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Influenza - Online Essay

Influenza

Sam Oh
1/20/14
Period 4
Health

Influenza

Influenza has a much more common name that we all know of which is the flu. Almost everyone has had this sickness once in their life. It would be strange not to have had it by now. If you are not sure if you had it some the signs of the influenza are chills [HYPERLINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chills], fever [HYPERLINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fever], runny nose [HYPERLINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinorrhea], sore throat [HYPERLINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sore_throat], muscle pains [HYPERLINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myalgia], headache [HYPERLINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headache] (often severe), coughing ...

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from the cold is the symptom of a fever as having a fever with a cold is something that rarely happens. This high fever is also accompanied usually with a large headache which means colds do not have this symptom very often. This fever also last around three to four days which is definitely unpleasant. The flu also has a major complication of pneumonia which is life threatening although not common with people who have caught the flu. Pneumonia is a lung infection which can last up to three weeks and you are generally required to go to the hospital for some treatment. If you are unsure whether you are just coughing it is best to just see the doctor. Even though these two illnesses can be mistaken, the biggest sign is usually of a sudden illness.
Influenza spreads around the world during the cold months of each hemisphere which results in about three to five millions reported cases and a quarter to half a million deaths around the world. In the 1900s there were three big ...

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