9 Myths and Facts about Colds and Flu

1. Flu just a heavy cold.

It must be understood, colds and flu are caused by different viruses. Flu usually more severe than a cold. Even in some people, flu can be serious impact even be fatal and should be in hospitalization in the hospital. With a variety of bacteria in the air and frequent floods, even the doctor was a bit difficult to find what flu viruses to attack you.

2. I got the flu gut

These facts wrong. Communities often wrong in distinguishing between flu and digestive problems. The middle abdominal problems can indeed cause a person suffering from flu, but this is a fairly rare phenomenon. If you experience nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, you probably do not have a cold. But the disease from other viruses or bacteria, can also be food poisoning.


3. If you go in the cold or rain, you will be attacked by a cold or flu.

Colds and flu are common during the cold attacked, because at that time the virus can easily spread. So nothing to do with winter, cold air is also often causes pneumonia.

4. Stop the flu by eating a cold or do not eat during a fever or flu.

This is a bad idea. When colds or the flu you need to consume enough food, and drink lots of water and fruit juices. Warm drink will help speed healing and avoid the common cold sore throat.

5. Vitamin C, traditional medicines and antibiotics are effective cure colds and flu.

All statements regarding: vitamin C can prevent colds and body flu or consume traditional medicine and other herbs to treat effectively; unfortunately, no proven truth. Even antibiotics mentioned can treat colds and flu was not true, because both diseases are caused by viruses. While antibiotics are used only for the diseases caused by bacteria.

6. All you can do is a lot of rest.

Although most drugs, both modern and traditional, are not able to cure the flu, but the prescription antiviral drug may inhibit the development of viruses if taken two days before symptoms appear. Other treatments that can be done, simple, namely multiply sleep and drink - avoid alcohol and cigarettes during illness.

7. Instead flu vaccination will cause the flu.

Wrong. Vaccinations are made from viruses that have been ditidakaktifkan or die, so can not cause flu. In fact, vaccination is very safe even when injected, it was a little redness or pain. In some people may get fever, muscle aches, and feeling unwell for several days.

8. Flu vaccination is ineffective.

This vaccination provides protection of nearly 100 percent effective. But because the flu virus is very much and always changing, so that once the vaccination is not enough. Vaccination was replaced almost every year, including three types of viruses that are considered the most numerous and violent time. But even if you got the flu after getting vaccinated, you're not going to hurt that bad before.

9. I was too healthy to get a flu vaccination.

Vaccination is very important for children and elderly men (elderly) or those who were undergoing medical treatment. But no one immune to the flu because the virus is easily spread. People who once looked healthy could be directly suffered severe flu the next day.

But not everyone has to do vaccinations, especially for those who have egg allergies, children under the age of 6 months, they have received flu vaccinations previously, and anyone who has ever had Guillain Barre syndrome after a flu vaccination. If you have a fever, should wait until recovery before flu vaccination.