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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.
4,331 Questions
Can you burn a pan by cooking on too high a temperature?
Yes you can. Although this depends some one the material (type of metal) and thickness of the pan. Higher quality pans with thicker bottoms are less likely to burn on higher heat. other variables are what you are cooking and how full the pan might be.
What happened in Alaska during the Spanish Flu?
Many indigenous populations were decimated drastically, because of the many who died from the flu.
What are white discolorations on a child's tongue but not thrush?
My daughter has this and her pediatrian called it a "geographic" tongue. As long as your doctor has ruled out thrush, it is nothing to worry about.
Do cucumbers help colds and the flu?
I was just advised by my Doctor to eat cucumber to help my viral infection/flu. Apparently it helps balance the acidity/oxygen in the blood, rehydrates the body and provides nutrition that is easy to digest for those flus that make us not want to eat anything.
What should you do if you have a red rash inside your throat a slight fever and a runny nose?
Call your doctors office and schedule an appointment.
Is a high fever and body aches more likely a cold or flu?
I am not a physician, and you should always get professional medical advice for any medical needs. High fevers do not usually accompany colds. Given a choice between the two, it is more likely the flu. But this does not prove that it is the flu; there are other symptoms, like sinus or respiratory congestion, that go along with the flu. There are other conditions that may cause fever and body aches, many of which are serious. For example, even something like a urinary tract infection can cause symptoms very much like what you describe. So do not conclude that something is the flu just because you reasonably rule out that it is a cold.
No. If anything, your immune system was more "revved up" because of the flu!
What are diseases that are viral and bacterial?
# Chickenpox # Cholera # Common cold (influenza) # Diphtheria # Mumps # Polio # Rubella (German measles)
# Scarlet fever # Whooping cough # Smallpox (appears to have been eradicated) # Typhoid # Tetanus # HIV/AIDS
How is the flu virus rendered inactive?
Many different ways, among them are:
- Let them dry out.
- Deprive them of a host.
- Use antiviral medication.
- Use friction, soap and warm water (see related question below).
- Use ethyl or isopropyl alcohol in solutions of a minimum of 60% alcohol.
- Use alcohol based waterless hand sanitizers (at least 60% alcohol).
- Use non-alcohol based waterless hand sanitizers*.
- Heat to temperatures at least as high as normal cooking temperatures (167-212°F [75-100°C]).
- Sterilize or autoclave with very high heat.
- Use household cleaning products (see related links below for link to information about products that are effective).
- Subject them to an animal's (including humans) healthy immune system activity.
*Common active ingredients in non-alcohol based hand sanitizers: benzalkonium chloride, triclosan, or povidone-iodine.
How many people have died of Swine Flu in the UK without underlying complications?
While there is continuous monitoring of the cases and deaths of swine flu, statistics are not being reported yet about all the individual cases of death and whether or not an underlying condition was present and contributed to the death in every case. For the most part, it is the majority of those people who have severe medical conditions such as asthma, chronic lung disease, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, heart disease, the very young and pregnant women or are otherwise among the high risk groups who are having the serious complications and are dying from this disease. In others who have been infected, the symptoms and course of the flu are relatively very mild.
Where are the germs when you have a cold?
The viruses (germs) enter your body through the membranes that are in your mouth and throat, nose and sinuses, bronchial tubes and lungs, and eyes, from there they can enter cells in those tissues and other areas near them to start their replication process.
See the related questions below for more information on how viruses affect your body and how they reproduce.
There is a slight risk of affecting the baby. If you suspect your pregnant and you shouldn't take this medication, then stop taking it straight away. I agree. Just take lots of fluids. If it is later on (after 16 weeks) and you truly have the flu (with a high temperature) it is probably safer to take acetominophen (paracetamol) to bring the temperature down than to run a fever which can affect the baby.
Is the intranasal flu vaccine more effective than flu vaccines administered with a needle?
The answer to this depends greatly on some widely differing variables. Patient age, health status and how well the vaccine used in the trials matched the viruses circulating at the time of the study are three of the most significant influences on the trial results making comparisons difficult.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) bottom line best estimate from studies is that, for healthy children, the intranasal flu vaccine made with the live attenuated (weakened) influenza virus (LAIV) is more effective in offering protection against the flu than the injected vaccines (the LAIV intranasal vaccine is recommended only for healthy people age 2 - 49), although there is not a huge difference.
For healthy children receiving live vaccine: efficacy was 86% overall. In one large study among children aged 15-85 months, the seasonal nasal-spray flu vaccine (LAIV) reduced the chance of influenza illness by 92% compared with placebo, but the match of the vaccine virus to the viruses in the wild was better during that trial period compared to the study with the efficacy results of 86%, too, which makes comparison more difficult.
For healthy adults under age 65, the studies mostly indicate that there is no statistical difference in effectiveness between receipt of live flu vaccines or inactivated vaccines. However specific studies of healthy college age adults suggested that inactivated vaccine may be more efficacious than live vaccine for this age group. The overall efficacy of LAIV and inactivated influenza vaccine in preventing laboratory-documented influenza from all three influenza strains combined was 85% for LAIV and 71% for inactivated injected vaccines.
In older trial participants aged 65 and over, the effectiveness of flu vaccines is generally overall lower (efficacy of 58%), but since this group also usually has more underlying health issues and may be more susceptible and more prone to complications and death (the majority of the estimated 36,000 deaths from seasonal flu each year in the US are among this older age group), that is not easily assessed. There are some flu vaccines made especially for this age group that give a stronger dose to help improve effectiveness.
The studies were also difficult for this > 65 age group because those who reside in long term care (LTC) facilities are typically more susceptible and have more incidence of transmission of flu viruses from staff, visitors, and other residents. Therefore, the immunization against flu in this LTC subgroup can significantly reduce infection rates and is highly recommended since this group has the highest morbidity and mortality rates from the flu. And these variables can also skew the statistics in trials, making estimates of the difference between the effectiveness very difficult to impossible to provide.
See the links below in the Related Links section to the CDC site for more specific details.
More information:
Flu vaccines have a relatively similar effectiveness regardless of the route of administration or regardless if it is LAIV vs. an inactivated vaccine within specific groups, but the effectiveness varies between the groups.
Those vaccines administered with needles are made with inactivated virus particles which can make a weaker immune response, while the intranasal vaccine for the flu is made with LAIV (Live Attenuated Influenza Viruses) that are treated so that they can not make an otherwise healthy person sick with the flu, but trigger a stronger response.
The immune response to an inactivated virus is less robust than that to the live weakened virus. However, the injected route can produce a more immediate and robust response compared to the less invasive, slightly slower acting intranasal route. So, the end restult is relatively the same in a general evaluation.
Explain why a doctor might not give you any medication if you had a viral disease?
they probably wont give you any medicine for this desease because they can't cure it
What is the portion of the flu virus that acts like a nametag?
Simple child, simple. First get a big ole stick and jab that textbook. Then you play a lil' bit of baseball with a side of fries. Don't forget this all must be done on a plane from Minneapolis, Minnesota to Dallas, Texas. Also, Canadians are key to this process. Buy a Canadien at the local supermarket. Go Mets!
Does your nose run when you have the flu?
Usually. See the related question below about the symptoms of the flu.
Can cold weather cause the knees to swell?
umm i think man tsadhg
Probably not, but it definitely can make other body parts shrink - just ask George Costanza.
When do you start to worry about your child's temperature being to high?
When a child's temperature raises above 103 degrees Fahrenheit, you can be sure that the fever is probably indicative of something more than just teething or a slight illness. If the temperature reaches 105 degrees Fahrenheit, seek medical help immediately.
What foods do you eat when you have a cold or fever?
The Foods that you should eat when you have a cold/ the flu:
1. Stick to vitamin c products and stay awayyy from junk foods like, chicken nuggets, snack wraps, torltia chips, potato chips etc.
2. Eat foods such as: Oatmeal, cereal ( eat the cereal by itself as appose to mik)., Fish, Chicken, Apples, Grapes, Oranges, Slice of bread with a light Spreading.
3. Last but not least, stick to the mainly soft foods..so that means NO: FRENCH FRIES, SNACK WRAPS, BURGERS, POPCORN CHICKEN, K.F.C, SONIC, PIZZA!!,HASH BROWNS, SAUSAGE,BACON.
***ANOTHER SLIGHT TIP WOULD BE TO STAY AS MUCH AWAY AS YOU CAN FROM MILK, THAT WILL JUST MAKE THE COLD & YOU FEELING WORSE.***
Should a person taking a monthly infusion of Tysabri for MS take a swine flu vaccination?
That question is better answered by a physician or pharmacist familiar with your specific case. Contact the doctor who has ordered the Tysabri for the best advice.
The common cold the flu food poisoning and toothaches all stem from?
Different causes. Flus stem from viruses, food poisoing from bacteria.
