Tag: flu

If your children develop fast breathing or trouble breathing, bluish-gray skin color, refusal to drink enough fluids, severe vomiting, lethargy, or recurring fever with rash, take them to the emergency room.

While it’s true influenza is a virus and can manifest with few or no symptoms, per the CDC, 36,000 people die and more than 200,000 are hospitalized each year from the flu or complications of the flu in the U.S. alone. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), 80 percent of the children who died had not been vaccinated.

Now that the winter break from school is almost over, this mama is racking her brain, thinking of ways we can keep the flu from our doorstep. These are the ideas floating through my mind . . . 

It is that time of year where the noses are snotty, coughs are nagging and the big debate rages on--should I or shouldn't I...

It's cold and FLU season. So what'a s mom to do? Plan A Go all Little House on the Prairie and escape in my covered wagon with...

It's that time of year - flu and cold season. I love cooler weather, but my goodness! It seems as though as soon as...