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Treatment

To relieve symptoms, your doctor may recommend rest and drink plenty of fluids (at least eight glasses per day). When fever and body aches, you can take nonprescription pain relievers. If zanamivir (Relenza) or oseltamivir (Tamiflu) are taken within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms, may accelerate recovery in about a day.

Since the flu is a viral infection, antibiotics are ineffective. Children suspected of having flu and high fever should never take aspirin to treat fever. This can cause the disease called Reye syndrome. Instead, you should use acetaminophen (Tylenol). Read the rest of this entry »

Diagnosis

Your doctor will assess your symptoms to determine if the flu or a cold. If you sneeze or have nasal congestion, you might have a cold. It is very likely that the flu causes fever, cough, chills and muscle aches, and is a seasonal virus but colds. Influenza tends to occur in the winter months, whereas colds occur throughout the year. Read the rest of this entry »

Influenza can cause various symptoms can be mild or severe depending on the type of virus, age and general health of the person. Although it is a respiratory virus, affects other body systems, making the person feel a general physical discomfort. Symptoms may include any or all of the following:

* chills
* Moderate to high fever (101 to 103 degrees Fahrenheit) (38.3 to 39.5 degrees Celsius).
* Sore throat
* Runny nose
* Muscle aches Read the rest of this entry »

Influenza is a respiratory infection caused by influenza virus. This infection is usually spread in the air or by direct contact between two people. Most cases occur during an epidemic, with the peak (highest number of cases) during the winter months nearly every year. The influenza virus is very contagious. It’s called the epidemic pandemic is particularly severe and massively extended in the population.

If compared with other viruses, influenza virus can attack a large number of people in a relatively short time. Each year about 25 million people seek medical attention for symptoms of influenza during the influenza season. In the United States, the Asian flu between 1957 and 1958 caused 70,000 deaths and influenza in Hong Kong between 1968 and 1969 killed 34,000 people. During the worst influenza pandemic in history, Spanish, died between 20 to 40 million people worldwide in less than a year. Read the rest of this entry »