Cold and Flu

You can give he/she a medicine especially for babies it is called Nurofene look it up on google and it comes with a special tool that directs it in to the childs mouth.

Influenza is not a bacterial infection, so antibiotics are not effective for the flu. Furthermore, taking antibiotics when unnecessary leads to stronger strains of bacteria, helping them to become immune to the current antibiotics. For your flu I would recommend lots of rest, fluids, and some chicken soup. Take an over the counter medicine to relieve the discomfort from your symptoms.

Only sort of, and only maybe in very specific circumstances. Usually, being "contagious" means you have the disease or infection and can give it to someone else. That won't happen when someone gets a vaccination, because they can't get the flu from the vaccination.

In the US, the vaccine that is injected in a flu shot for H1N1/09 influenza is made from "dead"/inactivated virus particles that can not give anyone the flu. So, you would not get the flu to be able to be contagious after getting that type of vaccination.

The nasal spray vaccine is made from active/"live" viruses, but they are processed to be too weak to cause anyone healthy to get the flu from the vaccine. This is called an attenuated live virus vaccine. If you are healthy and old enough to take the vaccine (over 2), you would also not get the flu from this vaccine, so you would not be contagious.

The exception is when this type of "live" vaccine is given, and someone with a severe immune disorder, that makes them very susceptible to infections, is in very close contact immediately following the vaccination with the person who received the nasal spray. In that specific circumstance, there is a very rare chance that there could be virus that is loose on the person, or able to be sneezed from the nose of the person, so that the virus is passed to the susceptible person. It is not so much that they were contagious, because they didn't have the flu, it is that the virus was loose in the environment or on their body and could then be available for the other person to pick up and infect themselves.

For this reason, people who get the nasal spray vaccine, made with attenuated (weakened) live virus, are warned to wait seven days as a precaution before being in close contact with someone with a severe immune disorder (like those who must be in protective "bubbles", or are on anti-rejection transplant medications, for example).

A simple sneeze spray an average of 40,000 droplets of saliva and mucous but some sneezes can go up to about 60,000 to 120,000 droplets. It lingers around in the air for about 12 hours and you also might smell your own sneeze. The air from a sneeze can travel 10 ft away but the wet spray travels and infects people 5 ft away.

Simple sneeze: Achoo!= 40,000 droplets

Wet sneeze: Ha-Isshhoo!= 60,000 to 120,000 droplets

happy sneezing

blow your nose and carry tissues with you often. Buy decongestants that will help dry up your nose. Ask your doctor. See if there is a reason causing them - is it just winter or has your nose been running because you broke it? Get a tissue What to do if you have a runny nose... * mix salt and warm water and use an eye droper to put it down your nostrails and inhale so it can reach further down your nose * take a little bit mustard oil in an eye droper to put it down your nostrails and inhale so it can reach further down your nose * take i little bit of rum or liquer before you go to bed * eat spicy foods eg. garlic or radishes * close the bathroom door and turn the shower on as hot as it goes and let it run for a little bit then once it goes "misty" in the room go an dinhale deeply this will clear your nose HOPE THIS HELPED

It means the grim reaper is next to you.

or someone sprinkled fairy dust in your drink.

pharmacists say benadryl and advil are both fine.

It means your hungry or you probably have to go to the bathroom.

hope this works!! <:)

If you read the directions, it will tell you how it will act and some of the side effects. If you take one for a running nose or congestion, it will help to dry that up. If it is for a fever, that medication will lower the fever.

There are many brands and types of cough medicine available both OTC (Over the Counter) and by prescription. There are pills, tablets, capsules, timed release capsules, syrups and liquids, mouth sprays, nose sprays and inhalers. They can have one or two ingredients or many more. Since they can't cure the cold, they try to relieve one or more symptoms.

There are analgesics (like aspirin, tylenol) to reduce aches, pains, fevers and other forms of discomfort. Some have caffeine as a stimulants or antihistamines that will make you tired or both at the same time. There are cough suppressants that limit the amount of coughing you do and expectorants that help you cough to get rid of mucus and decongestants to dry up mucus.

Decongestants are available as part of a cold mixture or they are available as drops that go directly into the nose. Decongestant may cause excessively dryness in the mouth, nose and throat and enough of certain decongestants may cause a rise in blood pressure for some people. They may also affect people with thyroid disease or those using insulin for Diabetes.

== == * I don't think there is anything that will substitute for Amoxicillin over the counter. It is an antibiotic and all antibiotics require a prescription. Not even the herbals claim to be able to cure infection which is what an antibiotic does. * Go to a feed store there are several antibiotics available including Amoxicillin, usually for fish. I had a doctor say it was alright to use them when I couldn't afford the prescription.

I have been told by my pharmacist that I am able to take cold medicines that are for daytime only. Something in the "night time" medicines, i.e. Nyquil, can interact with Lexapro. If in doubt, call the pharmicist and ask them! Hope this helps :)

A LOT of places give flu shots. Pharmacies, Instant Care Units in stores like grocery stores, doctor's offices, etc. However, some places may not have a nurse available so you have to be over 18 years of age to get a flu shot there.

In order to get the most out of their academic experience students really should not miss any days of school. However, there are times when missing school cannot be avoided. In Ohio, the amount of days a student can miss varies by their district.

Yes definately. You'd be crazy to still go there. You'd have to wear a safety mask over your face. Over 100 people have already died in less than a fortnight. Risking the chances of catching a deadly virus for a vacation? I don't think so.

There have been 553 probable and confirmed cases of Novel H1N1 Flu reported as of 29 May 2009 in California and no deaths.

Most state Medicaid health coverage plans for the indigent do cover preventive services, like vaccinations for seasonal influenza. However, North Carolina does not appear to be one of the states with coverage for flu vaccines. In the states that do cover these vaccinations, there is variation in the co-payments that may or may not apply, as well as whether the administration costs (payment for someone to give the shots/vaccinations) is covered or is an out of pocket expense for the covered individual. See the related link below in the related links section for more state by state information.

Some states only cover flu shots in their Medicaid program for those living in long term care facilities, however.

In addition state programs do have periodic changes to the covered services, so to get the very latest information on NC coverage of preventive immunizations under Medicaid, see the link to the website of the NC state department of health in the related links section below.

During the winter, the sun's rays hit the Earth at a shallow angle. These rays are more spread out, which minimizes the amount of energy that hits any given spot. Also, the long nights and short days prevent the Earth from warming up. Thus, we have winter!

On any given day, one of the earth's poles is farther away from the sun than the other for a longer percentage of the day. This is because the earth is tilted on its axis. And exposure to the sun brings heat. If the north pole is only closer to the sun than the south pole for a small percentage of the day, while the south pole is closer than the north pole for most of the day, then it is summer in the southern hemisphere and winter in the northern hemisphere. Because warm parts of the earth retain heat for some time even after losing the source of heat, and because cold parts of the earth remain cold when given a source of heat for an inadequate amount of time, daytime in the winter is still colder than nighttime in the summer. This principle also causes both summer and winter to last for over two months after their respective solstices.

As of 6 July 2009 there have been 10,262confirmed cases of Novel H1N1 flu in Mexico with a total of 119 deaths confirmed to have been due to the virus.

If you catch yellow fever, you get a sudden fever and headache. If the yellow fever turns into a bad case, you then become extremely tired and get bleeding into the skin, slow heartbeat, back pains, and vomiting. About half the people who get bad cases die.

Typically, people infected with dengue virus are asymptomatic (80%) or only have mild symptoms such as an uncomplicated fever. Other go to a complicated stage with a rash and hemorrhage.

The states are no longer burdened with the individual case counts since the CDC has stopped keeping those cases counted separately from other types of flu. There may be some ongoing cases in limited locations around the world, including in Minnesota. However, the specifics and counts of cases are no longer being tracked by CDC, WHO, the US states, and most other countries, now that the pandemic has been declared over. Influenza cases are monitored, but specific H1N1/09 counts (and the lab tests needed to isolate the specific virus to be able to count them correctly) aren't being done. Influenza cases in general are monitored, but statistics are not being kept for H1N1/09 cases separately from other influenza types for reporting any longer in the post pandemic phase.

The answer is actually unknown, because there are so many cases that go unreported, untested, and undiagnosed. The official count of cases in Michigan as of 10/11/09 is 515 cases with 14 deaths which would be a mortality rate of 2.7.%. However, those are just the laboratory confirmed cases and we know many many more cases have occurred in the state.

The best unofficial count of cases from various sources is 3166 actual cases with 14 deaths which would be a mortality rate of 0.4%.