Cold and Flu

Yes, it would be the most likely time you are able to infect others, and it will be one of the most direct methods of passing the flu virus to someone else. Save the kissing until you are fever free for more than 24 hours straight without taking any anti-fever medicines (like Tylenol or Ibuprofen).

The common cold is the most common human disease. Well over 200 viruses are implicated in the cause. Rhinovirus caused colds are most infectious during the first three days of symptoms. A person with the symptoms has already caught the cold. The time before the infection begins and when the symptoms show is between 1-3 days. It is a matter of discussion whether or not a person who doesn't show signs and symptoms of a cold are contiguous. The reason for the lack of information is due to the cost of looking into this.

If you are under 60 try this > Branched chain amino acid (BCAA) and take the recommended dose during a short period until the pain disappears.

Influenza is a respiratory infectious disease caused by viruses. The upper respiratory system is the body system most affected with symptoms of runny nose, watery eyes, sneezes, coughs, nasal and lung congestion, sore throat and fever. It can also affect the muscles and joints with body and joint aches. It puts the immune system to work to eliminate the viruses which, in turn, impacts the lymphatic system along with the blood components that work with the immune system to neutralize and/or kill infectious agents and remove the invading organisms from the body tissues. Symptoms can vary greatly from person to person and from virus strain to virus strain.

The influenza that is currently creating an epidemic and that has been being called the "2009 Swine Flu" is a Type A H1N1 virus, but it is not the only one that is scientifically identified this way. This particular virus has mutated from the H1N1 virus that was a pig virus and not really a human virus. That is why the World Health Organization has named this one "Novel H1N1". Because it contains genetic material from all three: swine flu viruses, avian (bird) flu viruses, and human viruses, therefore the previous H1N1 vaccine would not be effective on this virus that has changed.

Viruses have a protein coat on the outside of their structure called a capsid. There are specific shapes on viruses that physically make them able to latch on to receptor cells in the host animal. This is what keeps most animal viruses from crossing to humans because the receptors cells are shaped so differently and what fits in the other animals' receptors won't fit in human cell receptors. These shapes are some of the features that viruses change when they mutate. The novel H1N1 is different and can fit into human receptors.

The current H1N1 vaccines available are for the pigs to take and are for the strain of H1N1 that pigs have been getting for years, or they are for the seasonal flu strains that humans get that also share the H1N1 features but are not the same as the A-H1N1/09 "Novel" Swine Flu.

The vaccines for the older strains of H1N1 for people and for pigs are not really the best kinds of vaccines (those are still in development), the ones currently available are made from dead viruses and are less effective. FDA hasn't approved live virus vaccines for use for those types of H1N1 flu strains in people yet until more trials, except in very specific situations. Human vaccines for the older swine flu are in development and may be available for workers at hog production facilities only.

The vaccine specifically for the 2009 Pandemic Swine Flu (A-H1N1/09) is due to be released in mid October 2009 and will provide the protection for this Novel Influenza after a loading shot followed in three weeks by a second shot, then a few weeks after the second shot, immunity from this new strain is expected. There will also be a nasal spray available for specific age groups, ask your care professional which type will be right for you and if you are in any of the risk groups.

The pain suggests a kidney problem (CVA tenderness). The brown urine color may indicated renal failure or infection. To test for renal failure, a creatinine level test should be done. This is a simple blood test that detects if the kidneys are properly expelling creatinine from the body (a waste product). If the levels are high, the kidneys are not doing their job.

You should never mix any medications together, there may be ingredients that are the same in both which could result in your getting too much of one of them. Or there could be ingredients that work against each other or combine to make something else that would either be harmful on its own or in combination with other ingredients. You can consult your pharmacist and ask her if there is an over the counter medicine that can treat or help with what you are trying to do by combining other medicines together.

maybe it could be laringitis, just with a common cough

if its just a sore throat, and there is no sign of infection, just gargle with warm salt water twice a day, its an old remedy.

Yes, the swine flu is dangerous to an HIV AIDS patient. Any minor infection or even a cold is deadly to an HIV AIDS patient. The person has to have progressed AIDS, otherwise it won't be as dangerous.

Most likely but it depends what part in Texas

Yes.

The flu virus can live for surprisingly long periods of time on inanimate objections

Flu is always caused a virus, not bacteria, so no flu epidemic will be due to a bacterial agent. This is true of the 1918 "Spanish Flu", it was caused by a virus.

People 65 or over are at a higher risk to get the flu, but anyone of any age can be infected by the flu viruses. Infants and young children are also especially vulnerable to the flu since they have immature immune systems. See the related question below about those at higher risk for the flu.

Pus is toxic, so yeah. You won't die from it necessarily (*I am not a doctor*) but it CAN make you sick. Think of when you have a sinus infection or post nasal drip. Usually that is ingested and can make you sick as well. ~ T

Most certainly not. Or you will die

You may have had the flu a couple of weeks ago and you may think your dad doesn't care about you. You don't need to break your wrist to see if he really cares. Sit down and talk to him and explain how he makes you feel. Some parents do the best they can and are not great at showing affection or showing how much they really care but they sometimes do the best they can.

Honey with lemon juice ( not lemonade, they are combined. You just need honey, and a lemon )

• Gargle at least once an hour with 1 teaspoon of salt dissolved in 8 oz of warm water.
• Hot fluids, such as tea or soup, can help decrease throat irritation.
• Over the counter throat lozenges, such as Sucrets Maximum Strength or Spec-T have a local anesthetic that will numb the throat to soothe the pain.

Pharmacist,Doctor,Etc......

Sepsis is not a disease in itself that you "catch", it is a systemic immune system reaction with a spread in your body of some type of infectious organism, most often bacterial. It is also sometimes called septicemia, SIRS, or "blood poisoning". Usually it starts after a localized infection, like pneumonia in the lungs, a urinary tract infection, cellulitis of the skin, a wound infection, etc., which gets severe and the organism growth is prolific allowing the local infection to spread in the whole body or other locations in your body through the blood stream.

How long after a local infection starts before sepsis begins is variable depending on the type of organism, the local body system infected, how effective antibiotics or other treatments are against that organism, what your state of health is at the time of the infection, your age, how rapidly the organism can reproduce, etc.

If you have a high fever and/or chills, nausea and vomiting, thirst, diarrhea, fatigue, shortness of breath, extreme weakness and lack of appetite, etc. it is possible that your infection has spread through the whole body. At the first of the signs and symptoms, contact your physician even if you already are taking medication such as antibiotics, or getting other treatment, to be sure you are taking the right drug for the organism involved, to test for organisms in the blood stream and to find the specific cause of those "whole body" symptoms.

it's better to take a cold bath because the cold water soothes out the knots in the joints and muscles. if it's not your first time it's okay to take a hot or warm bath.

There is no such person as Swinful. I think you might be referring to swine flu, or H1N1, which is a type of influenza. The virus is transmitted through the air from swine, pigs, to humans. For more information, visithttp:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swine_influenza.

Having a fever can make you feel cold and shiver from sweating. It is nature's way to cool you off from a fever. You may also feel hot with a fever. You can have a fever with the Swine Flu (Novel H1N1), so you may feel either way from the fever. See related question links below for more information about swine flu symptoms.