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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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"Cow flu" seems to me more of a satirical sense of "illness" that is only made up by those who like to BS, after the pandemics of swine flu and bird flu that had passed around in previous years.
In a more serious sense, cow flu doesn't exist. So I wouldn't worry about it.
Why does your hair rise when you get cold?
because your body thinks your are letting heat in when in reality your are actually losing heat. think of it like a blanket when you cover up heat circulates but if you turned it vertically it would serve no purpose accept too act as a ground to let electrical currents pass through. but chances are you would barley notice
Can a pig catch human cold or sickens?
Yes, they can and have the ability to change viruses and make them worse...Take a look at the swine flu. Stay away from your pet pig if you get a cold or the flu.
If he doesn't show any more signs I would send him Monday. Let the teacher know so if he does get tired or sick she can call you.
If exposed to H1N1 how will you know if you will get it?
Swine Flu is generally recognized by its symptoms and by the presence of it in your location. There are field tests that your doctor can perform, but they only confirm that you have some strain of Type A influenza and not the specific strain. The doctors go on the history of flu outbreak in your area to make an assumption that it is or isn't H1N1/09. Because the flu is treated the same regardless of the specific strain, unless you are hospitalized or have extreme complications, there is no reason to do the more extensive tests to prove the exact strain. Those tests are costly and must be sent off to an esoteric lab or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to perform the more complex testing.
Most people when exposed to the H1N1/09 virus do get it since it is a highly contagious type of flu. If you don't show symptoms within a week of exposure, you will likely not have caught it. In the interim, however, you should assume you do have it and avoid contact with others who have not been vaccinated and follow all guidelines for hand washing and other preventive precautions.
How dangerous is it to get flu when already infected with HIV?
Very. When you have HIV, your immune system is very, very weak. It's called Human Immunodeficiency Virus. In other words, your immune system is so weak, it needs all the help it can get. Any and all sicknesses are very dangerous to someone HIV positive.
It's neither. Do what your body tells you and stay hydrated. if you vomit its because your stomach is upset and because of all the germs in the aera makes u like that.
How does your body recognize the cold?
I think this is an excellent question. I am not an expert but my guess is that it must be something to do with the physical properties of materials which behave differently at different temperatures. Fatty substances become more fluid as they get warmer leading to a change in behaviour, from this I'd assume that the nervous system must have, as part of it, some thermo-reactive substance which are part of a causal chain which modify various electro-chemical signals in the brain.
To put it another way, the brain must 'know' that specific changes in signal quality from nerve endings are compatible with changes in temperature. A process which may be surmised from how we can asses the ambient outdoor temperature simply by recognizing behavioral signals of elements in the environment: Mist, frost, etc. Such experiences must also affect neurologically measurable chemical changes in our nerves.
In which part of your arm do you have the swine flu jab?
the top of the arm you don't write with. if your right handed, you'll get it in your left arm. if your left handed, you'll get it in your right arm.
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You can choose in which arm to get the vaccination, I choose the arm I do write with and recommend it to others, because using the arm as you normally would helps the soreness go away faster. If I put it in the arm I use most, the soreness is gone faster. If I put it in the other arm, it stays sore days longer.
Is it good to sniff when you have a cold?
Well, it is better than blowing. But, best is to use nasal saline spray to rinse your nose and then gently wipe your nose and blow into a tissue. Blowing your nose forcefully can raise pressures that can force contaminated fluids into your ears from your Eustachian tubes, causing infection. Usually you can't or don't sniff hard enough to cause the same problems as you can with blowing. However, why pull back in what should be going out of your nose and body? Try antihistamines and OTC cold medicines to control the runny nose and use the saline spray to clear things. Ask your pharmacist for suggestions.
What is the best brand of tissue?
The best tissue brand is : Puffs plus lotion with Vicks. It is so soft and doesn't scratch your nose. Very good for normal day to day use, or when you have a cold.
What did oswald hope robertson die from?
Oswald Hope Robertson pioneered the idea of storing blood in depositories for the potential needed eventuality. It died in a nursing home of natural causes in Santa Cruz, CA in 1966.
When you have a cold will the person living with you catch a cold also?
How many people in Mexico died and how the flu began?
According to the World Health Organization, more than 18,000 people died to the swine flu. It is interesting to note that only 398 of those deaths actually happened in Mexico.
The small rural town of La Gloria in the state of Veracruz is the suspected place where everything started (pop: 2,243). The town has several pig farms.
The first confirmed cases of swine flu were identified by March 17th. At the time, 60% of the town's population was already affected by the illness.
Many of the affected people sold their agricultural products or were treated in hospitals at Mexico City (pop: 21.16 million), spreading the disease.
What response usually occurs after an individual receives a vaccine for the influenza virus?
# antibodies against the virus form in the blood
Depending on the type of response you have in mind, two things:
- An immune response creating the desired immunity, or,
- A local response to the vaccine in the local tissue at the needle site, if the vaccine were injected.
