How many times during 'flu' season can someone have flu? Are there flu mimics?
Is it normal for a person to have flu four times in four months? This person has had all the symptoms associated with flu or the common cold like headache, sore throat, cough. Of course nobody wants flu so medication has been taken for cough and to build the immune system. Someone told the person that there are so many strains of flu there is virtually nothing that can be done to fight it. Do you agree? Are there diseases that mimic the flu?
It really just depends on how many strains of the flu are out there. This last season, there were at least two strains of the flu - maybe more, with one being H1N1. I'm not a doctor. Just a mom whose seen a lot, so not really qualified other than to guess.
As for the person who has been sick over and over, well, possibly colds in between? There could be immunity issues going on... It also sounds a little like mononucleosis.
Regardless, when a person is sick that much, he or she should really see a doctor.
There are many, many strains of the flu out there, and there are sometimes secondary complications, like sinus infections and bronchitis or pneumonia that you can get along with the flu that can lengthen your recovery time. Also, every time you are sick, it weakens your immune system, so you need to stay really hydrated, take vitamin C and drink things like Gatorade, vitamin waters or things that will boost your immune system, not water or cokes. Chicken soup actually does help a little, and spicy food can open up those clogged sinuses. Also, use a hydrator in your home if you use central heat, as the air can get really dry and that aggravates irritated throats and lungs. Be sure and take the whole amount of any medicines your doctor prescribes for you, or be sure to take as they directed you to. Other than that, just get a lot of rest and ride it out. There is Tamaflu, and another medication that are prescription that can really shorten the length of your flu, and help minimize the symptoms. Antibiotics will cure any secondary infections.
Good luck!
There are many strains of flu, but usually flu will last for at least a week making you very lethargic and feeling of achiness.
Unfortunately there are many other illnesses that can mimic flu symptoms. Tonsillitis will obviously give you a sore throat but it can also cause fever and general tiredness. Laryngitis and such illnesses can all cause these same symtpoms.
Childhood illnesses like hand, foot and mouth cause fever, lack of appetite, tiredness and general low mood.
It is very easy to jump to the conclusion that an illness is flu when it is not. Take regular paracetamol to help reduce fever and achiness. Vitamin C tablets are available in shops and are a good way of improving your immune system, along with eating plenty of healthy foods like fruit and veg. If your symptoms persist for more than a week and a fever for more than 2 days then medical advice should be requested.
Flu can happen in any season but it is easier to have flu in certain seasons not all the year rond. as a matter of fact, flu is not so terrible when you know some knowledge about it,how to prevent flu matters a lot to people. I also read a hub about flu. and here i can share it with you. Hope you can learn something from this hub.http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Basic-Knowledge-About-Flu.
by yogesh 9 years ago
What do you mean by ' flu shot' ?
by AustralianNappies 11 years ago
Is there a difference between the flu and the common cold?
by Goody5 11 years ago
Has everyone now been hit & gotten sick from the flu and cold season this year?
by Jimmy the jock 12 years ago
Safe home remedies to soothe your childs cold and flu symptomsHome made remedies to help your child sleep better when they have a cold or flu
by health advice 12 years ago
How can you prevent getting the flu?What are the symptoms?
by ManlyPoetryMan 14 years ago
Estimates concerning the virus as stated today when I glanced at a News Home page: It could kill between 30,000 and 90,000 people just in the United States and as many as 1.8 million people could be hospitalized.Media Promoting Hysteria...or Real Factual Numbers that could occur? Weigh-in on...
Copyright © 2024 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. HubPages® is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.
Copyright © 2024 Maven Media Brands, LLC and respective owners.
As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.
For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy
Show DetailsNecessary | |
---|---|
HubPages Device ID | This is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons. |
Login | This is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service. |
Google Recaptcha | This is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy) |
Akismet | This is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Google Analytics | This is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Traffic Pixel | This is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized. |
Amazon Web Services | This is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy) |
Cloudflare | This is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Hosted Libraries | Javascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy) |
Features | |
---|---|
Google Custom Search | This is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Maps | Some articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Charts | This is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy) |
Google AdSense Host API | This service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Google YouTube | Some articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Vimeo | Some articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Paypal | This is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Login | You can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Maven | This supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy) |
Marketing | |
---|---|
Google AdSense | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Google DoubleClick | Google provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Index Exchange | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Sovrn | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Ads | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Unified Ad Marketplace | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
AppNexus | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Openx | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Rubicon Project | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
TripleLift | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Say Media | We partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy) |
Remarketing Pixels | We may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites. |
Conversion Tracking Pixels | We may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service. |
Statistics | |
---|---|
Author Google Analytics | This is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy) |
Comscore | ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Tracking Pixel | Some articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy) |
Clicksco | This is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy) |