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The difference between a cold and the flu
39 days ago
Many people have trouble distinguishing between a cold and the flu. This is because they sometimes share similar symptoms. Even though a cold and the flu are both respiratory illnesses, they are caused by two totally different viruses. There is over two hundred viruses that could cause a cold. The m ...
Flu Immune - fluimmune.net
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The Blue Flower Ball
40 days ago
by dwlyle
Today finds me weakened and ill, a victim of a “cold,” or rhinovirus. It seems that most people in my life have this adorable little organism dancing a jig in their bodies. And if you don’t find it adorable, you have to at least admit it is aesthetically appealing on some level. Green and blue and b ...
The Velvet of Pansies - pansyvelvet.wordpress.com
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The difference between a cold and the flu – Part 8
42 days ago
Having a cold or the flu is no fun. In either case, you feel sick, have a hard time concentrating at school or work, and are potentially spreading your ‘germs’ to anyone in your vicinity. Both the common cold and the flu are caused by viruses, those nasty little bits of inert nucleic acids with prot ...
Flu Immune - fluimmune.net
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Fighting Rhinos and Coronas
70 days ago
by Seafoodpuncher
They’re coming. I can feel it. They’ve already gotten a hold of everyone else, so it’s only a matter of time before they get a hold of me. Virusesssssssss… Friggin cold viruses. I don’t mind you hitching a ride on a couple of my cells…I have a few to spare, I guess…but wouldn’t we both benefit if yo ...
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Overnight Immunity
77 days ago
by Kristina Fiore
A few days before reading this column in the NY Times, I had commented to a colleague that when I get a cold now, it doesn’t last quite as long as it did when I was an undergrad. My theory: I slept less then. Much less. All-nighters were a requirement, at least once a week, for putting out the schoo ...
Health for my Mom - healthformymom.wordpress.com
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UGH
78 days ago
by Will
I’m sick. I am achy head, stuffy nose, congested chest sick. Usually I am the healthiest one around and never understood how people were so susceptible to these annoying little viruses. But not today. Today I have been kicked in the balls by a rhinovirus so hard, I am seeing stars and speaking in a ...
Veggiemacabre - veggiemacabre.wordpress.com · 23 references
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