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2018-07-17
What are some flu treatments an individual can do at home (home remedi...
First, individuals should be sure they are not members of a high-risk group that is more susceptible to getting severe flu symptom...
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2018-07-07
What are flu (influenza) symptoms in adults and in children?
Typical clinical features of influenza may include fever (usually 100 F-103 F in adults and often even higher in children, sometimes with f...
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2018-06-28
Is it safe to get a flu shot that contains thimerosal?
Thimerosal is a preservative that contains mercury and is used in multidose vials of conventional flu vaccines to prevent contamination when the v...
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2018-06-16
Influenza A information
There is hemagglutinin on the viral surface. The viral hemagglutinins have at least 18 types, but these types are broken into two main influenza A categories. For example, one o...
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2018-06-12
How can you get influenza?
Flu is easily spread from person to person both directly and indirectly. The influenza virus can spread to other people in droplets contaminated with the virus. Produced by c...
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2018-06-06
Flu vs. food poisoning
Although some of the symptoms of influenza may mimic those of food poisoning, others do not. Most symptoms of food poisoning include nausea, vomiting, watery diarrhea, abdominal ...
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2018-05-15
Flu vs. cold
Compared with most other viral respiratory infections, such as the common cold, influenza (flu) infection usually causes a more severe illness with a mortality rate (death rate) of about 0...
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2018-05-10
Flu (influenza, conventional, H1N1, H3N2, and bird flu [H5N1]) facts
Influenza, commonly called the flu, is caused by viruses that infect the respiratory tract. Flu symptoms include：fever, chills, co...
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2018-05-02
Are there any nasal spray vaccine or flu shot side effects in adults o...
Although annual influenza (injectable) vaccination has long been recommended for people in the high-risk groups, many still do not...
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2018-04-23
What injections or infusions are available for psoriasis?
The newest category of psoriasis drugs are called biologics, because they are produced by living cells. They are all proteins and therefore mus...
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2018-04-16
What is psoriasis
Psoriasis is a noncontagious, chronic skin condition that produces plaques of thickened, scaling skin. The dry flakes of skin scales result from the excessively rapid proliferation of...
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2018-04-09
What creams, lotions, and home remedies are available for psoriasis
Topical (skin applied) treatments include topical corticosteroids, vitamin D analogue creams like calcitriol, topical retinoids (taza...
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2018-04-03
What are psoriasis treatment options
There are many effective psoriasis treatment choices. The best treatment is individually determined by the treating doctor and depends, in part, on the type of dise...
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2018-03-26
What are psoriasis symptoms and signs
Plaque psoriasis signs and symptoms appear as red or pink small scaly bumps that merge into plaques of raised skin. Plaque psoriasis classically affects skin over ...
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2018-03-20
What about light therapy for psoriasis?
Light therapy is also called phototherapy. There are several types of medical light therapies that include PUVA (an acronym for psoralen + UVA), UVB, and narrow-...
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2018-03-12
Can psoriasis affect my joints and nails
The psoriasis is associated with inflamed joints in about one-third of those affected. In fact, sometimes joint pains may be the only sign of the disorder, with...
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2018-02-26
What oral medications are available for psoriasis?
Oral medications include methotrexate (Trexall), acitretin (Soriatane), cyclosporine (Neoral), apremilast (Otezla), and others. Oral prednisone (corti...
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2018-01-29
How is the diagnosis made of anthrax?
The history, including the occupation of the person, is important. The bacteria may be found in cultures or smears in cutaneous (skin) anthrax and in throat swabs ...
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2018-01-15
How common is anthrax? What are risk factors for anthrax infection?
Anthrax is now rare in humans in the United States and developed countries. It still occurs today, largely in countries lacking publi...
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2018-01-05
How is anthrax contracted?
Anthrax can infect humans in three ways. The most common is infection through the skin, which causes an ugly, dark sore. Humans and animals can ingest anthrax from carcasses ...
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2017-12-11
What causes anthrax?
The agent of anthrax is a bacterium called Bacillus anthracis. While other investigators discovered the anthrax bacillus, it was a German physician and scientist, Dr. Robert Koch, ...
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2017-11-27
What is the treatment for anthrax?
In most cases, early treatment can cure anthrax. The cutaneous (skin) form of anthrax can be treated with common antibiotics such as penicillin, tetracycline, erythro...
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2017-11-14
Anthrax facts
Anthrax is an infection by bacteria, Bacillus anthracis, usually transmitted from animals. Anthrax causes skin, lung, and bowel disease and can be deadly. Anthrax is diagnosed using bac...
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2017-10-31
Is it possible to prevent anthrax
Public-health measures to prevent contact with infected animals are invaluable. There is a vaccine available for people at high risk (such as veterinarians, laboratory...
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2017-10-16
What is anthrax? Is anthrax contagious?
Anthrax is a life-threatening infectious disease caused by Bacillus anthracis that normally affects animals, especially ruminants (such as goats, cattle, sheep, ...
