Contents:
- Medical Video: Cold Vs Swine Flu
- Type of flu or influenza
- Type A flu virus
- Type B flu virus
- Type C virus
- How do I and my family not get flu?
Medical Video: Cold Vs Swine Flu
Almost everyone has had flu, but most of them often underestimate and do not consider that flu is dangerous. In fact, did you know that there are around 3,000 to 49,000 people in the world who die from flu?
Flu should not be underestimated, because actually flu or influenza is divided into several types of diseases and each disease has risks and adverse effects on the body. What are the types of flu or influenza?
Type of flu or influenza
Flu or influenza is divided into several groups based on viruses that cause this disease to occur. There are three types of viruses that cause a person to experience flu, namely type A, type B and type C.
Type A flu virus
A type A virus is a virus that can infect humans and various animals, such as birds, pigs, horses, and several other types of animals. But wild birds are a natural living place for this virus. This type of virus can cause influenza or flu to become a pandemic, or infect most people and spread to various regions, causing extraordinary events. Type A viruses are divided into two based on the type of protein they have, namely hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA). At present there are 15 known HA viruses and 9 known NA viruses.
The number of viruses currently transmitted by animals is caused by the animals being infected with type A viruses. For example, bird flu that had become an epidemic and feared by the world population. Not only that, the type A flu virus is also considered the most dangerous flu virus, because it can mutate and join other viruses then become a new type of virus.
The spread of type A virus can occur through body contact that occurs with an infected person, through the patient's saliva, or contracting when the patient sneezes.
Type B flu virus
Unlike type A viruses, type B can only infect humans and usually does not cause severe symptoms like type A viruses, but it is still dangerous. Type B viruses cause epidemics, which can be transmitted and transmitted, but this virus does not cause the disease to spread quickly and spread to other regions.
Type C virus
Type C viruses are viruses with the lowest infection rates compared to other types of flu viruses, so they do not cause severe flu. In addition, type C viruses also do not cause epidemics, namely the condition of the rapid spread of the virus from person to person. It is very rare for patients to experience complications due to infection with this virus, but if indeed type C viruses are not handled properly, these patients are at risk for pneumonia and bronchitis.
How do I and my family not get flu?
If you or another family member has the flu, don't be underestimated at all. Because someone who is sick with the flu and not treated properly can experience ear infections, sinusitis, heart failure, asthma, or diabetes mellitus.
You can prevent the flu virus from infecting your body by maintaining personal, family and environmental hygiene. This includes frequent hand washing using soap and running water, covering the mouth and nose while sneezing, and vaccinating to protect against flu virus infections.
In addition, using a mask is also one of the ways you can prevent flu. The use of proper and good masks can reduce the incidence of colds by up to 70%, according to research published in the Annals of International Medicine.
