Posted on 01/08/2025 7:24:26 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
Welcome to winter virus season.
Cases of acute respiratory illness, Covid-19 and seasonal flu are increasing in most parts of the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Emergency department visits for flu and the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, are very high. While Covid-19 cases leading to emergency department visits are still low, they are increasing, with wastewater testing already revealing high coronavirus levels.
How can you know which infectious disease you have? Does it depend on the illness, the symptoms or the characteristics of the person who is ill? And how can people find out what to do — should they go to their primary care provider, urgent care or the hospital’s emergency department?
Against this backdrop, norovirus cases causing gastrointestinal upset also have been surging. Several other infectious illnesses are making the rounds, too, including the viruses that cause the common cold and bacteria that lead to strep throat.
To help us with these questions, I spoke with CNN wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen. Wen is an emergency physician and clinical associate professor at the George Washington University. She previously served as Baltimore’s health commissioner.
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Let’s begin with respiratory illnesses. Most healthy people who have mild symptoms like runny nose, congestion and fatigue do not need to seek medical care. More than 200 viruses cause the common cold, which is more than likely the cause of these symptoms.
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I found this vitamin D supplement online.
Biotics Bio D-Mulsion
https://shop.bioticsresearch.com/products/bio-d-mulsion
Prices are all over the map but it’s fairly inexpensive considering that if you do one drop a day it’s a 2 year supply.
You just have to find a source that doesn’t cost an outrageous amount.
Each drop is 2000 IU of vitamin D, and the best thing (for me) is that *I* can even take it. It’s the first vitamin D supplement I’ve been able to take at all, much less regularly.
The taste is not the greatest, but I’ve had worse and one drop is quick and easy to get down.
There are many of us who lost someone during Covid - and NOT due to Covid!
My loathing for Mother Government continues unabated - though I WILL use the healthcare I EARNED and is paid for by my fellow Taxpayers. ;)
We have an excellent Women’s Clinic with all the bells and whistles and I just had a Basal Cell Carcinoma removed from behind my right ear, which was out-patient surgery, but still a pretty big and lengthy ordeal! They did a great job for me - minimal scaring and hopefully no return of the cancer; that stuff will eat your face right off, LOL!
And Yes, Mother! I wear a hat and use sunscreen and limit my time in the sun. ;)
Thanks metmom, I’ll try it.
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