Flu Immune» Fatigue

I have the flu. Are there are remedies to help the severe fatigue symptom?

Thu, 13 May 2010 21:24:09 +0000

I have the flu. I have not had it before and was wondering how long does it last ?? I can’t stand it. The severe soreness through my whole body is starting to go away, it’s the fatigue part that won’t go away. Any remedies to help the severe fatigue????? I can’t even pick up a book or I drop it that’s how bad it is.

Why does influenza cause sore throat, fatigue, etc?

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:21:09 +0000

Yes I know that the influenza virus replicates in our cells and kills them afterword, but how does this process cause us to have the symptoms of influenza?Any help would be appreciated since this question has been bugging me.

Causes of the flu – Part 2

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:29:19 +0000

Everyone around knows what a flu is, you might call it an influenza, that’s the other name of flu. If you look for a more scientific definition, then flu would be termed as a viral disease’ in plane words. Flu is a viral disease that affects your respiratory tract. It causes headache, fatigue and body ache, and it normally gets over within four days.

Before you eventually jump on to know the causes of flu, you should try and understand little more about what flu is. Flu is an infection that infects your respiratory organs. The first feeling that you get, as soon as you are infected from flu is a terrible headache, fever and body ache. The most remarkable find regarding flu is, once you get infected, the effects of flu stays with you for a period of 3-4 days. It doesn’t go away whether you take medicines or not.

You are freed from the effects of flu after 3-4 days. Why do flu strikes so hard? What are the major causes of flu?

Flu is caused by three types of virus; the viruses are denoted by influenza A, B and C. The virus that normally strikes you is mild virus, predominant in human beings. It gets over in 4 days after a mild fever. It is caused by influenza B and influenza C. Flu caused by influenza A is more deadly and takes the form of an epidemic, if not controlled in the initial stages.

How does flu spread and cause more damage

Flu is highly infectious, and spreads through your neighborhood in no time. If somebody gets infected with flu at your home, then chances are that you might also get struck by flu very soon. That’s how flu spreads and affects you.

The most common causes of flu are personal contact. Things that have been touched by those who are infected with flu will carry flu germs. Persons who come in contact with that thing would be infected with flu.

It’s therefore important to keep eating utensils away at a separate place till the infected person gets well. Flu also spreads through coughing and sneezing. It’s important for you to avoid coughing or sneezing at a public space if you are infected with flu.

The influenza virus remains at few places such as door knobs, eating or drinking utensils and telephone receivers. If you touch those and somehow the virus reaches your eyes, nose or mouth, then you are likely to be infected by flu.

The best way to prevent flu is to wash your hands before you eat and keep your clothes clean.

The difference between a cold and the flu – Part 7

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:52:53 +0000

“Sorry, I can’t come out tonight. I’ve got the flu…or it could be the cold.”

How many of you have said something like this at some point in your life? There is quite a bit of difference between the common cold and the flu, and after this article you’ll confidently be able to say: “Sorry, I can’t come out tonight. I’ve got the flu – yes, the flu, not the cold.” You might be sick, but you sure know what you have.

The flu is the more severe of the two diseases. It usually begins suddenly with a fever that’s somewhere in the 102 to 106 degree area, (adults normally have lower fevers than children). By contrast, it’s rare to have a fever when you have the cold, and if you get one it’s usually mild. Flus also usual come with aches and pains all over the body and sometimes chills, whilst these are again rarely seen in colds. Fatigue is another symptom of the flu – although you do also feel fatigued with a cold, it’s usually worse with a flu. The same goes for discomfort in the chest and headaches – they appear in both colds and flus, but they’re much worse in flus.

Colds on the other hand are usually centered somewhere in the nasal area, and are characterised by runny noses, which are rarely seen with flus. If you have a cold, you’ll also be sneezing quite a bit and you’ll probably be coughing up some junk, whilst with a flu you shouldn’t be sneezing quite so much and your coughs will be pretty dry.

Many people identify a sore throat before any other symptom when they fall sick. Well, it’s hard to tell whether you have a cold or a flu with a sore throat, because they tend to appear in both viruses. The general rule is that sore throats are worse in flus than they are in colds, but in practice it can be hard to tell. The best guideline to use here is to check whether you’re running a high fever with the sore throat – if so, then it’s probably a flu.

As mentioned already, the flu generally hits you quick and hard – you might wake up feeling fine, but by noon you’ll be in bed. The cold on the other hand starts off gradually and gets worse over a couple of days. The good news about the flu is that most of the symptoms that affect the whole body, (such as fatigue and aches) will start to get better after three or four days. However, the flu virus will probably carry on for about a week – possibly longer – whilst the cold should be gone in less than a week.

Well, that’s about it for the differences between a cold and a flu. As you probably have seen, the flu is generally the more severe of the two as well as the longer lasting. However, I’ve found that taking antibiotics generally helps get rid of the flu whilst the cold is down to your immune system to take care of. Whichever one you get, get lots of rest and hopefully it’ll pass over soon.