Looks like flu season is back to cause havoc to anyone within our community in the island. My sister had it last week and has returned to work. I think she had it from her co-worker who came to work with cough and cold. Then, my second son is also sick. It's not flu without fever. He had cough and cold for a week now. I think he had allergy of some kind. The problem with my son is he keeps cooking that Lipton noodle soup almost everyday when I cooked better quality meals for my husband and children. I don't know why he's always been the one affected in our home. It's kind of normal that kind of diagnosis is prevalent during fall and winter season. So that's normal eh? Still is a great cause for concern why only him is afflicted.
The flu strength sometimes is mild and sometimes worse. Worrying about such ailment will only lead you getting sicker and weaker.
A friend of my sister phoned the other day and her voice seems different and when she coughed uncontrollably knew that she had cold and maybe flu? Having cold and nasal congestion doesn't mean you have flu or influenza. Somehow if your body temperature has reached over 36 degrees celsius or over 100 degree farenheit on your thermometer, then you know that you have fever and you are sick of flu. Slight fever of over 32 degrees celsius is not a cause for concern but to medicate yourself before the onslaught of flu can be a good idea, but to make sure about your condition or sickness you have to read your medical book. If it get worse, visit your family doctor and find out. Maybe it's not flu. Maybe you have bronchitis or pneumonia. Worse? Maybe you have TB. I hope not. So chances are there are many procedures to find out. The doctor must have a thorough physical exam of the patient. The nurse can take the body weight and height of the patient. Breathing should be examined, eyes, nose, throat, ears, neck and back to be examined and any findings could be recorded on the patient's medical record. Next, there should be examinations pertaining to blood, mucus, stool, X-Ray chest also to be checked in case of undetermined disturbing sound on the chest of the patient. Only then when those important procedures are met and the result of the laboratory exams has been finally finished (are done by the med tech at the laboratory) conclusions are made, then the doctor can prescribe the right or correct prescription drugs. On the event of severe side effect there is a great concern to have remedial Rx. As you probably know all drugs have complications or side effects. Nothing is perfect. Can we all abide to such system or rule that nothing is perfect? Well, who wants to be a victim of russian roulette? That's the role of drugs or medicine, it's like a russian roulette at play. Not all drugs manufactured by pharmacists or pharmaceutical companies lead to perfection because fortunately luck is involved and God the master of creation and survival lead us to believe that FAITH and determination to be alive and survive obstacles help us to live.
Every year, in Canada you can read from the local newspaper where you can avail of FREE FLU SHOT. Sometime the free flu shot is at Saint Patrick's Church. Some pharmacies within the community and medical clinic offer flu shot however, these two venues do not offer free flu-shot, when I had my flu shot at the pharmacy, the cost was $20.00 and that was 11 years ago.
There are different kinds of flu. Scientists or epidemologists used to name the strength (STRAIN) of flu into different categories such as H1N1, Avian flu, Fluvian, SARS, Bird flu, Duck flu. How about you? What kind of flu you have?
Take care, be strong, be brave and be kind to yourself.
REMINDER:
Wear winter jacket or coat, wear a toque, hat on your head, wear thermal gloves, wear thermal thick pants when you go outside. Wear durable winter boots or shoes outside. Adjust the heater's thermostat in your house preferably according to your normal body temperature when inside the house. Avoid allergens-causing objects inside the house. If you are bothered about scented candles, perfumed plug-ins at your wall socket then don't use any of them. Stay away from the sooth smoke coming out from the chimney and most of all avoid smokers, because second hand smoke is dangerous and might cause cancer and breathing problems. You can also stop using your computer or working using computers must be stopped because they are dangerous and cause of many cancer infused diagnosis because RADIATION is invisible therefore they are the invisible bullets that you never see penetrating your body.
