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Apr 23, 2005
Flu
Influenza, or flu, is a respiratory infection caused by a variety of flu viruses. The most familiar aspect of the flu is the way it can "knock you off your feet" as it sweeps through entire communities.
The flu differs in several ways from the common cold, a respiratory infection also caused by viruses. For example, people with colds rarely get fevers or headaches or suffer from the extreme exhaustion that flu viruses cause.
FLU OUTBREAKS
Flu outbreaks usually begin suddenly and occur mainly in the late fall and winter. The disease spreads through communities creating an epidemic. During the epidemic, the number of cases peaks in about 3 weeks and subsides after another 3 or 4 weeks. Half of the population of a community may be affected. Because schools are an excellent place for flu viruses to attack and spread, families with school-age children have more infections than other families, with an average of one-third of the family members infected each year.
IMPORTANCE OF FLU
Besides the rapid start of the outbreaks and the large numbers of people affected, the flu is an important disease because it can cause serious complications. Most people who get the flu get better within a week (although they may have a lingering cough and tire easily for a while longer). For elderly people, newborn babies, and people with certain chronic illnesses, however, the flu and its complications can be life-threatening.
TRANSMISSION
You can get the flu if someone around you who has the flu coughs or sneezes. You can get the flu simply by touching a surface like a telephone or door knob that has been contaminated by a touch from someone who has the flu. The viruses can pass through the air and enter your body through your nose or mouth. If you've touched a contaminated surface, they can pass from your hand to your nose or mouth.
You are at greatest risk of getting infected in highly populated areas, such as in crowded living conditions and in schools.
SYMPTOMS
If you get infected by the flu virus, you will usually feel symptoms 1 to 4 days later. You can spread the flu to others before your symptoms start and for another 3 to 4 days after your symptoms appear. The symptoms start very quickly and may include
Body aches
Chills
Dry cough
Fever
Headache
Sore throat
Stuffy nose
Typically, the fever begins to decline on the second or third day of the illness. The flu almost never causes symptoms in the stomach and intestines. The illness that some call "stomach flu" is not influenza.
DIAGNOSIS
Usually, health care providers diagnose the flu on the basis of whether it is epidemic in the community and whether the person's complaints fit the current pattern of symptoms. Health care providers rarely use laboratory tests to identify the virus during an epidemic. Health officials, however, monitor certain U.S. health clinics and do laboratory tests to determine which type of flu virus is responsible for the epidemic.
What the!!!!!! jst some info with you guys, coz i was cought with this last 21, it really
sucks staying in bed it made me helpless... anyway i survive hehehe....it only took me one day to battle this sickness of my im alive and kicking again......
Posted at 10:22 am by oragon
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Apr 20, 2005
Supposed meaning of the Authors name:
Supposed meaning of the authors given name: NVMSZIW coded
The only potential weakness in these names is their tendency to being a little too emotional. If their energies and time are spent in cultivating their artistic talents then their beauty will shine. These people radiate love from their eyes. They respond to kindness with warmth and gratitude. Giving to others is their natural way. Their hearts respond with compassion whenever they see suffering. They are meant to administer to the needy and to inspire people with their love. This can be done either through the medium of music or through some humanitarian endeavour. If they lack direction or self-discipline then their lives can be difficult. In that case the emotion builds up as a craving for love and sex accompanied by feelings of self-pity. From an early age they desire to perform some meaningful work. They cannot do mundane or mediocre work without suffering. This is both an intelligent and idealistic quality that is strongly motivated by a humanitarian urge. They are inspired when they are motivating others through their love, and terribly depressed when there is no meaning to their work. In the performing arts they can move people to tears because of the depth of their emotion, and their own tears flow quickly when faced with the suffering of animals, people or situations where there is a loss of love. They are very responsible and take seriously all their commitments. As caregivers they excel. Their love has a sincerity to it that is healing in itself. They feel our problems or sickness and their sympathy is genuine. Their challenge is not merely to be sympathetic but to help through wisdom, or suffer the consequences of being drawn into and influenced by others' problems. Their compassion is the ultimate human sentiment and must be directed by their intelligence. As teachers they could be inspired if they knew that the spoken word releases the greatest power of all when it is empowered by compassion and the wisdom of life.
Their difficulty lies in not being able to cut through the problematic areas of those they are helping, and not being able to distinguish between sympathy to the problem, and sympathy with the soul of another individual. It is hard not to fall in love with these people because they are so loving. Love is their greatest asset as well as their greatest liability. If there is not sufficient balance in the rest of their names they tend to live for love rather than love to live and give. It is in their giving that they discover the true essence of love. If they have not realized this then they are forever seeking a lover to satisfy a spiritual impulse. When they have discovered the universality of love they will never again suffer the loss of it or the insatiable craving for it. It is a matter of perspective. These people have a great potential for creativity and accomplishment because of their confidence and strong responsible natures, that is, if it is directed toward meaningful pursuits. Otherwise they can become complainers and worry over trifles. A constant fear of loss and self-pity can lead to nervous exhaustion and breakdown.
Posted at 09:54 am by oragon
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Apr 19, 2005
Huh Whats this. Last nyte as i check my movies i found out that i already see them mybe twice or thrice others more. And theres one movie that i havent seen coz it doesnt play with my pirated DVD. it made me curious or maybe i really dont have anything to do so i tried it again. but really it wont work then i change the preference of locale to japan and it works huh.... As my previous knowledge that DVDs has its own slice of market this technology was developed supposedly to stop piracy it was divided into different continent like Asia, America Uk etc others im not quite familiar coz i read this article long time ago huh... it means im quite old. huh do we really get old nyah... i think that would be another topic. lets go back with the movie that i watched last nyte it really made me laugh and remember the things from the past (tnx to my curiosity my dvd movie works) the movie was a foreign one its a korean.... nyah not full house or others, now many Korean movies are proliferating in our Tv monitors and pirated CDs and Dvds, mine is original hehehehe coz i have a friend who is a korean.... the title of the movie is my sassy girl. hopes it rings a bell coz this one is quite old and its been famous even before the arrival of tele koreans etc.... Im sorry i will not tell all the details of their story i jst found this movie very amusing and entertaining. It made me laugh , feel sad etc... for me it depicts the normal happennings of a person. Their ups and down, the thrill they seek, the misfortune that they encounter and the love that they felt. It reminds me of my childhood sweathearts and it made me feel also to write my own story with her, i think not just with her probably if time permits all the girls that ive met and loved.......dont worry they are only few......
Posted at 10:53 am by oragon
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Apr 18, 2005
Hate !!!
What is hate? my idea of hate came back from my elementary or even younger years, I say i hate you if i didnt get what i want, i say i hate you if you do something bad about me.... i hate does things if i feel that its not appropriate.... i hate hate hate hate hate.....i hated things that around me, the happenings around me the attitude of my boss and the mentality of my subordinates i hate them hate them really i hate them. and also the bitch that kept on txting me and calling me i hate her really hate her... but i like ...... her specially when im drunk. Dont ask me if im not drunk hehehehe.....I hated myself for collaborating with my boss to terminate 3 of my subordinates i really hated them they dont want to listen they always says its the desicion we made before not we its him. I tried to defend them by proving that they are really worth on their job but they wont listen. Now it looks like im the devil the plotter the doer of bad things i really hate this things this things sucks really sucks.......
I hate them!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted at 06:02 pm by oragon
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Sunday (Yesterday)-being lazy i think is a part of me thats quite hard to change, but ive been doing more effort to re shape my self. I stayed at home and watch movies i watched a total of four movies ranges from Action and thriller one. Have my breakfast in hp around 10:00 am and i bought 2 new DVD went back to my place and watch the said movie.... i really feel lazy that day. and around 2 pm i ate my lunch in tropical hut. Chicken adobo and Pineapple juice. then went back to my place and again finished a movie. afterwards around 6 i went out and hear a mass in saint andrew. and i eat barbecue not really a barbecue but an isaw..its made of pig intestine whew taste good. then went back home watch a movie drink a can of san mig lite and sleep.
Thats my life i think almost every sunday. Sometimes i feel bored but still i survive others may say its sucks but for me its quite normal, usually i like to be alone specially if i dont drink. But there is something in me that says change it. Go out push your self to the limit. thast what im trying to do know, i know when i die i will have plenty of time to sleep. something tinkling in my head reminding me of what a great world it is so go out Carpe Diem, sieze the Day, pick the flowers while you may... Conquer the world.....
Posted at 10:18 am by oragon
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Apr 17, 2005
A new and freshday hoping that every succeding days that come will be as good as this one. For the past days ive been lazy waking up. doing what supposes a grown up man should do ..huh what are the things that a grown up man should be doing nyahhhhhh really dont know also.
Think maybe for the past days ive been involved in many extra curricullar activities. Lots of drinking and sex at night this two for the past days have been going together. Lets start with drinking, for the past nights a lots of reason came out just an excuse for me to drink. That is before my birthday, after my birthday, our boss birthday and i just want to get drunk and be wasted. and that came the sex part, when i went home and already wasted i started calling some frends and inviting it on my room, there is one little bitch that everynow and then when i call her even late at night around 1 or 2 she always show up beside my bed. and because of that i was always late when i go to work.....ahhhhhhh
Im trying to re structure my self again. i know because of what ive been doing im ruining myself and my career im holding a very key position in our company and many people like to grab my position now. If really i cant change myself as soon as possible things may be different.
Posted at 11:32 am by oragon
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Apr 15, 2005
Jst a flash back.
Last 13 was my day, such a lucky number i say. This is the day where in i started breathing in this world.
Around 11:00 midnight of April 12 a friend invited me in sidebar cafe informing me spend some beer and wait for the coming of my birthday. We were 6 five men and one girl. A lots of beer flowed out and some appetizers are served, Crispy Pata Baked mussels jst to name a few. Disccused a lot of things from works , Families recent brokeups and newly acquired friends and new numbers to flirt with. Nyahhhh we had enough. So i spent the beginning opf my birthday on the said bar. Its fine and Give me some hope that the rest of the they will passby smothly. Went home around 2am or 3 not sure.
In the morning still sober fromlast nyte gathering before seven I received call from my mother greeting me happy birthday asking me where would my party be...huh why they always associate a birthday with a party nyahhhhh....i jst said just nearby definetely she cant attend coz she is leaving in the province and me here in manila leaving in an appartment with myself. and after some chit chat she hangup.... I continued my morning habits ....... just watch unang hirit and my cell rang again with the ringtone of some western cowboy thing it was my brother he is also in the province greeting me on my special day.. some chit chat and i say thanks.
Went to my work, just a few blocks from my apartment seems like an ordinary day but a lots of greet i received...the usual hapi b-day. jst thingking is this a new way of asking for a party nyahhhhh jst on my head. In late afternoon i jst bought Yellow Cab and the office work just past by.
The night of reckonning started. All men in our office are waiting for the expected all night party. whew It started with the usual grilling of Tuna fish and Steaks and almost anything that can be cook. We get drunk wasted our selves tell stories anything... a sudden change of my schedule happens...
My boss a foreign national called me. Invite me to a certain bar theres nothing i can do, no reason or anything that pop on my head i jst say yes. He invited me in a bar a karaoke bar with one room and lots of monitor around 4 i guess. Were four and Five girls. I sing, I dance get drunk flirt with the girl got wasted........ and my Birthday passed by with a last call i received from my lady friend abroad.
Posted at 12:58 pm by oragon
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I've been reading and surfing the net and jst happen to passby certain sassy girl blogs and started reading it.....i found it nice and informative and kewl. She expressed herself in everywords that you can easily comprehend to feel like its happenning jst beside you.
And on her blog i found this certain compilation of blog aka Warm bodies a cris aquino stories. the compilation is great and the writeups are fun to read.
And because of this I decided on this day to start this blog of mine, not just to attract potential readers but definitely just to express myself. tnx
Readers dont expect for a grammatically correct writeups.... this is just me writing on anything that came up to my mind.........
oragon unleashed -decided to use this as my title definitely to unleashed everything within me.
Posted at 12:22 pm by oragon
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What does your birth month reveal about you?"
April Active and dynamic. Decisive and haste but tends to regret.Attractive and affectionate to oneself. Strong mentality. Loves attention. Diplomatic. Consoling, friendly and solves people's problems. Brave and fearless. Adventurous. Loving and caring. Suave and generous. Emotional. Aggressive. Hasty. Good memory. Moving Motivates oneself and others. Sickness usually of the head and chest. Sexy in a way that only their luver can see.
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