SIGNS OF INFLUENZA

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 68, 10 August 1938, Page 3

SIGNS OF INFLUENZA

HOW TO TREAT DISEASE PRECAUTIONS TO TAKE by the Department of Health) Influenza begins like a cold. I hero may be pains in the head, eyes, and limbs, a watery discharge troni the nose, chilly sensations, sore throat, cough, and extreme muscular prostration. There may also he abdominal .symptoms such as nausea, diarrhoea, vomiting, and cramps. r l here is lever, •which varies according to the intensity of the disease. There are many varieties of influenza, and any organ <>f the body may he attacked. Pneumonia is a frequent complication. At the first feeling of illness or rise of temperature, the patient should go to bed. 'keep warm, and seek medical treatment. Relapses and complications are much less likely to occiu if the patient goes to bed at once and skilled advice is obtained, as much harm may be clone Tty getting about too early. Should pneumonia be suspected, medical advice should he immediately obtained. Good nursing care is highly essential in these eases. T 0 avoid catching influenza.-* rooms should he airy and well ventilated at all times, crowding should he avoided, and the body should be kept in good condition by eating the right kinds of food, in addition, the feet should lie kept warm and dry, tho skin should he trained to stand changes of temperature* by frequent bathing, and suitable clothing should |,e worn. It should also he remembered that overwork, lack ol sleep and of exercise, over-indulgence in alcohol, and exposure to cold and wet increase a person's susceptibility to influenza and pneumonia.