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INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA

From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is an infectious disease that affects birds and mammals caused by RNA viruses of the family Ortmyxoviridae. In humans, common symptoms of the disease are chills and fever, pharyngitis, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness and general discomfort. In more serious cases, influenza causes pneumonia, which can be fatal, particularly in young children and the elderly. Although it is often confused with the common cold, influenza is a much more severe disease and is caused by a different type of virus. Influenza can produce nausea and vomiting, especially in children, but these symptoms are more characteristic of the unrelated gastroenteritis, which is sometimes called "stomach flu" or "24-ur flu". Typically, influenza is transmitted from infected mammals through the air by coughs or sneezes, creating aerosols containing the virus, and from infected birds through their droppings. Influenza can also be transmitted by saliva, nasal secretions, feces and blood.

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Kip

03/13/2009 09:33 AM

a moms pneumonia story

Maybe you can relate?

URL:

http://www.mrsanotes.com/dream-moms-mrsa-pneumonia
-story/

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