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Show ed mankind for years. It is caused by a virus and can be prevented by immunization. It is important to remember that if a high fever persists, call your doctor. Flu symptoms symp-toms sometimes can mast more serious ailments. Doctors tell symptoms of o!d Asian flu Editor's note: The following is one of a series of articles furnished by the Utah State Medical Association and published pub-lished in cooperation with the local newspaper. These articles are scheduled to better acquaint ac-quaint readers with problems not know what to do about it. The treatment consists solely sole-ly of making the patient feel more comfortable while his body's own defensive mechanisms mechan-isms overcome the virus. Aspirin, As-pirin, lots of liquids, bed rest and, possibly antihistamines; are used. The illness usually runs its course in two to five days. Temperatures up to 104 degrees are occasionally found. Asian Flu won't kill you, but it can weaken a person sc that other illnesses set in. Most of the deaths in the 1918 epidemic resulted from pneumonia pneu-monia that followed flu attacks. at-tacks. Modern day antibiotics can control pneumonia. Many people can be immunized immu-nized against Asian Flu by protective shots. These shots have been available for several years and provide a high measure mea-sure of protection. The shots do not prevent the common cold, but they will prevent the flu. Asian Flu is a varient of an old disease that has plagu- of health. ASIAN FLU Nowdays everyone who feel' a little out of sorts blames it on the "flu" or "a virus." Talk with your friends who tell you they have "a touch of the flu" and they'll relate a wide variety of symptoms fever, chills, nausea, coughing, runny nose. But mostly they just feel bad. Well, a lot of these ailments likely are caused by viruses, but the genuine case of real Asian Flu most likely is not up and around. Asian Flu is a type of influenza in-fluenza that gained a lot of publicity because of the recent re-cent epidemic. There have been flu epidemics before. Probably one of the worst in this century cen-tury was in 1918 and 1919 Asian Flu is a strain of the influenza family that got its name because it was supposed to have originated in Asia. The disease has been well, studied and much is known about it. The infection hits from one to three days after exposure usually through contact with a sick person Often the onset is a sudder chill, followed by a fever Often the nose, throat and chest is irritated. But mainly, the patient is "sick all over" He is tired, headachy and listless. list-less. Although medicine knowr much about Asian Flu, it does- |