Influenza Virus Symptoms

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CHARLEVOIX — Munson Healthcare Charlevoix Hospital announced on Tuesday the transition of the Charlevoix Urgent Care to a new walk-in clinic. The change is part of the Regional Care Transformation Plan that is designed to provide more patient-centric care. The plan, which was first announced in September, will transition the Charlevoix and Grayling hospitals into community hospitals, primarily offering outpatient services. The Otsego Memorial Hospital would also transition from a community hospital into a regional hospital, where most inpatient services will be completed. Officials said the goals of the regional care transformation plan are to adopt a more patient-centric model, expand Munson Healthcare's outpatient footprint, enhance virtual care, regionalize inpatient services and elevate Munson Medical Center to a high-level specialty. More: Gaylord, Charlevoix hospitals to see changes under Munson plan On March 1, the Charlevoix Urgent Care, located within the Charlevo...

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Influenza A is the most common type of flu virus that makes you sick during the colder months. This type of flu is highly contagious. In fact, you can catch the illness by inhaling or ingesting the germs of someone who has the flu anytime they cough, sneeze, or talk near you. Every year, anywhere from 3% to 11% of people develop influenza A. Children and infants under the age of 18 and adults over the age of 65 are most at risk of developing seasonal flu symptoms—although, anyone can experience the flu. If you contract influenza A, you'll likely experience symptoms that affect your nose, throat, and lungs—such as fever, cough, fatigue, chills, and body aches. Fortunately, influenza A often goes away on its own with proper rest and at-home remedies. But, medical treatments are available to help soothe your symptoms. Implementing prevention strategies can also protect you from the illness or reduce the risk of experiencing more serious complications. There are fou...

Flu season is upon us again, so let's set the record straight: The flu shot can't give you the flu. Still, like any vaccine or medication, your annual jab does come with the potential of flu shot side effects. In most cases, this translates to a sore arm, but there's even a chance you won't experience that. "The majority of patients really don't have any side effects," says Sandra Kemmerly, M.D. , system medical director for hospital quality at Ochsner Health System in New Orleans. And when symptoms do occur, they're usually mild and clear up in a day or two, she says. Basically, flu shot side effects are not something to stress over. Instead, you should be concerned about what could happen if you don't get your flu shot, like the risk of getting seriously ill from influenza. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that somewhere between 12,000 and 52,000 people have died each flu season between 2010 and 2020. It makes s...

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Posted on Monday, September 18, 2023 "The more of this we see, the more we know, and the easier it is to recognize," says Dr. Avrom Caplan of the Department of Dermatology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine as reflecting on his first encounter with a patient infected with Trichophyton indotineae (T. indotineae). T. indotineae is a highly transmissible, frequently antimicrobial-resistant species of fungus that causes severe ringworm infections. Over the last decade, T. indotineae emerged and spread widely throughout parts of South Asia but had not been reported in the United States until March 2023. That was when Caplan sent isolates from two noteworthy ringworm infections to the Wadsworth Center (New York state public health laboratory). Specialized genomic sequencing identified the isolates as T. indotinea e, the first reported cases in the United States. Not Your Usual Ringworm Like most dermatologists, Dr. Caplan sees ringworm cases on a regular b...