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Bird Flu Symptoms
Bird Flu Symptoms
With bird flu spreading
throughout Europe and the Middle East, and with repeated warnings that it
will hit North America, many people are concerned about the symptoms of the
disease.
Here’s what
BUPA, the British private medical care provider, says:
Human flu symptoms are:
fever
cough
sore throat
muscle aches
conjunctivitis
Cases of bird flu are
more likely to cause breathing problems and pneumonia, and can be fatal.
A factsheet from the US
Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention advises:
Symptoms of avian
influenza in humans have ranged from typical human influenza-like symptoms
(e.g., fever, cough, sore throat, and muscle aches) to eye infections,
pneumonia, severe respiratory diseases (such as acute respiratory distress),
and other severe and life-threatening complications. The symptoms of avian
influenza may depend on which virus caused the infection.
March 21st,
2006 |
