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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 »

Options to avoid getting influenza virus have increased in large scale in recent years.

* Vaccination is recommended for all people get vaccinated each year, including school children who want to reduce the risk of getting flu or pass it on to others. Vaccination is recommended in particular:
- all children and adolescents between 6 months and 18 years of age, especially those with long-term therapy with aspirin and therefore could be at risk of developing Reye syndrome after infection with the flu
- all people over age 50 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 »

In a human flu, the following symptoms are most often observed: fever, local pain felt in the skull, cough, throat inflammation, muscle pain, physical fatigue, anorexia. Eating certain foods can help fight the flu by strengthening the immune system. You can take this food :

Food to eat to combat bird No. 1) Ginger
Stomach pain? Nausea? Diarrhea? Ginger is a home remedy often used to relieve these symptoms. Some studies suggest that ginger may help fight against inflammation. Try adding freshly grated ginger powder or other food or drink soda ginger (such as Canada Dry, adding to your glass a few pieces of ginger if you want to enhance the taste of ginger) .

Food to eat to combat bird No. 2) Hot tea
Green tea and black tea ofrrent antioxidants that help fight against diseases. And breathe the vapor of tea can help relieve congestion. Add one teaspoon of honey and a little lemon juice to relieve sore throat. If the caffeine in tea bothers you, choose the versions of decaffeinated tea or herbal tea.

Food to eat to combat avian No. 3) Banana
Sliced, crushed or whole banana treats stomach gently. The banana is the food that will solve your problems if you have symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. Bananas with rice, applesauce and toast foods are recommended by doctors to recover from a stomach flu (the another name for gastroenteritis or gastroenteritis) and to be ready for new foods solid.

Spain’s ambassador in Mexico, Carmelo Angulo, has delivered Saturday to the Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa, the first shipment of medical supplies to combat influenza, which has infected at least 427 people.

Espinosa has said the final destination of the cargo are marginal areas of the State of Mexico, which surrounds the capital.

This first shipment, as explained Angulo, includes 63,000 protective masks, 6,000 glasses and 100 packages of self-care for the Red Cross (valve masks, surgical masks, gloves, garbage bags, disposable overalls and chemical goggles).

The shipment is valued at 100,000 euros and is part of the aid package valued at one million euros that the president of the Spanish Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, has pledged to deliver to Mexico. Read the rest of this entry »