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Flu Prevention Strategies
Looking for some flu prevention strategies? There's no denying that a bad case of flu can wipe you with symptoms of fever, congestion, fatigue, and body aches. And, according to the CDC, from 5 to 20 percent of the U.S. population gets the flu each year. More than 200,000 people are hospitalized each year as a result of flu complications, and about 36,000 people actually die from the flu.
A virus that infects the nose, throat, and lungs causes flu. Just like a cold virus, flu is usually spread from one person to the next when the infected person coughs or sneezes. The invincible flu virus is passed from the lungs, throat, or nose of one person through the air to the next unsuspecting person. In addition, when people touch a surface -- or person -- that's contaminated with flu germs and then touch their eyes, nose, or mouth, they infect themselves with the flu virus
What's the best way to prevent flu?
To prevent flu, make sure you and your family members get a flu shot -- the essential key to flu prevention. You need it because there's no cure for the flu -- and flu complications can be really serious in some people, especially infants and young children, elderly adults, and people with heart disease, diabetes, lung disease, and other chronic medical problems.
Other Names:
Antiscorbutic Vitamin, Ascorbate, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Calcium Ascorbate, Cevitamic Acid, Iso-Ascorbic Acid, L-Ascorbic Acid, Magnesium Ascorbate, Selenium Ascorbate, Sodium Ascorbate.
VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID)
VITAMIN C (VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID)) OVERVIEW INFORMATION
Vitamin C is a vitamin. Good sources of vitamin C are fresh fruits and vegetables, especially citrus fruits. It can also be made in a laboratory.
How does it work?
Vitamin C is required for the proper development and function of many parts of the body. It also plays an important role in maintaining proper immune function.
Vitamin C (VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID)) Side Effects & Safety
Vitamin C is safe for most people when taken by mouth or applied to the skin. In some people, vitamin C might cause nausea, vomiting, heartburn, stomach cramps, headache, and other side effects. The chance of getting these side effects increases the more vitamin C you take. Doses higher than 2000 mg per day might not be safe and may cause a lot of side effects, including kidney stones and severe diarrhea. In people who have had a kidney stone, doses greater than 1000 mg per day greatly increase the risk of kidney stone recurrence.
Vitamin C is likely safe for pregnant or breast-feeding women when taken in the recommended amount of 120 mg per day. Taking too much vitamin C during pregnancy can cause problems for the newborn baby.
Do not take vitamin C in doses greater than those found in basic multivitamins if:
• You have had a heart attack.
• You have had angioplasty, a heart procedure.
• You have cancer.
• You have diabetes.
• You have a blood-iron disorder, including conditions called "thalassemia" and "hemochromatosis."
• You have kidney stones, or a history of kidney stones.
• You have a metabolic deficiency called "glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency" (G6PDD).
• You have a blood disorder called "sickle cell disease."
VITAMIN C (VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID)) DOSING
BY MOUTH:
• For scurvy: 100-250 mg once or twice daily for several days.
• For treating the common cold: 1-3 grams daily.
• For preventing kidney damage related to contrast media used during diagnostic tests: vitamin C 3 grams is given before coronary angiography, and then 2 grams is given after the procedure in the evening and again the following morning.
• For slowing progression of hardening of the arteries: slow-release vitamin C 250 mg in combination with 91 mg (136 IU) of vitamin E twice daily for up to 6 years.
• For tyrosinemia in premature infants on high protein diets: 100 mg of vitamin C.
• For reducing protein in the urine of people with type 2 diabetes: vitamin C 1250 mg with vitamin E 680 IU daily for 4 weeks.
• For preventing complex regional pain syndrome in people with wrist fractures: vitamin C 500 mg daily for 50 days.
The daily recommended dietary allowances (RDAs) are: infants 0 to 12 months, human milk content (older recommendations specified 30-35 mg); children 1 to 3 years, 15 mg; children 4 to 8 years, 25 mg; children 9 to 13 years, 45 mg; adolescents 14 to 18 years, 75 mg for boys and 65 mg for girls; adults age 19 and greater, 90 mg for men and 75 mg for women; pregnancy and lactation: age 18 or younger, 115 mg; ages 19 to 50 years, 120 mg. People who use tobacco should take an additional 35 mg per day. Do not take more than the following amounts of vitamin C: 400 mg per day for children ages 1 to 3 years, 650 mg per day for children 4 to 8 years, 1200 mg per day for children 9 to 13 years, and 1800 mg per day for adolescents and pregnant and breast-feeding women 14 to 18 years, and 2000 mg per day for adults and pregnant and lactating women.
APPLIED TO THE SKIN:
Most topical preparations used for aged or wrinkled skin are applied daily. Studies have used creams containing 5% to 10% vitamin C. In one study, a specific vitamin C formulation (Cellex-C High Potency Serum) used 3 drops applied daily to areas of facial skin. Don’t apply vitamin C preparations to the eye or eyelids. Also avoid contact with hair or clothes. It can cause discoloration.
Kerala school asked to shut down due to swine flu
A private school in this Kerala capital was Friday asked to close down by the district administration after 16 students tested positive for swine flu.
Thiruvananthapuram District Collector Sanjay Kaul directed the management of St Thomas School to shut down for a week. The school has more than 5,000 students enrolled in it.
Amar S. Fettle, the state nodal officer for swine flu, said: “In the past, there have been instances where schools on their own took the decision to shut down, but this is the first time that the state has come up with such a directive.”
“Today, (Friday) a dozen people tested positive in the state taking the total number of affected to 900. The thing is that the health department alone cannot control the spread of the virus. People should rise to the occasion and maintain a civic sense,” Fettle said.
