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HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINEFor the Symptoms of InfluenzaBy: Christopher De Barros Hons. BSc, DHMS, HDIt seems that every year, at this time, many Canadians become ill with some variations of the influenza virus. In fact, the "flu season" runs from September until April. During this period, it is...
Pregnant women are strongly advised to be immunized because pregnancy increases a woman’s chance of developing complications from the influenza virus. Mothers also pass the protection onto their abies who would normally be too young to receive immunization individually. During flu season everybody shou...
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Learn about influenza (flu) symptoms, treatment with antiviral drugs, flu shot side effects, and prevention during flu season. Discover when to get the flu vaccine, how long the flu lasts, the contagious period, flu types, and how it spreads.
Learn about influenza (flu) symptoms, treatment with antiviral drugs, flu shot side effects, and prevention during flu season. Discover when to get the flu vaccine, how long the flu lasts, the contagious period, flu types, and how it spreads.
That’s actually a misnomer and not connected to influenza at all—it’s just a shorthand way of saying gastroenteritis, which is caused by a virus, bacteria, or parasites. The way to know the difference is that its main symptoms aren’t respiratory, but rather GI-focused with diarrhea, ...
The most common types of influenza virus are A and B. Influenza A is the one usually responsible for the annual epidemics. Most people get multiple flu infections during their lives. With many other types of infections, having the disease once protects against a second infection. That is becau...
Some scientists now consider the disease to be “endemic,” a virus that appears to be here to stay, like influenza. That’s why experts continue to recommend staying on top of your booster shots, which, like the annual flu shot, are reformulated on the regular to target evolving strains ...
The three main types of influenza virus that cause illness in people are named A, B and C. Influenza A and B viruses cause seasonal epidemics of disease almost every winter in the United States, while influenza C causes only mild respiratory symptoms and is not thought to cause epidemics,acc...