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What is the flu?
Last reviewed: 17.10.2021
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Flu is one of the most common catarrhal diseases caused by viruses.
Viruses that cause flu are many, so this disease is divided into types: gastric flu, swine flu, avian flu, intestinal flu and so on. More than 200 bacteria and viruses attack our body, causing symptoms of influenza. Therefore, it is easily confused with other diseases, for example, ARVI. What do we need to know about a disease like the flu?
What is the flu?
Influenza is an acute respiratory disease caused by viruses, the symptoms of which appear after 1-2 days of the incubation period. When a person has the flu, there are such symptoms:
- Inflammation of the nasal mucosa - that is, rhinitis
- Inflammation of the larynx - that is, laryngitis
- Inflammation of the nasal sinuses - that is, sinusitis or sinusitis
- Cough - dry or wet - often with bronchitis
- Disturbances in the breathing process - croup
- High fever and headache (although there may not be a temperature)
Influenza: at risk
Influenza is most often affected by the following groups of people:
- Women in Pregnancy
- Children with weakened immune system
- People after 46
- Social Workers
Influenza is a very serious disease. It is important only to give him attention on time.
Why do they consider the flu to be dangerous?
The flu not only prevents a person from fully living, perceiving reality, learning, working. Influenza is also dangerous because it is caused by a virus that constantly releases toxins into the blood of a person. It is because of this, after you have been ill with the flu, you can have complications in the form of hearing impairment, kidney and liver diseases, as well as weakening the work of all organs.
Influenza leaves after itself consequences: a person can have muscle aches, break bones, appear fatigue, hypersensitivity of the skin, and sometimes even vomiting.
Influenza is dangerous because it can lead to very hard-lived toxicosis, vascular damage, and internal hemorrhage, which can affect vital organs. In addition to all other troubles, the flu leads to malfunctions of the heart rhythms, malfunction of the heart muscle and pneumonia.
Therefore, if there is a suspicion of the flu, you should always consult a doctor.
The flu significantly weakens the immune system. This leads to the fact that bacteria begin to destroy the tissues of the upper and lower respiratory tract, causing inflammation of the lungs.