At first sight, flurona is as it sounds - a mix of flu and coronavirus - but what does it mean exactly? Flurona is to unfortunately have the flu and coronavirus at the same time.Both illnesses were identified in an unvaccinated pregnant woman in Israel just earlier this week.Two schoolchildren in the US have since been diagnosed with flurona in Texas and California.
To have a double infection the flu and Covid at the same time sounds very grim indeed. As for its severity, it is not yet known whether it is more dangerous than each virus on its own.Wondering what there is to know about flurona so far?
Read on...Flurona is to have flu and coronavirus at the same time.As Omicron cases skyrocket during cold and flu season, it is possible to have different illnesses at the same time.It is not yet known whether the condition is more dangerous than the regular forms of either virus.
Dr Frank Esper, a physician at the Cleveland Clinic Children's Center for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, said it would most likely occur predominantly in children, reported The Mirror. "I expect to see plenty of co-infections going forward, but I don't see anything that suggests it makes Covid infections worse," he said."Those are two viral pathogens that we actually have medicines for."Hands down, the number one predisposition for having more than one virus at the same time is your age, and it's really children under five."They all have virus[es] running rampant and swap them like trading cards."Information about the combination illness is limited.The first confirmed case of flurona, an unvaccinated pregnant woman in her 30s, had difficulty breathing."She was diagnosed with the flu and coronavirus as soon as she arrived," said Arnon Wiznitzer,
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