Answers to Common Cold and Flu Questions
Premier Health providers answer frequently asked questions about cold and flu.
- Are there times when you need medical intervention for gastroenteritis?
- Can a cold turn into the flu?
- How am I Diagnosed with the Flu?
- How are flu types diagnosed?
- How can a baby who is too young to receive the vaccination be protected against the flu?
- How can the flu cause pneumonia?
- How do antibiotics work, and why are they prescribed?
- How do flu vaccines work?
- How is the flu virus spread?
- How Long am I Contagious with a Cold or Flu?
- How long is someone safeguarded from the flu after getting a flu vaccination?
- How old does a child need to be before they can receive a flu vaccination?
- Is there such a thing as the “stomach flu”?
- Is Using Hand Sanitizer the Same as Washing my Hands?
- What are some warning signs that the flu is becoming more serious?
- What are the risks of taking antibiotics when they aren’t needed?
- What are the symptoms of pneumonia?
- What can adults do in the workplace to prevent the spread of the flu virus?
- What causes a common cold?
- What causes someone to be hospitalized for the flu?
- What groups of people are high-risk during flu season?
- What is gastroenteritis?
- What is the Best Treatment for a Common Cold?
- What is the Best Treatment for Flu?
- What is the best way to treat gastroenteritis?
- What is the difference between a viral and bacterial infection?
- What is the difference between influenza A, B, and C?
- What is the Difference Between the Flu and a Common Cold?
- What is the difference between the flu and pneumonia?
- What preventive steps should be taken by a loved one who lives with someone at high risk during flu season?
- What steps should be taken to keep family members healthy if one person in the home becomes ill with the flu?
- When Does Flu Season Usually Begin and End?
- When is someone contagious with the flu?
- When Should I Get a Flu Shot?
- Where can people go to educate themselves about the flu?
- Who Should Get a Flu Shot?
- Why might it be important to know which type of flu a person has?
Source: Meghan Brewster, MD, Beavercreek Family Medicine; Christopher Lauricella, MD, Family Medicine of Vandalia; Sally McIntyre, MD, Belmont Physicians; Josh Ordway, MD, Franklin Family Practice; Guillermo Trevino, MD, Covington Family Care; Lauren Roth, MD, Phillipsburg Family Care; Susan Davis-Brown, MD, Brookville Family Care; Amanda Fox, CNP, Dulan and Moore Dulan Family Wellness Center; Angelia Mickle, DNP, Jamestown Family Medicine; Leelmohan Ravikumar, MD, Troy Primary Care Physicians; Janet Smith, CNP, Southtown Family Practice; Aaron Block, MD, MPH, Franklin Family Practice; Anoopa Hodges, DO, Oakwood Primary Care
