Dr Shelton describes the difference between Flu and Cold Symptoms and how Homeopathy can be beneficial in treating and preventing the Flu.
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According to the CDC, Cold vs. Flu is defined as follows:
What is the difference between a cold and the flu?
The flu and the common cold are both respiratory illnesses but they are caused by different viruses. Because these two types of illnesses have similar flu-like symptoms, it can be difficult to tell the difference between them based on symptoms alone. In general, the flu is worse than the common cold, and symptoms such as fever, body aches, extreme tiredness, and dry cough are more common and intense. Colds are usually milder than the flu. People with colds are more likely to have a runny or stuffy nose. Colds generally do not result in serious health problems, such as pneumonia, bacterial infections, or hospitalizations.
How can you tell the difference between a cold and the flu?
Because colds and flu share many symptoms, it can be difficult (or even impossible) to tell the difference between them based on symptoms alone. Special tests that usually must be done within the first few days of illness can be carried out, when needed to tell if a person has the flu.
What are the symptoms of the flu versus the symptoms of a cold?
In general, the flu is worse than the common cold, and symptoms such as fever, body aches, extreme tiredness, and dry cough are more common and intense. Colds are usually milder than the flu. People with colds are more likely to have a runny or stuffy nose. Colds generally do not result in serious health problems, such as pneumonia, bacterial infections, or hospitalizations.
For those with questions on the Swine Flu, here is Wikipedia' definition
Swine influenza (also called swine flu, hog flu, and pig
flu) is an infection by any one of several types of swine influenza virus. Swine influenza virus (SIV)
is any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is endemic
in pigs.[2]
As of 2009, the known SIV strains include influenza C
and the subtypes of influenza A
known as H1N1,
H1N2,
H3N1,
H3N2,
and H2N3.
Swine influenza virus is common
throughout pig populations worldwide. Transmission of the virus from pigs to
humans is not common and does not always lead to human influenza,
often resulting only in the production of antibodies
in the blood. If transmission does cause human influenza, it is called zoonotic
swine flu. People with regular exposure to pigs are at increased risk of swine
flu infection. The meat of an infected animal poses no risk of infection when
properly cooked.
During the mid-20th century, identification of influenza subtypes became possible, allowing accurate diagnosis of transmission to humans. Since then, only 50 such transmissions have been confirmed. These strains of swine flu rarely pass from human to human. Symptoms of zoonotic swine flu in humans are similar to those of influenza and of influenza-like illness in general, namely chills, fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness and general discomfort.
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