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Beware of the Bug – It's Flu Season!

Contributed by Amanda Bach
 

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The flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death – especially of older people, young children, and of people with certain health problems who are at high risk for serious flu complications.

Every year in the United States, on average:

• 5% to 20% of the population gets the flu.
• More than 200,000 people are hospitalized from flu complications.
• About 36,000 people die from flu.

Don't let the flu get you! The best way to prevent the flu is by getting a flu shot or vaccine each fall and by practicing good hygiene. Simple actions, like covering your mouth and nose when sneezing and coughing; washing hands often with soap and water, or cleaning hands with wipes or gels that contain alcohol, are effective things you can do to stop germs and prevent illnesses.

Remember:

• You cannot get the flu from the flu shot.
• The shot will not prevent all types of flu, nor will it prevent other viruses with “flu-like” symptoms.
• The ability of the flu shot to protect you depends on two things: 1) your age and how healthy you are and 2) the similarity or "match" between the virus strains in the vaccine and those in circulation.

Sources:
Information modified from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Check out the resources below to help you stay well this fall:

• Influenza – Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones - http://www.cdc.gov/flu/
• Find a Flu Shot - http://www.flucliniclocator.org/
• Clean Hands Save Lives - http://www.cdc.gov/cleanhands/
• Healthy Habits Keep You Well - http://www.cdc.gov/germstopper/
• Where is the Flu This Week? http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm
• Avian Flu – What is it? http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/index.htm
• Is it a Cold or the Flu? http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/flu.htm
• La gripe (la influenza o flu) - http://www.cdc.gov/flu/espanol
• Important Information About Medicare Payment For Flu Shots - http://www.medicare.gov/health/flu.asp

Cold or Flu. Antibiotics Don't Work for You –(Information on antibiotic-resistant infections) www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/community/files/CDC_general_brochure.pdf

Contributor - Amanda Bach is co-founder and co-creator of SingleMom.com. The co-creator currently resides in California and Washington, DC. She was raised by a single mom and so she learned it first hand how difficult it was to watch her mom struggled everyday life. And that is the main reason she co-founded SingleMom.com to create this wonderful Website/organization. Her energy, natural creative ability and superior business intuition make her contributions to this website immeasurable. As you know, lots of tough decisions are made as a parent, let alone as a single parent. Her hobbies include volunteer, Internet, reading, ballet, traveling, snowboarding, and especially wine & food.