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Flu is short for influenza.  It is a viral disease that affects the upper respiratory tract.  Flu is spread by contaminated droplets from coughing and sneezing.  Three different types of viruses cause the flu and once caught you gain immunity to it.  But the flu viruses constantly mutate so next flu season you may catch it again since it is different.

Symptoms of the flu are high fever and shivering, sore throat and sometimes a dry hacking cough, runny nose – sneezing, general weakness, headache, aching joints, sometimes breathlessness, nausea, insomnia, depression, and loss of appetite.

Home treatments include warm apple juice, hot lemon and honey with a cup of warm water, barley water is a traditional treatment for fever -> 2 tablespoons of pearl barley to a pint of water.  Boil 10 minutes, strain the barley and serve the water with lemon and honey.  You can also add ginseng to herbal tea.

Swine flu: The second wave

First swine flu deaths reported in Gaza

netIn the occupied West Bank, at least 1250 cases of swine flu have been reported, with nine deaths, according to government figures. In Israel, 67 people have …Swine Flu Hits Gaza StripVoice of AmericaSwine flu hits Gaza, …

New ad campaign pushes swine flu vaccinations

The CDC estimates some 22 million people have been infected with swine flu and 3900 have died from it.

Swine flu update: note from District Council

Swine flu is continuing to spread throughout the UK. So far, most swine flu cases have been mild, with symptoms similar to those of seasonal flu. Only a small number of people have had more serious symptoms. …

College Students Urged To Get Swine Flu Vaccine

The efforts to encourage vaccination come even though swine flu infection rates at U.S. colleges and universities recently dropped. On November 25, Bloomberg reported that swine flu infection rates at colleges and universities fell 37 …

Swine flu related articles

• Funeral for Toronto teen with H1N1 (cbc.ca)
• Study: Kids 14 Times More Likely than Elderly to Get Swine Flu (blogs.wsj.com)
• Swine flu: updates on vaccine thoughts (notratched.wordpress.com)
• H1N1 Tips for Real Life (fitnesstipsforlife.com)