The BRAT Diet

Flu 2011 Symptoms: Cold, Flu, Influenza Symptoms for the 2011 Season:

Recognizing Influenza, commonly referred to as the flu, cold, or rhino-virus, is your first defense against what has become an even tougher, and all too common, contagious respiratory illness caused directly by rampant influenza viruses and conditions.  This page will detail the flu symptoms for 2011 and 2012 as reported via the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention).  Also discussed, here on this Brat Diet site: how to protect and prevent yourself from getting a cold or flu and what to do if you do.

Know the Symptoms of the Cold and Flu: Influenza:

Note, that these flu symptoms are most common and even when some, or all are present, self-diagnosing yourself is not the best, most effective course of action, since these same symptoms can lead to multiple other diagnoses, some much more severe than the common cold – - always visit a licensed physician for their expert opinion.

Flu symptoms may include, but are not limited to:  running a fever (often uncommonly high), headaches, fatigue/tiredness/exhaustion, cough and/or sore throat, runny nose, stuffy nose and/or head (including sinus pressure), aches and pains throughout the body, diarrhea and vomiting (these symptoms more common in kids with colds and flues than adults).

If a cold, flu, stomach virus or worse strikes, the brat diet components are the time tested way to recovery your energy, ease your stomach and get some necessary energy back into your weakened immune system.