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Influenza Kiswahili: Homa ya mafua

From Wikidata and MedlinePlus; a guide, not a diagnosis. · ICD-10 code J10

Usual symptoms

  • Headaches
  • A cough
  • A fever (feeling hot, with chills or sweats)
  • Tiredness that rest does not fix
  • A runny or blocked nose that keeps coming back
  • Muscle aches
  • Chest pain
  • Chills or shivering
  • A blocked nose

Having some of these does not mean you have this condition: many conditions share the same symptoms.

Who to see

  • A doctor for the lungs
  • A clinic for infections
  • A hospital emergency department

Related health checks

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Symptoms, specialties, risk factors and codes from Wikidata (CC0 public domain); reading from MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine. A guide, not a diagnosis: please see a health worker.