Cold virus is a common disease that we always get and hearing before. Maybe we have know some simple ways for cold relief. Cold virus is related with Flu. You could get a flu while your have cold virus in your body. You might be prevent with traditional way like drink a hot water, tea or whiskey to relief a cold in your body. But it’s not the perfect ways to relief.

Cold can be separated by the air and a physical communication or contact. It easy to separate to people around you without any notice or physically look. Here the simple way for a cold relief.

1) Do not cover your mouth with your hand while get a cough. Please use a tissue to cover it and throw away to the dustbin ASAP. Tell you friend also if their are cough every time.

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Meningitis is a medical condition caused by inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, known collectively as the meninges. The inflammation is usually caused by infection with viruses, bacteria, or other microorganisms but may also arise due to certain drugs, or other diseases.Meningitis is potentially life threatening due to the inflammation’s proximity to the brain and spinal cord; it is therefore a medical emergency.

There are two main forms of meningitis, bacterial meningitis, and viral meningitis. Bacterial meningitis affects fewer people than the viral form, but it often results in more serious health consequences. Bacterial meningitis is fatal in 1 in 10 cases and leaves 1 in 7 survivors with a severe disability caused by brain injury. Viral meningitis is far more common than the bacterial form and, in most cases, much less debilitating. Most people exposed to viruses that cause meningitis experience mild or no symptoms and fully recover without complications. The disease can be caused by many different viruses. Some of the viruses are transmitted by coughing or sneezing or through poor hygiene. Other viruses can be found in sewage polluted waters.

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Japanese health officials reported four confirmed cases of the A/H1N1 virus stemming from an overseas flight, while Australia reported its first case but said the victim has recovered and is no longer contagious.

The reports came as health officials around the world continue to track the spread of the virus, though urgency has ebbed in recent days due to the small number of deaths. The World Health Organization said Sunday that 49 people have died 45 of them in Mexico, two in the U.S. and one each in Canada and Costa Rica. The Associated Press reported Saturday a third death in the U.S., of a man in Washington state.

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Most travelers at the airport were wearing face masks, which are loose fitting and designed largely to help stop the spread of droplets from the person wearing the mask, not to protect the wearer from the virus. Respirators more close fitting, pricier masks are designed to reduce exposure to airborne particles. But there is general uncertainty, even among health professionals, about the value of wearing either during a flu outbreak.

Masks may give people a false sense of security, said Dr. Laurene Mascola, director of acute communicable disease control for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. “You would have to wear it 100% of the time that you are outside,” she said of masks and respirators.

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Swine influenza (also called swine flu, hog flu, and pig flu) refers to influenza caused by those strains of influenza virus, called swine influenza virus (SIV), that usually infect pigs. Swine influenza is common in pigs in the mid western United States (and occasionally in other states), Mexico, Canada, South America, Europe (including the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Italy), Kenya, Mainland China, Taiwan, Japan and other parts of eastern Asia.

Transmission of swine influenza virus from pigs to humans is not common and properly cooked pork poses no risk of infection. When transmitted, the virus does not always cause human influenza and often the only sign of infection is the presence of antibodies in the blood, detectable only by laboratory tests. When transmission results in influenza in a human, it is called zoonotic swine flu. People who work with pigs, especially people with intense exposures, are at risk of catching swine flu.

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Flu is a common disease for people. Flu appears most frequently in winter and early spring. The flu virus attacks the body by spreading through the upper and/or lower respiratory tract. Flu prevention is an important thing to consider when you’re trying to stay healthy especially during flu season. Check below the ways to prevent flu.

1) Eating/Drinking-  Think before you eat. The flu germs are spread by hand-to-mouth transmission. So when someone with the flu sneezes, the germs land on the doorknob, where they can live for a few hours.It also can separete by a glass. Be careful on that.

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