How to Prepare for the Flu Season

Summer is winding down, and children are going back to school soon, which means new viruses and illnesses will soon enter your home. This includes the flu. If you want to do your best to avoid getting the flu, there are a few healthy habits you can start adopting in order to reduce your chances. Keep reading to learn our best tips for preparing for flu season, and how knowing about our Flu Symptoms Clinical Trial can help prepare you.

When is the Flu Season?

In the United States, flu season usually occurs in the fall and winter. While influenza viruses spread year-round, most of the time flu activity peaks between December and February. The overall health impact (e.g., infections, hospitalizations, and deaths) of the flu varies from season to season. CDC collects, compiles, and analyzes information on influenza activity year-round in the United States and produces FluView, a weekly surveillance report, and FluView Interactive, which allows for more in-depth exploration of influenza surveillance data. The Weekly U.S. Influenza Summary Update is updated weekly year-round.

How Can I Reduce My Chances of Getting the Flu?

Healthy habits you can adopt today to reduce your chances of getting the flu include:

• Avoid close contact with people, especially if they are sick or were recently sick
• Teach your children how to use hand sanitizer and keep some in their backpacks
• Keep your hands as clean as possible
• Do not touch your mouth, nose, or eyes unless your hands are freshly washed
• Keep your surfaces clean, including doorknobs and drawer pulls
• Drink plenty of water and eat nutritious food to give your body fuel to fight viruses
• Improve your air quality by using proper ventilation and air purifiers
• Get vaccinated for the flu to protect against the three most common strains

With children in school, especially young ones who are preschool or kindergarten age, it can be particularly difficult to prevent getting sick with something during the flu season. However, doing your best to keep up with disinfecting and cleanliness around the home, as well as keeping your hands clean, can significantly reduce your risk.

Flu Symptoms Clinical Trial

If you do start feeling flu symptoms this flu season, it is important to know that you can become part of a Flu Symptom Clinical Trial to explore the source of your symptoms, recieve medication to treat it, and get paid at the same time.

Here is what participants can look forward to:

• No-cost study-related medicines
• No-cost consultation and health exam
• No-cost lab reports
• Oversight by a central ethics committee
• FDA-governed
• HIPAA-compliant
• Full confidentiality
• Meets all industry safety guidelines

If you start feeling fever or chills, persistent cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, or fatigue this flu season, click here to provide us with your contact information or give us a call at (682) 356-2719 to quickly get pre-qualified for our study over the phone.

For more information, visit us at InfectiousDiseaseClinicalTrials.com!