Influenza or Common Flu

Influenza is a viral infection that affect our respiratory system such nose, throat and lungs. It is commonly called “flu”.
 Symptoms:

 Symptoms are begin about 2 days exposure to the virus.

• Fever over 100F
• chills
• headache
• muscle aches
• dizziness (feeling faint ,  lightheaded to feeling weak)
• loss of appetite
• tiredness
• cough
• sore throat
• runny nose
• nausea or vomiting
• weakness
• ear pain
• diarrhea

Causes: 

                Influenza virus travel through the air in droplets, cough, sneezing or talks . If any person inhale the droplets directly or pics up the germs from an object such as mobile, computer keyboard transfers them to eyes, nose or mouth.

Treatment:

                Symptoms can be reduced by drinking extra purified water, bed rest. Medicine can be prescribed according to symptoms such as NSAID,s (pain killers to reduce muscle pain and fever like condition), antihistamines to to cure runny nose and sneezing, decongestant(pseudoephedrine) to cure stuffy nose.

Flu Vaccination:

                                Annual flu vaccination is recommended over the age of 6 month.

The influenza vaccine isn't 100 percent effective, so it's also important to take measures to reduce the spread of infection:

• Thorough and frequent hand-washing is the best way to prevent many common infections. Scrub your hands vigorously for at least 15 seconds.
• Cover your mouth and nose when you sneeze or cough. To avoid contaminating your hands, cough or sneeze into a tissue or into the inner crook of your elbow.

Flu spreads easily wherever people congregate in child care centers, schools, office buildings, auditoriums and public transportation. By avoiding crowds during peak flu season, you reduce your chances of infection.