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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 ...
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Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by influenza viruses. Symptoms range from mild to severe and often include fever, runny nose, sore throat, muscle pain, headache, coughing, and fatigue. These symptoms begin one to four (typically two) days after exposure to the virus and last for about two to eight days.
There are two primary types of dust exposure in agriculture: inorganic and organic. Often the cause of allergy illnesses like asthma, organic dusts come from both plant and animal sources. Inorganic dust illnesses are non-allergic lung reactions that originate in the soil. [4] Asthma-like symptoms are linked to inorganic dust syndrome.
Cat flu, the common name for a feline upper respiratory tract disease; Haemophilus influenzae, or H. flu, a bacterial infection which can cause respiratory infections and sepsis; Influenza-like illness, a medical diagnosis of possible influenza or other illness causing a set of common symptoms; Stomach flu, also known as gastroenteritis
Outbreaks of influenza-like disease can be found throughout recorded history. The first probable record is by Hippocrates in 412 BCE. [ 42 ] The historian Fujikawa listed 46 epidemics of flu-like illness in Japan between 862 and 1868. [ 43 ]
Generally, diseases outlined within the ICD-10 codes A00-B99 within Chapter I: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases should be included in this category. Infectious diseases are diseases caused by biological agents, which can be transmitted to others, rather than by genetic, physical or chemical agents.
SARS produces flu-like symptoms which may include fever, muscle pain, lethargy, cough, sore throat, and other nonspecific symptoms. SARS often leads to shortness of breath and pneumonia , which may be direct viral pneumonia or secondary bacterial pneumonia .