Tag: virus

Croup: a cough to build a dream on

Few infections strike toddlers (2-4 year olds) quite like croup. It’s usually past midnight on a misty December night, temperatures outside a few degrees above average and it suddenlyΒ begins. A startling cough, rich as a quail calling from the underbrush in East Africa “Xiiq” and Middle East “cough adeekee” the cock’sΒ cough a reference to its.

In with the flu

Unless I just missed 2 consecutive cases of dengue fever it’s flu season again. Β In case you’re wondering, this is the time of year we try to convince ourselves that injecting globules of live attenuated virus into the deltoid is going to be a good thing. By the way, if you know someone with the.

Zika Virus in Ottawa

Several cases of Zika virus have come through the clinic this month. All were contracted during Caribbean holidays and caused by mosquito Β bites, at least that’s what they told me! Symptoms usually appear in 3–12 days, with fever, joint and muscle pain, skin rash, conjunctivitis and headache. These symptoms generally resolve within 2–7 days; they.

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