Flu is an infectious disease
The symptoms are:
• Sweating and feeling feverish
• Fever that comes on quickly (38-40C; 100-104F),
• General muscle aches and pains,
• A feeling of general tiredness,
• Sneezing,
• Dry, chesty cough,
• Difficulty sleeping
• Running or blocked nose, and
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Following symptoms Babies and small children with flu can also have:
1. lethargy (drowsy, unresponsive, limp or floppy), and
poor feeding.
2. The symptoms can also include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea, especially in children.
Many people incorrectly refer to a heavy cold as flu Many of the symptoms of flu are similar to those of the common cold. Viruses cause them both, but flu affects the lungs much more that a cold does. Also flu doesn’t usually give you the same congested heavy headed feeling that a cold does.
