This year’s flu season may end up being one of the worst the U.S. has seen in years, with at least 6.4 million Americans coming down with the flu so far.
This year’s flu season is shaping up to be one of the worst the U.S. has seen in years. So far, at least 6.4 million Americans have been struck with the flu and 2,900 people have died, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
“Children are particularly vulnerable because their immune systems are not fully developed,” Randell Wexler, MD, a family medicine physician at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “In addition, children with asthma — as well as other chronic diseases — are more susceptible, and they do not respond to a viral insult the same way adults do. Children under the age of five in general, and those less than one year of age in particular, are most at risk.
A CDC graph that compares the number of reported flu cases in the current 2019-2020 season with previous flu seasons shows that the numbers are already higher than in several previous years."Hopefully this turns around and comes down, but if it continues on the trajectory it's on, it's not going to be good," Fauci told CNN.
So what should you do if you get the flu? Experts suggest seeing your doctor and, for those with severe symptoms, getting treatment such as antiviral medications right away. “Antivirals will shorten the infection and prevent superinfection,” Peter Gulick, an internal medicine doctor at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, tells Yahoo Lifestyle. Adds Wexler: “If one gets the flu there is treatment, but it should begin within 48 hours of symptom onset.
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