Bird Flu_much worse than what i had
I basically had the flu or influenza to give it its proper name. The virus infects your lungs and upper airways causing chills, fever, general aches and pains loss of appetite, nausea, headaches and even a dry cough. So excluding the cough i had the full hit.
The virus itself is a type of airbourne RNA virus that comes in 3 variations A,B & conveniently C. We catch from inconsiderate people sneezing and coughing and not catching or considerate people hwo just don't know they have kissing..........
The body has a number of responses to deal with viruses, the first of which is inflammation which involves lots of things that attract white blood cells to start with, which engulf the virus and cause the release of stress proteins called cytokines. The inflammation then continues and fever starts to kick in. Fever (also known as pyrexia or controlled hyperthermia) is characterized by an elevation of temperature above the normal range of 36.5–37.5 °C (98–100 °F) due to an increase in the bodytemperature regulatory set-point.[2] This increase in set-point triggers increased muscle tone and shivering. As a person's temperature increases, there is, in general, a feeling of cold despite an increasing body temperature. Once the new temperature is reached, there is a feeling of warmth. A fever is one of the body's immune responses that attempts to neutralize a bacterial or viral infection.
People with the flu are advised to get plenty of rest, drink plenty of liquids, avoid using alcohol and tobacco and, if necessary, take medications such as acetaminophen (paracetamol) to relieve the fever and muscle aches associated with the flu[Medline]. I did right.
n.b. if you want to read the rest of the article that i didn't try and pretend was from wikipedia just go there
n.b. if you want to read the rest of the article that i didn't try and pretend was from wikipedia just go there
