Influenza: Some of the Common Preventions and Symptoms

We have started a series on health, on our website to spread some general information about those health issue which are commonly neglected by our people such as influenza, they don’t take those conditions seriously.

INFLUENZA

As before we have talked about common cold, winter has just came so we will now discuss about another common problem seen in winter which is known as “Influenza” another common name of it which is “Flu”.

BASIC DISCUSSION:

Like common cold this is also another health condition which is neglected by the people and they don’t go their proper treatment. As, there is no proper treatment for this infection but there are some vaccines available for the prevention of influenza. Basically, it is caused by an infection named as Influenza Virus.

SYMPTOMS:

The symptoms  can vary in person to person as the range of the symptoms can go from mild to severe. In most cases, the severe influenza cause by the negligence of the patients. Other symptoms include pain in muscles, fatigue, fever, headache, runny nose, cough and sore throat. These symptoms are just like common cold symptoms.

The symptoms can be seen in patients after about 4 days of the exposure of the patients to the virus. And they can last from 2 to 8 days, this scale of days can vary from person to person as people with good immune system can fight with it easily. Regarding symptoms, in children with influenza can experience vomiting and diarrhea. It can also infect further for Pneumonia in some patients.

TREATMENTS FOR INFLUENZA:

If the symptoms are mild in some cases, then anti-fever medications are prescribed by the Doctors. And they tell them to take proper rest and good intake of food. For sore throat, doctors can prescribe cough syrups for the relief of cough.

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