influenza When the temperature drops, it is one of the most contagious respiratory diseases spread by infectious dropletsThat is, by coughing or sneezing.
If a person is infected with this disease and is not taken care of properly, situation is likely to worsen And end up with hospitalization and in some cases even death.
it is especially people in risk groupswhich, apart from being more prone to contagion, also increases the likelihood that influenza Come to a serious point.
How does flu affect people at risk?
Although there are symptoms of the flu that affect everyone equally, These are increasing in people belonging to risk groups.
It should be noted that risk group It is made up of pregnant women in any stage of pregnancy, boys and girls aged 6 months to 5th grade, people aged 65 and older and critically ill patients aged 11 to 64.
As explained by the Ministry of Health (Minsal), influenza can Exacerbation of symptoms of other diseases that people already have, such as: congestive heart failure, diabetes, pneumonia due to bacterial superinfection, dehydration and others.
Similarly, children are most prone to present with shortness of breath, and in Babies less than three months old may present with apnea (end of breath).
What are the symptoms of flu?
This is important given how serious the respiratory illness can be. identify its main symptoms, which can also appear suddenly. These:
- Sudden high fever (over 38 degrees) that lasts an average of two or three days and may last up to a week
- tiredness or weakness that may be extreme
- Romadizo or coryza (inflammation of the mucosa of the nasal passages)
- Headache or generalized in the frontal region.
- pain when swallowing
- terms of service
- muscle or joint pain
- discomfort vs light
- sometimes (especially in children), stomach problems (such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea) and ear infections
