History Of Flu

Disease Flu:
The flu spreads from infected persons through droplets in virus-laden aerosol (from saliva, nasal and bronchial secretions), emitted by coughing or sneezing or just to talk. And muchmore rarely, through the feces of infected birds. It is also transmissible by blood and by surfaces or objects contaminated with the virus, called fomites.
The flu virus more resistant in dry and cold.Can retain their infectivity during one week at human body temperature, for 30 days at 0 ° C and for a much longer time at lower temperatures

Source:
Influenza is distributed in seasonalepidemics, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths, which become millions in the years of pandemic (global epidemic). During the century there were five influenza pandemics due to the occurrence of mutationin different strains of virus. Often these new strains have emerged from the typical strains shipping animals to man, in what is called species or heterocontagio jump
Causes
Influenza A usuallyarrives between early winter and early spring. Influenza B can appear at any time of the year. H1N1, or swine flu, is another type of influenza.
Most people catch the flu when they breathe in tinydroplets from coughs or sneezes of someone who has the flu. It is also spread when you touch a something with the virus on it, then touch your mouth, nose, or eyes.
Symptoms appear 1 - 7 days later(usually within 2 - 3 days). The flu spreads easily. It often strikes a community all at once. Students or workers become sick within 2 or 3 weeks of the flu's arrival in a school or workplace.
Treatment:Drinking plenty of fluids and getting lots of rest when needed is still the best bit of advice to ease the discomforts of the common cold. Water is the best fluid and helps lubricate the mucousmembranes,

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