The flu has arrived! Especially children are affected

    The flu has arrived! Especially children are affected

    The flu is expected to peak in late January, with children under 5 in particular affected.

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    We expect it on time every year, in the months of December and January it generally reaches its peak and is concerned above all for the health of children and the elderly. Let's talk about influence, obviously. This year the peak is expected for the end of January and already there is an alert given that according to the surveillance network influence, which works with the coordination of the Higher Institute of Health, the people affected are increasing day by day.





    Favorite victims of seasonal flu (which this year runs due to 3 strains: A / California / 2009, A / Victoria / 2011 and B / Massacchussets / 2012) are children under 5 years old of age. There are about 139 in bed at the moment, but a total of 823.000 children have already been affected.

    Symptoms of the flu also this year they will be: fever (even over 38 °) which can last up to 5 days and does not go down much even when taking antipyretics, joint pain, headache, cold. Remember that antibiotics are useless to treat the flu, therefore, avoid self-prescriptions and if you believe that in addition to a viral attack there is also a bacterial infection in progress, contact your doctor.

    Naturally you can act in prevention, even in the case of children: drink citrus juices, for example, and more generally increase the consumption of foods rich in vitamin C, keep the nose clean, wash your hands often and perhaps resort to some natural remedy that in the preventive phase or at the first symptoms it can be really decisive.

    If you've already caught the flu, that's a good thing staying home from school or work for a few days in order to avoid further infections. Also in this case you can help yourself with natural remedies such as herbal teas against colds and flu, nasal decongestants or cough syrups!



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