For your coughing colleagues, you are not paranoid. Our current flu season is becoming annoying.
The United States is facing one of the worst flu seasons in a decade. (Source: golubovy / iStock / GettyImages) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that the flu season was moderately severe due to imperfect vaccines and cold weather. The positive point is that the hospitalization rate so far is only half of the 2014-15 flu season. Despite this, the flu caused approximately 12,000 deaths in the United States in mild years and approximately 56,000 deaths during moderately severe influenza. According to the CDC, 26 states are currently experiencing high levels of influenza activity.
Therefore, supporting yourself - and staying in good shape during this flu season, these four things are ineffective.
1. No flu vaccine
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this suggestion may sound obvious, but about three-fifths of Americans are not vaccinated. No vaccination puts you at risk of serious illness and disease transmission, including vulnerable groups such as pregnant women, young children and the elderly.
So what prevents people from getting a flu shot? Well, many people think that the flu vaccine will cause the flu. We are happy to confirm that it can't. Although others believe that vaccines are not effective, in fact, this vaccine can reduce the risk of influenza by 40% to 60%. We like these odds. Plus, if you end up getting anyway, this shot will help make your symptoms milder, so your life will be even more tragic.
Fortunately, it is not too late to get a flu shot. Although vaccination tends to decline in mid-November, the flu season usually peaks until February, and the spread of the flu virus can last until May. So if you are 60% unvaccinated, talk to your health care provider or check out this map to find a clinic in your area.
2. Go to the emergency room
With the number of influenza cases reaching the highest level in the year, people in the emergency room across the country have symptoms similar to flu.Massive access to the group. For patients seeking flu treatment, the hospital is so embarrassing that some doctors are asking people about non-urgent symptoms to go to an emergency care center or to see a primary care doctor.
Not only will you help your health care provider, but you will also protect your health: if you go to an emergency room and there is actually no flu, you may get it from those people.
So when are you going to the emergency room? If you experience urgent symptoms such as difficulty breathing, dizziness, confusion or uncontrollable fever, please go. But in the vast majority of cases, the flu can be rested in bed at home, with adequate liquid and over-the-counter medications such as ibuprofen.
3. Ignore your symptoms
If you feel a runny nose, you may want to pretend that it is all in your mind, starting your life like Norma. In fact, a survey in 2016 found that 62% of Americans are ill at work.
But not slowing down may make the cold or flu worse. Studies have shown that stress can weaken your immune system and make your body more vulnerable to viruses and more difficult to fight against them. Therefore, when you feel sick, 100% may eventually extend your illness from a few days to a few weeks. Instead, just take a break at home.
4. Stay up late
We understand. It's hard to meet all deadlines, stay healthy and socialize and catch up with the latest Netflix original. But if you need to make time, don't borrow from your sleep.
"Research shows that our body needs seven to eight hours of sleep to stimulate our natural response. David Katz, MD, founder of the Yale Center for Preventive Research, told Health, "Sleep is the most reliable against infection." Defensive measures. "If you feel the symptoms appear, please take as much rest as possible and catch up with your show later.
What do you think?
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