Another tip is to put an ice cube in a thin washcloth, and circle the stoma for about 20 seconds. The flu is caused by a virus that spreads from infected people to the nose or throat of others. Symptoms usually appear within 2 to 4 days after being infected. A person is considered contagious for another 3 to 4 days after symptoms appear. Flu symptoms are fever, chills, dry cough, nasal congestion, sore throat, headache and muscle aches.
Complications can lead to hospitalization and death.
Twice as many Americans die from the flu every year as die from AIDS, breast cancer, or prostate cancer. Because the flu virus changes, at least one of the vaccine's viruses must be replaced with a newer one every year, so the shot only lasts about a year. Protection develops one or two weeks after you get your flu shot. Anyone over 6 months old who wants or needs to reduce their chance of getting the flu. Between September and mid-November.