What is influenza?
Influenza is an acute respiratory infection caused by the influenza virus. เล่นเกมคาสิโน UFABET ทันสมัย ฝากถอนง่าย Symptoms include sudden high fever, headache, body aches, and fatigue.
Symptoms of influenza
For those who are sick with the flu, when symptoms appear, they usually occur immediately with a high fever of 38 – 41 degrees Celsius, a feeling of heat and cold, aches and pains in muscles and various parts of the body, especially in the upper arms, sciatica, and thighs. Then there will be a headache, pain in the eyeballs when moving, and tears will come out when exposed to light. Then you will feel tired, have no appetite, and a bitter taste in your throat. However, in some cases, you may not have a stuffy nose or a cold at all.
In addition, there are other symptoms as follows:
- In severe cases of influenza, complications may occur, such as a runny nose or thick, yellow, or green phlegm, earache, tinnitus, shortness of breath, wheezing, severe coughing, chills, lethargy, dizziness, confusion, and/or heart failure.
- Symptoms of influenza usually appear for about 1-7 days, with the most common being 3-5 days. Coughing and feeling weak may last for about 1-4 weeks, even if other symptoms have subsided.
- In some patients, after recovering from the flu, they may experience vertigo due to inflammation of the balance organ in the inner ear.
How are the symptoms of the flu different from the common cold?
In general, the symptoms are quite similar to the common cold, but they may be more severe and last longer, such as a high and longer fever, more body aches, more fatigue, and they tend to be sudden, rather than gradual like the common cold.
Influenza symptoms may last 6-10 days, while the common cold may only last a few days. Influenza also carries a higher risk of complications. So sometimes people with the flu may need to be hospitalized to monitor.