Cold and Flu

if you have a helthy body then a few days for example 3

if your body is poor it lasts for around a week

H1N1 is the general name of several influenza viruses, of which H1N1/09, the pandemic swine flu, is one. It is a Type A influenza virus and the H and N stand for the two proteins on the outer surface of the virus. See the related question below with more information about the make up of H1N1.

It is estimated that 50 to 60 % of those who have the Avian Flu do not survive. For some, the illness takes them quickly with overwhelming fluids filling in the lungs, others may need long term intervention and ventilator support, and even induced coma, to just survive.

A runny nose can be a sign of many things, some a sickness, some not a sickness.

Sicknesses could include flu, nasal/sinus infection or a cold.

Non-sicknesses could include allergic reaction, hayfever and not blowing your nose enough.

The flu, like a cold, is a virus, and so far, we really don't have a reliable way to treat viruses. That's why the cold, flu, herpes, HIV, etc aren't cured. the body develops its own response as best it can (cold, flu) until we heal, or we keep the virus forever (herpes, HIV).

They are both viruses but the flu is typically more intense. The symptoms are similar but more severe with the flu.

Your tears contain the enzyme lysozyme. This enzyme acts by disrupting the cell-walls of gram-positive bacteria by digesting the peptidoglycan in them, thereby preventing infection.

This enzyme is also found in your saliva and is an example of a non-specific immune response.

Asian Flu reached an epidemic in 1957, crossing the ocean and reaching the US. About 69,000 people died in the US that year from Asian Flu. For more iformation see the link to the Wikipedia page for this topic (under Related Links).

Take some allergy medicine and get lots of kleenex. (the blow and wipe your nose) :D

The vaccine in the flu shot contains either a "dead" (inactive) or a weakened form of the expected invading virus (or viruses) which can not make an otherwise healthy person sick. Our bodies use these antigens (vaccine's virus particles) as a template to create the right antibodies, that will have the right pattern to match and know how to destroy those same viruses in the wild (normal strength), if they enter the body in the future to try to use our cells to replicate themselves. Our bodies remember each virus pattern that is in the vaccinations so that they can make those matching cells to protect us again from that same specific flu strain (or sometimes strains that are very similar).

Our bodies also have the ability to determine when a virus has invaded and, if there is a match to that strain of virus stored from a prior invasion, the immune systems quickly make up a lot of those attack cells, that worked in the past to destroy the invading virus particles. If it is a new invading virus, usually our bodies can make cells that can match just right to destroy the new invader in a week to ten days. (They can sometimes do this even more quickly for bacteria and other microbes).

It is during this time period, when the body is matching and making the attack cells to "kill" the invader, that we feel sick until our body finds the key pattern of cells that will match and destroy that specific virus. The body "remembers" the pattern each time it makes cells that work to kill germs, so any time that same germ comes along again, or even sometimes a similar one, the immune system wastes no time in getting rid of the invading organism, because it knows already what will work. That is why, once we have had a flu virus like H1N1/09 Swine Flu before, we won't get sick from it again. The body will already know what cells to make and will send them out to destroy the invader.

This is also how vaccines help our bodies build up immunity or resistance to viruses and flu. The immune system remembers the pattern of the antibodies it made when it was exposed to the virus particles in the flu shot and if that type of virus turns up in the environment later, the cells are made and attack the virus before it can make us sick.

Many people do get a local reaction to the flu shots. It is the body responding to the presence of the virus that was in the vaccine. This immune response is exactly why you get the vaccination. The body recognizes the invading virus as foreign and sends the attack team to the rescue. The soreness and tender red area should be gone in a few days, if not, then you may need to be sure there is not a local infection from the needle by having it examined by a health care professional.

Usually, even though it seems the wrong thing to do at the time, if you use the muscle where the injection was given, the soreness will go away faster. I ask for my flu shots in my right arm to force myself to use it since I am right handed and now that I've started doing that, I have much less soreness after my flu shots and the soreness lasts a shorter time period.

If you are talking about a reaction that is not localized, as in an allergic reaction with lip, tongue or facial swelling or trouble breathing, then you need to get urgent medical attention since it could be you are allergic to eggs or some other component of the vaccine.

The swine flu cough is usually very easy to distinguish from other types of coughs.
It will usually sound something like this "oink" "oink" "snort!" "oink"!

In the Philippines as of July 3rd, 2009 there have been 1,709 confirmed cases of influenza A virus subtype H1N1 (aka swine flu) with one death, a 49 year old woman June 19th, 2009.

No. 99.2 IS a fever; however it is only considered a very Low Grade fever. Considering that a ' normal ' reading in body temperature is 98.6 , a reading of 99.2 would be considered quite low & not a cause for alarm.

What are you talking about? You typed the same exact thing? Yes it's the same, it's Bird Flu aka Avian Flu, and technically called H5N1. Your question is confusing, it takes on the same characteristics as the following mock question. Does CONFUSING mean the same thing as confusing? Hope that helped buddy.

Unless they have a high fever, yes and they probably should have one because they are sick. However, there are a few circumstances when the vaccine should not be given. See the related question below about who should not get a flu vaccination.

The same happened to me! I got mine Oct 2012 and I feel terrible and have a really bad rash...I never get the flu so I never get the shot but I was required for a clinical and now I have bronchitis with bloody sputum, headache, and this terrible rash!!

The thigh is sometimes used for infant immunizations, but not used for older patients.

Viruses, like the common cold virus, are not categorized in that way as bacteria are. Viruses are neither. Since they are non-living organisms (unlike bacteria that are living), they have no oxygen requirements and can be "active" with or without it. Their hosts' cells, that they hijack to create new viruses, do need oxygen, however, so it is necessary for the cells so they can reproduce the virus particles for viral reproduction, but not necessary for each virus particle itself.

Lye in bed on that day. If you proceed to vomit, take sips of water to hydrate and if you still throw that up, just wait a while. Usually you get the chills, so get a warm blanket. Stay calm and it will usually only last 12 to 24 hours. If longer, contact a doctor.

Yes, your immune system is triggered to fight the cold and the immune system starts that process with an immune response. It gets busy making your body create a hostile environment for the virus (with fever and other metabolic changes) as well as producing antibodies to disable the cold virus particles.

MRSA is a bacteria (Staph A) that is resistant to the usual antibiotics and therefore hard to treat when it causes an infection. H1N1 is a virus that can cause influenza, like swine flu.

Both can be severe infections that require hospitalization and intensive treatment measures.