Infections and Infectious Diseases

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What Really Happens to Your Body When You Take a Z-Pak
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a person wearing a zebra-patterned sweater lying on an orange couch with their arm over their face and their other hand on their stomach because they have food poisoning or the stomach flu
Is It Food Poisoning or the Stomach Flu?
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a family of four people in bed together, all blowing their noses because they're sick with the flu
How Long Is the Flu Contagious?
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How Bad Is It Really to Work From Home When You're Sick?
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Woman moisturizing her feet, as an example of one reason athlete's foot is not healing
8 Mistakes That Make Athlete’s Foot Worse
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a woman wearing a mask while shopping for produce, to help prevent getting flurona
What Is Flurona, and How Worried Should We Really Be?
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a person adding eposom salts to a foot bath, as a natural remedy for athlete's foot
The 10 Best Natural Remedies for Athlete's Foot
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close up of person pouring herbal tea for cold relief at first signs of a cold
9 Things Doctors Do When They Feel a Cold Coming On
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A woman sick with the flu, blowing her nose
157 Flu Statistics and Facts You Should Know
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Close-up of athletic woman with athlete's foot putting on sneakers
The 5 Best Athlete's Foot Treatments, According to a Doctor
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A person sits on a brown leather couch at home by a coffee table with a bowl of lemons and a bookshelf with plants and photographs blowing nose and under a blanket
How to Know if You Have a Cold or the Flu (and Does It Really Matter?)
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8 Myths About the Flu Shot You Need to Stop Believing
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Your Step-by-Step Guide to Staying Healthy When You’re Feeling Under the Weather
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7 Myths About Spreading and Catching Germs You Need to Know
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Woman dressed for winter and sick with the flu
3 Ways Your Weight Is Connected to Your Flu Risk — and How to Stay Healthy
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A woman in a white towel getting a head massage from a professional masseuse
5 Uncommon Ways to Fend Off Cold and Flu
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a young adult coughs into their elbow
What to Know About Using a Humidifier for a Cough
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Can Drinking Fruit Juice Help You Get Over the Stomach Flu?
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Should You Eat Spicy Foods When You Have the Flu?
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Does Greek Yogurt Fight Candidiasis?
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Woman drinking onion tea for cold
Can Onion Tea Help You Get Over a Cold?
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What It Means When You Have Flu Symptoms and Leg Pain
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Young person wearing a grey sweater and yellow blanket curled up in bed because they have no energy from the flu
No Energy After Having the Flu? Here’s How to Recover
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detox water with cucumber, lemon and mint
Is Lemonade Good to Drink When You Have a Cold or Flu?
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Fresh oysters
The Nutritional Deficiencies That Cause Cold Hands and Feet
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Person with black curly hair lying in bed and blowing their nose because they have the flu with dizziness
Feeling Dizzy From the Flu? Here’s What You Should Know
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The Candida Diet & Athlete's Foot
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How Soon Can I Work Out After Getting Sick?
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What Is an Antifungal Diet, and Does It Work?
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How to Use Honey to Relieve a Cough
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What Is Wrong With Drinking Caffeine While Taking Antibiotics?
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Recommended Diet Plan After Stomach Flu
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Can You Prevent the Stomach Flu With Vitamin C?
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Chicken broth
4 Ways to Recover Lost Nutrients After a Stomach Flu
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4 Types of Food to Avoid When You Get Chicken Pox
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overhead photo of wooden bowl and spoon of raw yellow nutritional yeast on wooden table
Is There a Connection Between Nutritional Yeast and Yeast Infections?
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Are Oranges Good for Fighting a Cough and Phlegm?
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Honey lemon tea with cinnamon. Top view. Image toned.
Can Drinking Tea With Honey and Lemon Help You Get Over a Cold?
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Nutritional Treatment of Excess Mucus
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Lemon Cold & Flu Treatment
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Woman Checks Her Fitness Stats on Smart Watch after Indoor Cycling Workout
Work and Exercise for People With TB
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Cropped Hands Of Woman Holding Pills And Drinking Water In Glass
How to Take Vitamins and Cold Medicine Together
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Foods to Eat to Avoid the Stomach Flu
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Mononucleosis and Exercise
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Sick woman sitting on the bed
When Is It Safe to Exercise After the Stomach Flu?
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Oatmeal in red bowl with spoon for a candida diet
Oatmeal and Candida: The Breakfast Staple Can Fit Into a Candida Diet
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a young adult with the flu sits on the couch under a blanket eating a bowl of soup
No Appetite During the Flu? Here’s What to Eat When You’re Sick
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Old Asian people suffer from exercise pain. senior man suffering from sore arm.
Should You Exercise With Shingles?
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Is There a Special Diet for the Epstein-Barr Virus?
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How to Rid the Body of Too Much Yeast
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juices
Phase 1 of the Candida Diet
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How to Eat to Fight Staph Infections
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Tea time
Food to Eat When Coughing
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Sick man lying on sofa at home and blowing nose
Why Colds Make You Feel Lightheaded and Dizzy When You’re Already Miserable
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A woman with long brown hair watering a plant, as a way to add moisture to the air without a humidifier
7 Simple Ways to Humidify a Room Without a Humidifier
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The Usual and Unusual Symptoms of Shingles
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a person with long brown hair wearing a white sweater and sitting in bed while blowing their nose and nursing a cold headache
What Causes a Cold Headache and How to Treat It
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a person with short black hair wearing a blanket and coughing into their hand
8 Reasons You're Coughing Up White Mucus
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Infections and infectious diseases can affect your health and wellbeing. Here on our infections and infectious diseases page, we offer a variety of resources to help you better understand these diseases, including information on symptoms and causes as well as treatment and prevention options.

You'll find in-depth articles featuring medical experts that spotlight specific infections and infectious diseases, as well as general information on infection prevention and control. We also offer advice on how to cope with the emotional and psychological impact of these conditions, as well as information on various infection-related resources and support services.

Whether you are dealing with a specific infection or disease yourself or are supporting a loved one through the process, our infections and infectious diseases page has something for you. We offer practical tips for preventing the spread of infections, advice on how to communicate effectively with health care providers and information on various infection-related resources and support services."