All About Flu
Flu Treatment
Date 2005/7/20 11:16:10 | Topic: Articles about flu
| The flu treatment should be done very properly. Illness as usual looks like a common cold but it is dangerous for its complications. They are especially bad for children and old men who have weak immunity.
The flu treatment should be done like that. First of all the ill person should be isolated, given personal dishes like cups or plates, forks and spoons. These dishes are to be boiled after the usage. Family ought to call the doctor immediately. The patient should never practice self flu treatment because the flu is rather dangerous illness. During the continuation of the disease patient should be confined to bed. The space where the ill person stays ought to be regularly aired (3-4 times a day for 15-20 minutes.) The room should be washed every day as well. The members of the family, especially little children should wear masks to prevent disease. The ill person ought to be kept in warmth. The warm bathes are very useful. The food of the patient should be substantial and full of vitamins. The ill person ought to take much warm or hot drinks: like tea (with honey, lemon), milk etc.
Ill person is to take some medicine for coughing and heart if he has some respiratory or heart problems. Sometimes patient should be given some injections. Such medicine like interferon is rather effective and may be used even in case of prophylactic of the illness. The patients with the bad form of flu, especially with a danger of developing of the secondary bacterial infection should take antibiotics. But again all the medicine is to be taken according to the prescription of the doctor.
People who don’t like flu treatment have a chance to prevent it. To prevent flu person may be vaccinated. As usual vaccine doesn’t help everybody. Efficiency of it is 80 to 95%. After it only 1-2 vaccinated persons in 10 can fall ill with flu. But even though they usually suffer from flu in a light form. The patient is to be vaccinated 2 weeks before epidemic (or better 1-2 months) to form immunity. That is in October-November. The people should be vaccinated every year because the virus of flu changes very often. Every 30-40 years appears new type of virus. So every year new vaccine against flu appears. This vaccine may be given to children even at the age of 6 months. People who are more than 60 years old and have some heart problems, problems with the organs of breathing or metabolic disease cannot be vaccinated. Those people whose job is connected with being in public (teachers, doctors, drivers of public transport etc.) cannot be vaccinated too. As well as people who have allergy for proteins of the hen eggs which are concluded into the vaccine. For prevention of allergic reaction the person should stay under the observation of doctor or nurse during not less than 30 minutes after being vaccinated. As for the pregnant women they may be given a vaccine only in an emergency.
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