Health Tips | Do you need to take antiviral drugs if you have influenza A? Is influenza A just a common cold, and are they treated the same way?

Influenza A is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by influenza A virus infection. Since the beginning of winter, the number of people infected with influenza A has gradually increased. So, do you have to take antiviral drugs if you have influenza A? Is influenza A just a common cold, and the treatment method is the same?

In this issue of Health Truth, we invite Li Yong, chief physician of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine at Suzhou Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, to explain to you.

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