have been classified according to the types of proteins they have. There are Type A, Type B, and Type C influenza viruses. Type A and B each have many different strains. Type C does not.

Type A influenza is one of the more common types we see in the seasonal flu among humans and it is also a very common type that many other animals get. It has subtypes and strains that differ, which is why having one subtype will not give you immunity from all the other subtypes and strains.

Type B influenza is also a common type among humans and is found only in humans. It is not divided into subtypes but there are multiple strains.

Type C has been found in humans, pigs, and dogs. The symptoms are usually very mild, milder than those of Type A and B influenza viruses, and it typically doesn't cause epidemics. It is not divided into different subtypes or strains.

If your health care professional prescribes it. But you should not take antibiotics without an examination or a prescription. There is still some risk in taking medicines like antibiotics when they are not really necessary to you by way of side effects, and to the community with creation of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria. So, you should be sure that the congestion and cough are due to a bacterial infection or the antibiotic may be an unnecessary risk. These drugs are not effective for treating viruses, like the cold or flu, or allergies, which also can have similar symptoms. Only a health examination can determine what treatment is needed.

You could have only a few or all of them. You do not have to have all of them with your infection. It would be likely that you have the flu if you have fever, cough, body aches and a general feeling of being unwell. Since all types of the flu have similar or exact same symptoms, you can not be sure even if you know you have the flu if it is swine flu or not without lab testing. This is usually not done and is considered an unnecessary expense in most cases of non-hospitalized patients since the treatment would be the same regardless of the exact kind of flu.

No antibiotic has ever helped to cure the cold. Cold or common cold is caused by virus infection. Antibiotics should not be used to treat the cold. That should be taken as crime against humanity to use antibiotics to treat the cold.

Since 1952 the current understanding of Jehovah's Witnesses is that vaccinations are a personal conscience issue.

From at least 1921 until 1952 the then current understanding was that vaccinations were forbidden.

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Anything with vitamin C, such as orange juice and water water water.

Try something nice and warm, but not hot, like tea with squirts of lemon, or chicken broth. Milk products can increase the thick feeling of the mucus produced during infections by viruses that cause sore throats, although they have not proven to increase the actual mucus production as was originally believed. An occasional Popsicle would be better than ice cream if something cold feels good if you don't like the feeling of thicker mucus. Warm liquids will help your sore throat heal faster. Drink plenty of liquids to help keep your body well hydrated and able to fight the infection, and to be sure you do not get dehydrated if you have a fever with the sore throat. (see the related question below for more information)

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Orange juice is bad for a sore throat, the acids in it irritate the tonsils and the affected area. I find that the best thing to drink is pineapple juice believe it or not. Fruits such as Apricot, watermelon, and most definitely banana are the best things to eat.

You should drink warm liquids to keep your level of body fluids up during a sore throat. You should have warm milk, soups and warm water. This works out to be a natural treatment for sore throat.

Being a lozenge, the idea is for this zinc preparation to coat the throat; eating or drinking within 20-30 minutes would remove this coating from its site of action.

yes pleas

You are able to get cured easily from Influenza between 1-2 weeks. Influenza also means flu.

over 1900!

The media is saying 22 million in the United States, but many credible sources also point toward this being a "hoax" in order to encourage people into taking the Vaccine which could be "toxic".

Yes, it is possible to be allergic to the cold, in fact, people that are allergic to the cold and that live in cold weather can generally get disabled parking passes to make transition from heated car to heated store easier.

It begins to eat your flesh and your skin cannot regrow...

Totally kidding!

The FDA requires all products like that to print an expiration date. The only thing that happens is that effectiveness cannot be guaranteed by the manufacturer of the hand sanitizer.

No. Your tummy will ache but you wont have aching eyeballs.

The flu has moderate to severe muscle pain, there may be vomiting, high fever and fatigue. In the early stages it can be hard to tell the difference between a cold and the flu. But when the fever and fatigue set in, you know it is the flu.

The vaccines themselves contain no latex. The rubber in the syringes and vials is latex free. Tell the clinician who will give you the vaccine that you are allergic to latex before they give you the vaccination to be safest and to prevent their use of latex gloves during the vaccination. See questions below for the ingredients of the vaccines.

Since the daily and weekly counts of cases and deaths from the swine flu, which were initially required by the CDC, WHO, and national health departments of most nations have stopped since the pandemic was declared over, there is no way to know how many now. One reason is there are still ongoing cases scattered around the world even as of fall 2012. Another reason is that it was a burden on the reporting entities to try to track and report the numbers. And a large portion of people who had swine flu had mild forms and did not go to the doctor. Their cases could not be counted. And, if no lab test were done to confirm the specific type of flu, there is no way to know for sure if each case should be included in the count or if it is another type of flu.

The treatment is the same as for other types of flu, so there is no real medical need for testing to determine what form of flu someone has in most cases. For this reason, there is no definite count possible on cases of this type of flu any more.

If you are fighting an active bacterial infection like an abscessed tooth, usually the flu shot is not given so that the immune system isn't overly stressed by trying to deal with an infection of bacterial organisms at the same time as an infection of viral organisms. If you are still in the acute phase of the infection and taking antibiotics, you should check with the doctor who prescribed the antibiotics to find out if it is okay to get the flu vaccination. Usually the clinician at the location where you will be getting the vaccine will ask if you have recently had a fever (a sign that the immune system is fighting something already). If you have not, even if on antibiotics, they can go ahead and give the vaccination, however, it is best to consult with your own doctor in advance to determine if the time is right for you to get your seasonal flu vaccination while fighting a known infection.

Depression can range from mild to major. It affects 17% of adults at some point of there lives. Only 20% of depressed people seek help to cure it (just like how people rarely go to the doctors office for a cold.)