Your physician may decide that an oral medication can be used to limit the severity of the illness. Healthy adults may not need to seek medical care for the flu. Treatment for the flu is aimed at staying comfortable and preventing complications. If complications arise, treatment with prescription medication may be necessary. However, some people develop pneumonia or bronchitis.
Pneumonia accounts for most of the deaths among people who had the flu.
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