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This year is braced to historically be the worst flu season ever recorded, according to the Nation Health Service (NHS), with over 170,000 influenza cases already reported, nearly three times the amount compared to last year. Australia and New Zealand, who have recently come out of their winter season, saw a spike in influenza cases this year. With these facts in mind, are you prepared to tackle the flu these upcoming months?
Straight from the CDC Time to protect yourself and the herd.
Discover Flu Facts
Here are some flu facts that you should know and you must take care about in order to protect yourself & your loved ones. For Flu Shot in Mornington, Call us or Visit our website https://www.beachendmedicalclinic.com/
Quick Flu Facts
Did you know....
There are two strains of the Flu
You can get the Flu more than once
Cold and Flu symptoms are fairly similar
Flu tests should be performed ASAP (when in doubt, get it checked out!)
The Flu can last up to 2 weeks!
This is what my doctor told me today. If you have been around someone with the flu as soon as you feel even the slightest symptoms (today I started having body aches and cold chills) call your doctor. They will prescribe you Tamiflu. If your symptoms have gone on less than 2 days Tamiflu can help stop the infection from getting worse and also shorten it. After 2 days it’ll only shorten it by 12-24 hours. I’m gonna post the symptoms so you know what to look out for if you have been or possibly have been exposed to the flu. More facts about flu (got all from either my doctor, the CDC or NHS): *It’s spreads by airborne respiratory droplets (coughs or sneezes), skin-to-skin contact (handshakes or hugs), saliva (kissing or shared drinks), and touching a contaminated surface (blanket or doorknob) *The flu virus can survive up to 24 hours on hard surfaces while only 15 or so minutes on skin *The flu virus can survive in air as droplets, especially in cold temperatures, for several hours *You are contagious from the first symptoms being shown till about 24 hours after your fever has subsided *It takes 1-4 days to develop symptoms of the flu after being in contact with the virus *Frequent hand washing is critical to help stop the flu from spreading *We are currently in the peak of flu season *Dogs and cats cause also get the flu but it not caused by you nor can you get the flu from them *This year’s flu vaccine is around 30%-40% effective in the US. The 10% we keep hearing is from the vaccine is actually from Australia. The US vaccine seems to be a little more effective. *“This is the first year we had the entire continental U.S. be the same color on the graph, meaning there’s widespread activity in all of the continental U.S. at this point,” CDC Influenza Division Director Dr. Dan Jernigan said during a briefing on Friday. “It is in a lot of places and causing a lot of flu.” * https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/fluportaldashboard.html
It’s almost impossible to get through the winter without hearing about the flu. While we often use the word flu to describe any miserable feverish head cold, a cold (rhinovirus) is NOT the same as the flu (influenza). A head cold is 10 days of misery. Flu will disable you for weeks, if not outright kill you.
“Flu shots are a government conspiracy. I got the shot and still got the flu.”
Preventing death and permanent disability is not a conspiracy. If you get the flu shot and then feel lousy, it’s probably not flu; it’s your body charging up its antibodies. If you get a flu shot and then get a cold, it’s not the flu. Recombinant flu vaccines don’t even contain flu. CAN you get the flu after getting a flu shot? Of course you can, the same way you seem to get the same cold every year. Here comes the science, y’all:
There are actually three flu viruses, A, B, and C. A is common, B less so, C mild and rare. Each type has two parts: the hemaglutinin protein (the H) and an enzyme to let it reproduce (the N, for neuraminidase). There are 18 types of H’s and 11 types of N’s – thousands of combinations of H1N1’s, H2N3’s, H6N4’s. If your shot is for N1H1, and you catch H2N3 – you’ve got flu. Better flu shots (called trivalent or quadravalent) will give you immunity to the top three or four likely flus, quadrupling your chances of staying healthy. Even if you do manage to get a flu, your partial immunity will give you a much milder case.
Washing your hands frequently remains the next-best flu preventative. And while you’re avoiding the flu, or perhaps recovering from it, check out some of these really fascinating books on the flu, and some excellent (scary) novels on flu ...
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