Influenza
Disease information
Influenza
This
disease
is confused generally with simple
a
resfriado one or some
problem
of the superior
respiratory
routes, that is the nose, mouth, throat or
larynx
, reason why do not occur to the suitable treatment and importance him.
She is perhaps one of the most frequent
diseases
, since in general the
children
can suffer it several times during the year, being much more frequent during the time of cold and are rare the adults that escape at least once of them to the year, mainly in people smokers.
It is caused by the virus of
influenza
and is
a
delicate
disease
, that it requires of many cares, since if is not controlled well not only can produce pulmonía, if not other types of the
disease
that are mortal and that have caused great epidemics anywhere in the world.
It is
transmitted
by means of gotitas of saliva that an ill person expels when speaking, toser or to sneeze and when penetrating to the organism of
a
healthy person, the virus is multiplied concentrating
itself
in nasal secretions, which happens around the 2 or 3 days of the
infection
.
At the moment three types of virus of the
influenza
have been identified: To, B, and
C
, being the most frequent and cause of great epidemics, the caused one by the type To, although new stocks of virus arise
each
certain number of years which makes the handling through medicines difficult.
It is very important always to identify if one really is an
influenza
, since there are several
diseases
that appear such with symptoms like: resfriados strong, estreptocócica faringitis,
scarlet fever
,
meningitis
, slight encefalitis or
a
sinusal
infection
.
When there is grayish or greenish accompanied high fever of cough with flemas and presence of blood, the
problem
can be of
bronchitis
or pulmonía.
IMPORTANT the content of this note is informative and it does not replace the medical diagnosis, reason why we do not become people in
charge
by the use of the information.
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