Acne is a common skin condition that affects most people at some point. It causes spots, oily skin and sometimes skin that's hot or painful to touch.
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Your nose is stuffy, your throat is scratchy, and your head is pounding. Is it a cold or the seasonal flu? Symptoms can overlap, so unless your doctor runs a rapid flu test — a quick check done with a cotton swab from the back of your nose or throat — it’s hard to know for sure.
Here are some basic guidelines for telling the difference between cold and flu symptoms, and what to do if you have either one of these infections.
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Measles is one of the most easily spread of all human infections. Just being in the same room as someone with measles can result in infection. It is usually spread when a person breathes in the measles virus that has been coughed or sneezed into the air by an infectious person. People with measles are usually infectious from just before the symptoms begin until four days after the rash appears. The time from exposure to becoming sick is usually about 10 days. The rash usually appears around 14 days after exposure.
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Asthma is a common disease of the airways – the structures through which air passes when moving from your mouth and nose right down to the smallest structures in your lungs. Read more for Treatment and Management plan of asthma.
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Influenza (flu) is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. What are the symptoms? Who is at risk? How could you prevent the flu? How is flu treated? See our GP Bulk Billing doctors at Maple Leaf Medical Centre Thomastown
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