there is a bad thread of the flu going around and I am wondering if my family can get the flu again if we already had it bad a month ago?
2007-03-06 04:50:10 · 14 answers · asked by hghs_yvnn 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
yes, unless your body has truly built up imunity to that particular virus, and the odds are it hasn't
2007-03-06 04:53:06 · answer #1 · answered by wombatwaz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, every cold and "flu" you get is different than any of the ones you've already had. Colds and flu's are virus', and current medicine has not come up with a cure. Your body has built an up immunity to that old virus, and although perhaps very similar it is completely different, otherwise you wouldn't be sick!
2007-03-06 14:07:35 · answer #2 · answered by silverthorshammer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bad thing about rhinovirus and influenza is that the viruses are mutating constantly. So, although you already suffered through the flu once, you can definitely get it again...just a different mutation of it. Sorry.
2007-03-06 13:14:53 · answer #3 · answered by erinn83bis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course. It is very easy to get flu again, because the structure of the flu virus is always changing.
2007-03-06 12:54:25 · answer #4 · answered by CatwalkQueen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO. ONCE you had the flu you will not get it again. BUT there are many types of flu.YOU could get a different strain of flu. SO keep up with your flu shots.
2007-03-06 12:54:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
unfortionatley the answer to your question is yes.
you can get the flu more than once in the same season. also it is possible to get it worse than before, because of the many stands of the virus.
you can get it many times depending on virus mutation and immune recognition of the virus. If the virus has been mutated enough to be unrecognizable to the immune system then you can get it again.
2007-03-06 12:56:41 · answer #6 · answered by pegasis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,you can.Viruses mutate or change all the time,you build up immunity after being sick with one or more,but you would be susceptible to a new one,with your resistance is already low. Take care. SW RNP
2007-03-06 12:58:52 · answer #7 · answered by sharon w 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible. Viruses mutate rapidly, and if the virus is different enough from the one you had before, You immune system may not protect you from a different strain.
2007-03-06 13:01:13 · answer #8 · answered by Niklaus Pfirsig 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
absolutely - I had it about 3 weeks ago and am still trying to recover. Just wash your hands a ton. You should be ok Good Luck!
2007-03-06 12:54:02 · answer #9 · answered by CupCake 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can have the flue more than once. there are many different types of flues so each time you get a diffident one. usually you don't get the same type of flue because your body becomes immune to that particular flue. its like the chicken-pox you usually only get them once because your body becomes immune.
2007-03-06 13:02:13 · answer #10 · answered by angie n 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋