2006-11-06 14:17:00 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
why do people call most soda's or cola's....coke
why do we call jello...jello? its a company name, correct name is gelatin.
its just the way of the english language. Flu is a virus, cold is a virus, just about anything that makes us sick is a form of virus. To say someone has a virus...since its a computer day, most think of a computer virus. So the normal term just became flu instead.
2006-11-06 14:20:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Flu aka Influenza is not the same thing as a cold. If someone has a cold but says they have the flu they are mistaken. People often don't know the difference between a nasty cold and the flu so hence they say they have the flu when in fact they only have a cold.
2006-11-06 22:20:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Flu is short for influenza, which is a virus that affects the entire body, headache, chills, temperature, sometimes vomiting (stomach flu) or gastrointestinal pain (gastroenteritis), coughing, sinus infection, possibly pneumonia if untreated.
The common cold is also a virus, but it doesn't cause the worse symptoms, just sore throat, watery eyes, runny nose, etc, possible cough.
2006-11-06 22:39:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. If they HAD the flu they would be bed ridden, unable to get out of bed, extreme symptoms etc. How can you have the flu for just a day? All they really have is a virus and all is needed is bed rest and a panadol. Sooks, the lot of 'em.
2006-11-06 22:22:14 · answer #4 · answered by jammer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the name of the virus is influenza
2006-11-06 22:19:39 · answer #5 · answered by mike a 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/Publications/cold/sick.pdf#search='difference%20between%20cold%20and%20flu'
This should help.....
2006-11-06 22:56:49 · answer #6 · answered by summersailing 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋