Influenza

Ways to reduce teachers and students from having the flue also known as influenza The flu is a very common infection that can be a short term illness or it may become deadly. Many students and teachers have missed many days of school and work because of this infection. The number of absences of both teachers and students increased. Students whom have missed school because of the influenza have lower grades now. In order to prevent yourself from becoming sick you need to consider encouraging…

Flu Vaccination Influenza (flu) is a contagious viral infections of the respiratory tract caused by the influenza viruses that can cause mild to severe illness. Severe outcomes of flu infection can result in hospitalization or death (Influenza (Flu) Viruses, 2014). It is estimated that 5% to 20% of the population of United States (US) gets the flu and of those over 200,000 are hospitalized from the flu or from flu-related complications (Seasonal Influenza Q&A, 2014). In the last 30 years…

Effectiveness of Flu Vaccination Every year during flu season healthcare professionals advise people to get inoculated against the flu. However recent studies have suggested that the current influenza vaccine effectiveness may be influenced by vaccinations from prior seasons. This should be taken into consideration when deciding how effective flu vaccinations are. It has been suggested that previous vaccines may interfere with the current vaccine effectiveness (VE), lowering it and thus being…

abdominal muscles; a change skin hue to a sort of bluish-grey” (Douglas). This illness claimed approximately one million two hundred and fifty thousand people from 1831-1832 and 1847-1851. Another common disease in this era was influenza, or common day flu, common to today’s influenza the symptoms included fever, chills, muscle aches, cough, congestion, runny nose, headaches, dehydration and fatigue. This is an airborne disease unlike cholera…

Immunization, the Essential To keep children safe proper nutrition or a helmet when bike riding comes to mind, but vaccines are just as important and helpful. Immunizing children has daunting threats and caution signs plastered all over them, but the highly advanced medical systems of society today can disprove many threats of illnesses linked to vaccinations. Vaccinations are worth every penny compared to the financial tolls of most diseases. Also, immunizations not only protect a single…

disease. I have only known one person to have it, him. I have heard of it because it is one of the questions on the Influenza administration questionnaire form. I feel it is a unique and often misdiagnosed disease. The exact cause is unknown. It is often preceded by an infectious illness such as a respiratory infection or the stomach flu. Surgery and the immunization for influenza has been linked, but both are very rare causes. The beginning symptoms are tingling…

those with chronic disease or weak immune systems are at high risk. Most flu outbreaks happen in late fall and winter. Symptoms may not start for a few days and you could pass the flu to someone before you even know you have it. December 24-30,2017 influenza activity increased sharply in the United States. In Columbus, Ohio a 4 year old boy from Montgomery County has become Ohio’s first pediatric flu death of the…

Mayo Clinic, a nonprofit medical practice and medical research group states that, “this year 's annual flu shot will offer protection against H1N1 flu (swine flu) virus, in addition to two other influenza viruses that are expected to be in circulation this flu season. A vaccine that protects against four strains of the virus will also be available, as will a high-dose flu vaccine for adults age 65 and older.” (“Flu Shot,” par.1). Pharmaceutical companies…

Considering how common illness is, how tremendous the spiritual change that it brings, how astonishing, when the lights of health go down, the undiscovered countries that are then disclosed, what wastes and deserts of the soul a slight attack of influenza brings to view, what precipices and lawns sprinkled with bright flowers a little rise of temperature reveals, what ancient and obdurate oaks are uprooted in us by the act of sickness, how we go down into the pit of death and feel the water of…

The majority of the ‘suspected pneumonia’ and ‘confirmed CAP’ were positive for influenza virus. After 14 days of evaluation of the ‘confirmed CAP’ individuals, 58 individuals manifested symptoms which 23 received the PCV13 and 35 received the placebo vaccine. This resulted to 34.4% efficacy of the…