Flu

“Flu” medically knows as “influenza”. Cause by an infectious virus named “influenza virus”.

Flu can be caused to an individual at every age. Especially, starting from 4 years of age.

Flu can be severed or very dangerous from 2 to 5 years of age in children, while from 65 or older in adults.

More suffering flu can be caused in the pregnant women.

These patients need special care while suffering from flu.

In the most sever cases the patient has to take vaccination and or bed at the hospital, during flu.

Now let’s discuss what are the symptoms of, and how can we treat it?

Symptoms

It is difficult to distinguish between common cold, fever and flu,

Except runny nose in flu.

Symptoms of flu are easy to find out, the symptoms of flu are:

Felling lazy

Headache

Sore throat

Runny nose

Sneezing

Vomiting (more common in children than adults)

Increase in body temperature

 

Causes

Flu is caused by a type virus called influenza virus. These influenza viruses effect the nose, throat and lungs. Influenza viruses spread in the environment, when a flu patient sneeze.

Other causes are ice cream and rain.

Treatments 

Stay home and get plenty of rest.

Mind your flu manners

Drink plenty of fluids

Make sure you get more liquids

Treat aches and fever. Got fever

Take care of your cough. Over-the-counter treatments can calm your hack.

Sit in a steamy bathroom.

Run the humidifier

Besides these you have to take some anti flu drugs to treat flu fast.

Following are the drugs that can help you in treating flu quickly:

1. Panadol CF
2. Arinac forte
3. Ibuprofen
4. Tylenol
5. Decongestants
6. Tami-flu

 

You have to take a dose in 28 hours during the disease according to the prescription from the physician.