Josevas presents: enter and I give you a medical consultation

in #health5 years ago


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Although I am a nurse and a doctor by profession, there are few health issues that I touch in my publications, in this case I want to clarify something in relation to the flu, common cold or flu, as called in different countries.

Since it is something very common, in general many people know what to do in terms of general measures, but something happens, which can often lead to fever and when everyone thinks they deserve antibiotics, and that is not the case of the times.

I do not intend to make an extensive publication that looks like a medical book to bore you, but rather clarify some points that are necessary.

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The main symptoms of the flu are fever between 38 and 40 ° C, there may also be headache, throat, cough and muscle pain, in fairly general terms that is what a person with the flu has.

The main causes of influenza are bacterial and viral.

Bacteria are microorganisms and viruses are fragments of encapsulated DNA or RNA.

Most of the time (90-95%) the cause of the flu is viral.

Viruses (as a general rule) have a short life cycle, between 5 and 7 days, since the virus has contact with the body, it reproduces, there are signs and symptoms, and then they disappear, at this moment already the body has recognized the infectious agent already activated all the mechanisms to defend, eliminate it and also keep in the immune memory how to defend faster in a future attack of the same virus.

It is from this memory that in the next infection the disease (if it occurs) will be less aggressive and will pass more quickly (this memory is what the vaccines are based on).

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Well, this post I do to make clear the following: usually a patient comes to consultation with flu symptoms, indicated antiallergic, antitussive (in case of non-productive cough) or espectorante (in productive cough), acetaminophen for fever and / or muscle-joint pain (if this is the case).

Basically that from the pharmacological point of view, and general measures such as avoiding cold drinks and environments,
contact with smoke, dust, perfumes, etc. There are those who complement the treatment with natural medicine, or simply this is the only option for them, particularly respect, but if there are colleagues who are bothered by the alternative, I think that the more you know, the better.

In the end, the medicine that comes is to attenuate the symptoms and the general measures are aimed at preventing exacerbation.

But I insist on the following: the viruses meet a period, in which usually at 6-7 days the flu will disappear.

It happens very often that on the second day of treatment they already want to see an absolute improvement, and that is when they say, this treatment is not doing anything to me, they go to the pharmacy, the seller recommends it

So patience, you should not play with medication, it is something very serious, in which you have to contemplate many conditions, realities and particularities of each patient, to be able to individualize it and be more effective.

Note: in this case I am talking particularly about treatment in adults, and for influenza-like illness of viral origin, since those of bacterial origin merit antibiotics.

Because one type deserves and the other does not, can be the subject of another publication, so as not to extend so much, for now, we have concluded. I hope it was to your liking and that in your mind there is some information about this, something so common.

If you have any doubt about the Respect, you can leave it in the comments, which I will gladly clarify.

Thank you for visiting my blog.

Until a next publication.

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