Influenza | Symptoms, Causes, Treatment and Home Remedies for Infectious Disease
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Both Relenza and Tamiflu are medications prescribed for the treatment of Influenza A and B. They have been seen to be effective
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Both Relenza and Tamiflu are medications prescribed for the treatment of Influenza A and B. They have been seen to be effective against the fight against swine flu. For the present, before the swine flu vaccine is put out on the market, Relenza and Tamiflu will remain the two medications in use by the doctors to help treat the various symptoms associated with swine flu. Both antiviral medications are in great demand across the world for the treatment against swine flu.
Symptoms of influenza
The infection is sometimes confused with common cold but its symptoms are more severe than typical sneezing. Infection of influenza lasts for about a week and sometimes more. It is characterized by sudden onset of high fever, muscle ache, feeling chills, body ache, headache, severe malaise, sore throat, rhinitis and non-productive cough. Dizziness and loss of appetite is another cause of influenza. Sometime vomiting, weakness and ear pain can prove associated symptom of influenza.
Causes
The flu virus travels in air droplets when any infected person sneezes. One can easily inhale these droplets and affected by disease. You can even pick up the germs by sharing things with the infected person such as telephone, towel, computer keyboard etc.
Treatment
The main thing to keep away from flu is to get a yearly flu vaccine. Whenever you get the flu, your health care provider may prescribe medicine to help your body fight the infection and lessen symptoms. You can do some practical ways to prevent the spread of influenza. You should wash your hands frequently and thoroughly. Don't pick up the used tissues as this may lead to infection. Never share utensils and towels with infected person; infection may travel through this way. You should cover your nose and mouth at the time of sneezing as the inflectional bacteria travels in the air and can cause another person.
Home Remedies
Lastly, you need to follow some effective home remedies for the influenza symptoms. First, you need all the bed rest you can get in order to recuperate from the illness without difficulty. It is also imperative to boost your immune system by taking nutritional supliments and or citrus fruits and juices. Water also serves a vital role in your treatment. Also, you have to comply with the treatment course of therapy given by your physician. If you strictly implement all these, you will be sure a safe recovery from the influenza disease.
Scientists believe that when the cause of influenza is a strain of the virus that the cells of the immune system have not been exposed to before, symptoms are more severe. The different viruses can cause symptoms ranging from cold-like ailments to severe headache, high fever, extreme fatigue and severe body aches. In the case of the Spanish flu, scientists believe that the viruses infected the lungs quickly and that, the immune system responded slowly (because it was a new strain), resulting in severe viral pneumonia and many deaths. The symptoms of pneumonia include chest pain and coughing up phlegm that is tinged with blood. In the case of the Spanish flu, many people who died experienced severe bleeding or hemorrhaging of the alveoli (air sacs) in the lungs.
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haemophilus influenzae, influenza treatment, influenza symptoms,
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Health and Fitness
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Alternative Medicine
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