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Cold and Flu

Questions and answers about the "Common Cold"; symptoms in the upper respiratory tract like sneezing, scratchy throat, and runny nose, but adults don't typically have fevers. Colds are usually caused by the rhinovirus (up to 40% of colds), or Coronaviruses (about 20%), but there are more than 200 viruses that can cause the common cold. Also questions about the seasonal flu, also called "regular flu", caused mostly by Type A and Type B Influenza viruses. Flu starts with similar symptoms as a cold only it hits faster and harder and usually includes fever in adults. Although the "stomach flu" is a common term, it is not a real diagnosis. The proper medical term for stomach flu is gastroenteritis (an intestinal disease, sometimes viral but also bacterial), it is often mistaken for influenza because the flu can sometimes include vomiting and diarrhea.

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How easy is it to catch H1N1?

It's not easy to cath H1N1 if you just prevent it. Cover you nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it. Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially afeter you cough or sneeze. If soap and water are not available, use alcohol-based hand fub. Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. germs spread taht way. Stay home if you get sick. CDC recommends that you stay home from work or school and limit contact with others to kee[ from infecting them.

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Can you catch a cold in Jamaica?

Yes, you can catch a cold anywhere on Earth as long as a common cold virus is present to be introduced to your body. Location, weather, temperature, etc. do not prevent or cause transmission of rhinoviruses, coronaviruses and the over 200 other types of viruses that cause a cold. Being cold does not cause you to catch a cold and being warm does not prevent it. Follow good hand washing techniques wherever you are to help protect yourself from infection.

Im sure you have flu my sons school has 2 cases of Swine Flu how will you know if you do?

Well, it's quite easy.

The swine flu symptoms are these :

Having a high temperature (fever)

Having very bad coughs

Having a very bad headache

Having a blocked or runny nose

Having a very bad sore throat

Usually, when people catch swine flu, the fever indicates that they have caught the swine flu.

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What are the results of receiving two adult doses of flu vaccine in one season?

It is only a problem for adults who get two doses because they may have paid for the second vaccine when they didn't need it. There are no ill-effects on the adult body if a second dose is received in one season.

How is it possible to catch a cold many times in one season?

The common cold viruses are able to mutate very rapidly to avoid the defenses that you may have acquired from prior exposure and an immune response. The defenses that work on one mutation don't work on the next mutation. You won't catch the same exact virus strain a second time, but you can easily catch a different one since the common cold spreads quickly from person to person.

Can strep throat be present without white spots on the tonsils and red spots on the tongueif not what else can a severe sore throat without any other flu symptoms be?

Yes a severe sore throat could be strep throat, even without any visible marks or patches on the throat or tongue. I have tested positive for strep throat without any vomiting, stomach problems, or any oral patches to be seen several times.

If you have started passing gas very frequently and loudly should you see a doctor?

It could be candida. This can cause fermentation, especially if you too many sweets or carbs. Yogurt is good. Nystatin prescription is even better.

I have had very bad back problems, the nerves affected my intestines and I couldn't digest sugar. It fermented in my stomach and created a lot of gas.

Beano was a big help in relieving the gas, by adding emzymes to my digestive system.

As my back pain got better, my digestion got better.

Doctors has no answers to help me, I had to diagnose this from the Internet.

Is it true that albumin is used as a carrier in the flu vaccine?

Not exactly, but it does have a role in production of flu vaccines. The viruses that are used to make a flu vaccine are grown in a laboratory in a growth medium that is made from chicken egg protein (including albumin from the egg whites). Once the viruses are fully developed and extracted to use in making the vaccines, there are only negligible amounts of minute traces of the egg protein that are not fully extracted by the purification processes of manufacturing.

For this reason, people who are allergic to chicken or chicken eggs are advised to wait after a flu vaccination to be monitored for any potential allergic responses. These are very rare and, with treatment as soon as the first signs of allergic reaction are evident, often today anaphylactic reactions can be prevented. See the related question in the related question section for more detail about egg allergies and flu vaccinations.

Why does it get cold outside?

Because there are different seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.

How do you avoid pathogen?

OF COURSE, By eating HEALTHY and WAHING YOUR HANDS BEFORE AND AFTER YOU GO TO THE BATHROOM AND BEFORE AND AFTER EATING.

Can you have 3 colds at the same time?

Otherwise healthy people usually don't have more than one virus infection at the same time, but it is possible theoretically. Why it usually doesn't happen is not well understood.

Do turtles catch cold?

Yes. Turtles don't just "catch a cold" like people do however. Unfortunately, if they catch a virus like that, they can't expel everything from their lungs and be fine once it goes away. Turtles who end up with an upper respiratory infection (URI) need to be looked at by a good exotic animals vet who has experience in dealing with reptiles. Turtles need proper antibiotics administered if they do end up with a URI. Signs of respiratory infection include mucus around the eyes, nose, or mouth, sometimes big noticeable bubbles coming from the nose, and in severe cases you will see them begin to stop eating. Turtles who wind up with URI and are not seen by a vet or treated could end up with long-term respiratory problems or even eventually death.

Do you get a common cold when quiting alcohol cold turkey?

No. you wont catch a cold due to quitting alcohol cold turkey.

Youre immune system may be compromised due to drinking, You may be able to notice other physical things more easily, due to being sober. Your body may need some adjustment time, and if you are a heavy drinker, you should seek medical attention before quitting alcohol. Heavy drinking is classified as more than 2ce a week.

If drinking heavily or alcoholically, the body is liable to suffer from D.T.s or Delirium Tremens. This needs medical attention.

Can you get sick faster smoking outside while its cold?

Normally the cold weather will do you no harm if you are properly dressed for it. Otherwise you may suffer from hypothermia. Smoking will harm your health regardless of whether you do it indoors or outdoors.

What action could directly give you a cold standing in the rain someone sneezing on you or eating the wrong food?

Someone sneezing on you would allow their cold viruses to contact you directly, since they are contained in the respiratory droplets that result from coughs and sneezes and are expelled into the air in an approximate 6 foot diameter until they fall to the surfaces. Once on the surfaces you could still be contaminated by their viruses through indirect exposure.

Cold temperatures and rain do not cause infectious diseases like the cold or the flu, that is what was once believed before we knew what viruses were and that they are what caused the flu. It was the cyclic trend of the flu season that made it seem related to the fall and winter weather back then. It is disproved and debunked many times over.

There is not evidence of a direct link between types of foods eaten and directly catching colds.

When is flu season in Australia?

The World Health Organization reported the first confirmed case on May 9, 2009. For an interactive map of the world showing how the Novel H1N1 virus has spread to date see the links section below.

Can you have two different colds at the same time?

It is possible to have both a cold and strep throat, although they are not caused by the same thing. You've simply caught two different infections.

A sore throat during a cold is often caused by post-nasal drip going down the back your throat and irritating it. However, any time you have a persistent sore throat, you should have it checked out.

If you have strep throat, make sure you consistently take your antibiotics (finish the prescription!), and if you have any cold sores (or any other cuts anywhere else on your body)- be sure to take especially good care of them. Strep A - the bacteria which causes strep throat, is also responsible for causing nectrotizing fascitis, or flesh-eating disease.

How many people died of Swine Flu from 1970-2008?

All cases may not have been identified or tested to confirm the specific strain of influenza, but of the cases that are reported as due to "Swine Flu" in humans from 1970 through 2008, there have been only two deaths.

The most famous early swine flu outbreak in humans was in 1976 at Fort Dix, New Jersey where four soldiers who were previously healthy contracted the virus and developed pneumonia diagnosed by X-ray with other symptoms of the flu. One died as a result. The virus was thought to have circulated approximately a month in the close quarters of the group in basic training but not outside the group, then it disappeared.

In the fall of 1988, a previously healthy 32-year-old pregnant woman was hospitalized for pneumonia and died 8 days later. A swine H1N1 flu virus was detected. Four days before getting sick, the patient visited a county fair swine exhibition where there was widespread influenza-like illness among the swine.

The next reported swine flu death began in 2009 with the first death in Mexico of the A-H1N1/09 strain of the virus. Maria Adela Gutierrez, a 39-year old woman in the southern tourist city of Oaxaca in Mexico died in March 2009.