Colds and Flu: How to Stay Safe (Health Matters Book 35)

**Annual update complete: This guide contains the latest recommendations for the 2017-2018 flu season.**

In recent years, there has been an increasing number of news headlines about deadly viruses, including SARS (Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome), H1N1, and avian flu. Colds are inconvenient, but influenza can be deadly. Therefore, it pays to try to avoid colds and flu as much as possible, especially if you are older, have young children at home, have a compromised immune system, or are pregnant.

Colds and even flu are now a threat all year round, not just in the autumn and winter. The deadly outbreak of SARS in 2004 occurred in the early spring, and the pandemic of H1N1 in April 2009. New strains of flu seem to emerge each year, almost faster than the vaccination program for flu can keep up with them. You need to on the alert constantly to avoid colds and flu. You also need to learn the key differences between colds and flu, and the most effective treatments to relieve the symptoms of each.

There are vaccinations for the flu, but according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention CDC), less than 60% of children, and only about 40% of adults, get the vaccination every year in the US. The CDC estimate that 5% to 20% of people will contract the flu each year, resulting in over 200,000 hospitalizations annually. Around the globe each year, there are 3 to 5 million cases of influenza, which result in 250,000 to 500,000 thousand deaths, far more than Ebola. .

The flu virus spreads every year, with new strains mutating all the time. Flu is also more contagious than Ebola because flu is an airborne, respiratory virus, and can therefore spread to many people through just one sneeze. Do not underestimate the seriousness of flu, and do all you can to keep yourself and your loved ones safe.

In this guide, you will learn the best ways to avoid colds and flu to help you, your family, friends, and even your colleagues at work, stay well for this new flu season by learning all you can about these viruses, and doing your best not to spread germs to others.

Think you are not able to have the flu shot because of your allergies? Learn more about the new generation of flu shots specially designed for you.

Are you an older person, or the caregiver for an elderly loved one? Discover the best ways to protect their health so they can avoid infectious diseases that could be life-threatening.

An ounce of prevention can go a long way towards stopping colds and flu. Download this guide and take action to keep you and your family as healthy as possible during this flu season, and throughout the year, and see what a difference it can make to your health.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CH1: COLDS VERSUS FLU: HOW CAN YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE?
CH2: WHAT IS A COLD?
CH3: WHAT IS THE FLU?
CH4: WHAT ARE ALLERGIES?
CH5: PREVENTING COLDS AND FLU
CH6: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE FLU VACCINE
CH7: CHILDREN, INFLUENZA AND VACCINATION
CH8: OTHER IMPORTANT FLU FACTS
CH9: CHECKLIST: OF ACTIONS TO TAKE THIS FLU SEASON
CH10: WHO SHOULD GET THE PNEUMONIA VACCINATION?
CH11: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SARS
CH12: WHAT IS ENTEROVIRUS D68 (EV-D68)?
CH13: EBOLA SYMPTOMS TO BE AWARE OF
CH14: NATURAL REMEDIES FOR COLDS AND FLU

CONCLUSION

ANNUAL FLU VACCINATIONS UPDATE
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About the Author

Carolyn Stone has worked in consumer health and continuing medical education (CME) publishing for nearly 20 years. She is the author of more than 120 health and self-help guides and home-study courses.