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You Have the Flu. Should You Go to the Doctor, or Wait It Out?
« on: January 16, 2018, 02:30:17 pm »
You Have the Flu. Should You Go to the Doctor, or Wait It Out?
By Karen Rowan, Live Science Contributor | January 12, 2018 12:15pm ET



When you have the flu, one choice looms large in front of your feverish eyes: Should you drag your aching body out in the cold to go to the doctor or hospital, or should you just wrap yourself in blankets, drink fluids and stay put?

For sick people, there's no downside to going to the hospital or seeking care from a professional, said Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious-disease specialist and a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. The antiviral drugs that can help people with the flu work better if they are prescribed early on, he said.

https://www.livescience.com/61414-you-have-flu-should-you-go-to-doctor.html