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The short answer: You probably want to skip crowded gyms. New research shows that intense exercise increases aerosol particles that spread illness.
Any virus that can cause an upper respiratory illness can move into the lungs, causing pneumonia. ... they may have contracted the infection during their stay. This is known as hospital-acquired ...
Last flu season in the U.S., there were 470,000 flu-related hospitalizations and 28,000 people died from complications related to the flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Influenza-like illness (ILI), also known as flu-like syndrome or flu-like symptoms, is a medical diagnosis of possible influenza or other illness causing a set of common symptoms. These include fever, shivering , chills , malaise , dry cough , loss of appetite , body aches, nausea , and sneezing typically in connection with a sudden onset of ...
A common misconception is that one can "catch a cold" merely through prolonged exposure to cold weather. [95] Although it is now known that colds are viral infections, the prevalence of many such viruses are indeed seasonal, occurring more frequently during cold weather. [96] The reason for the seasonality has not been conclusively determined. [97]
Immediately after intense exercise there is a transient immunodepression, where the number of circulating lymphocytes decreases and antibody production declines. This may give rise to a window of opportunity for infection and reactivation of latent virus infections, [104] but the evidence is inconclusive. [105] [106]
Here's what you need to know about working out while you have a cold
Wheezes can occasionally be heard without a stethoscope. The child may also experience apnea, or brief pauses in breathing, but this can occur due to many conditions that are not just bronchiolitis. After the acute illness, it is common for the airways to remain sensitive for several weeks, leading to recurrent cough and wheeze. [1]