What is the technical name for flu?

Question 1
What is the technical name for flu?...  

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1)   fluenza - Sultan H

2)   influenza. - Mr. Junk

3)   Influenza - jessica_marie0029

4)   The technical name is influenza.
There are 3 different branches:
-Influenza A (Which contains Swine Flu)
-Influenza B
-Influenza C

Hope this helps! =) - Shane ツ


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Question 2
When is a person no longer contagious after having H1N1?...  

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1)   About a week after their symptoms stop. =) - Shane ツ

2)   i heard you start to be contagious when you begin to show symptoms. Im not sure when it stops though.

please answer my question about H1N1

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AlTd4xFD54hWISWKwaTLmQ_sy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090930065251AAOZIwc - dispirited_princess

3)   The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been telling people to stay home from work and school and avoid contact with others until a day after their fever breaks. The new research suggests they may need to be careful for longer. When the coughing stops is probably a better sign of when the H1N1 virus (swine flu) patient is no longer contagious. This time frame is approximately 7 days (1 week). The virus can still spread after fever has gone away. Swine flu also appears to be contagious longer than ordinary seasonal flu, which is contagious for about a day or two.

Need more info?

I got the above information from this site (but I think I covered the main points in the article!) - asdryer


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Question 3
When does the common cold usually occur?...  Around what months or seasons is it most "popular?" You'd think I'd be able to find this info on Google, but maybe I'm asking it the wrong question.

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1)   usually in the winter, when people are closer together, as in schools, subways, stores, etc. - David

2)   I think from about December to April would be the main months where the cold is most prominent! But the common cold is present all year round! - Shane ツ

3)   The common cold usually occurs the most during the cold seasons because your immune system is suppressed making it easier for you catch it. - ChelleLovesOilers


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Question 4
Pneumonia? or just flu?...  Ok so my back has been hurting for about the past week and i started to get what i thought wasw a cold. coughing feverish chills, flu like. my chest hurts everyonce in a while but its mainly my back, upper region like middle of back to shoulders. and ive been vomiting and coughing and my stomach hurts like the flu but why does my back hurt if its just the flu? my chest feels a little tight when i take deep breaths idk, im gonna go to the doctor in the next week if i dont get over it but my health insurance doesnt start till the first and then i dont have time till the 6th to go, so i was trying to figure out if i needed to make time or if it would just pass

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1)   see the doc. my wife almost died form pneumonia because she let it go too far. - David

2)   swine flu - burn him - PeeJ

3)   swine flu - Princess


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Question 5
What test is performed to see exactly how much glucose is in your blood?...  

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1)   You use a meter to measure the level of your blood sugar. There are many brands on the market. Anyone with diabetes will have a blood glucose meter. You can generally get one for free when you purchase there test strips. - WisdomTrain

2)   There are several and it depends on whether it's an ordered test at a lab or the test you do at home with a glucometre.

They can draw blood, do urinalysis, and you can also do simple blood tests at home. Urinalysis however is far less accurate. In properly functioning kidneys, glucose does not appear in urine until the renal threshold for glucose has been exceeded. - Kathleen


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