Cold and Flu

yes. you can get body aches all over from the flu

Many viruses cause similar symptoms to those of the flu, and the complex of general symptoms of the flu can also be common in other infectious diseases or other non-infectious conditions. Many viral infections and flu-like illnesses cause similar symptoms to those caused by influenza viruses. These are often present in viral gastroenteritis ("stomach flu"), and the common cold, for example.

Sometimes these symptoms can come from other and non-infectious conditions, such as early pregnancy, allergies, toxic chemical exposure, etc. The symptoms might include: headache, nausea, malaise, fatigue, cough, body aches, fever, and dizziness, to name only a few of the more common symptoms that are referred to as flu-like. See the related questions below for more complete lists of cold and flu symptoms.

Spanish Influenza a.k.a the Black Death

It means that you have a bacterial illness or virus. Your body should clear it out, but if it doesn't, it may go into your throat and chest. You know that has happened if you have a hard time breathing or you have thick-sounding coughs. If this happens, Mucinex will help cure it up quickly. Drink huge amounts of water to speed the process!!

In climates that experience winter, the influenza virus tends to survive longer and transmit itself better in cold and dry conditions, which leads to more people contracting the flu during those colder months. In climates that do not have a winter season, however, the flu is more common in periods of high humidity and lots of rain. Scientists aren’t sure why that is, but it doesn’t seem to have to do with the immune system being weaker in the winter, contrary to some beliefs.

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!!