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… Health Tools Cause What Increases Your Risk Prevention Symptoms What Happens When to Call a Doctor Examinations and … your heart and body will no longer be able to keep up. Then fluid starts to build up in your lungs and other parts of your body. This fluid buildup is called congestion. It's why some doctors …
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… Tools How It Spreads What Increases Your Risk Prevention Symptoms What Happens When to Call a Doctor Examinations and … symptoms. If you do, they can make you feel like you have influenza (flu). As long as you have the virus, you can spread it to …
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… Age 11 and Younger On this page: Overview Check Your Symptoms Self-Care Preparing For Your Appointment Related … have an infection caused by a virus, such as a cold or influenza (flu). Infections caused by bacteria, such as a urinary …
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… page: Overview Overview When asthma symptoms suddenly occur, it's called an asthma attack. It's … Cigarette smoke, air pollution, and chemicals. A cold, influenza (flu), or another type of upper respiratory infection. …
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… Tetanus Pertussis (whooping cough) and polio Haemophilus influenzae type b disease (Hib) Varicella (chicken pox) … the immunization schedule, visit the ImmunizeBC website. Flu shots Influenza immunization protects against viruses that cause the …
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… Chills, Age 12 and Older On this page: Overview Check Your Symptoms Self-Care Preparing For Your Appointment Related … oral temperature taken after you smoke or you drink a hot fluid may give you a false high temperature reading. After you drink or eat cold foods or fluids, your oral temperature may be falsely low. Causes of …
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… Health Tools Cause What Increases Your Risk Prevention Symptoms When to Call a Doctor Examinations and Tests … range. Avoid infections such as COVID-19, colds, and influenza (flu). Get the flu vaccine every year. Get a pneumococcal …
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… of menstrual blood, open sores, cuts or wounds, or bodily fluid containing blood Other less common ways HCV is spread … to their baby, during pregnancy or birth What are the symptoms? Most people who have HCV feel well, have no … hepatitis A, hepatitis B, pneumococcal disease and influenza. If you have HCV, you receive these vaccines for …
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… blood as your body needs. Sudden heart failure causes rapid fluid buildup, or congestion, in the lungs and other parts … problems. Extremely high blood pressure, which can cause fluid buildup in the lungs (pulmonary edema). Things that … the right way. Taking medicines that make heart failure symptoms worse. Not all people are sensitive to or react to …
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… bigger , and its chambers get smaller. Many people have no symptoms and live a normal life with few problems. But in … foods. Limit sodium, sugars, and alcohol. Drink plenty of fluids (unless your doctor has told you to limit your fluid intake). Be active at a safe level. Try to exercise on …