The phrase "acute flu" is not commonly used in written English and may not be considered correct.
It could be used in a medical context to describe a sudden onset of flu symptoms, but "acute" is typically used to describe conditions that are severe or intense rather than the flu itself.
Example: "The patient was diagnosed with acute flu, presenting with high fever and severe fatigue."
Alternatives: "severe flu" or "intense flu".
Chikungunya virus is a re-emerging arbovirus transmitted to humans by mosquitoes, responsible for an acute flu-like illness associated with debilitating arthralgia, which can persist for several months or become chronic.
Acute flu-like side effects were generally minor and transient.
Legionnaires' disease is a form of severe pneumonia, while Pontiac fever produces acute flu-like symptoms without pneumonia [ 1].
It is the blood parasitemia and erythrocyte rupture which produce the acute flu-like symptoms (spiking fever, rigors), vascular compromise, and organ involvement, which results in complications.
4 Indeed, the onset of chronic fatigue syndrome is often preceded by an acute flu-like illness or infectious mononucleosis with seemingly impaired recovery.
In other words, our participants with ID may have positively replied to the question "Are you currently ill or in poor health" due to the presence of mild, acute illness (flu, minor viral infections, etc).. Also no discriminative capacity was found between the criterion groups generated by the question "Do you have a disability (impairment or limitation)?" in the ID subsample.
16 28 53 54 However, the use of such therapies might be concurrent with chronic (for example, arthritis) and acute (for example, flu and flu-like syndromes) inflammatory diseases that require anti-inflammatory or analgesic drug treatment.
Prof Keith Willett, NHS England's medical director for acute care, said: "Flu can be spread more easily by children, especially to vulnerable relatives such as older grandparents, those with heart or lung conditions and pregnant family members.
The subjects did not report chronic viral infection, cold or flu, acute respiratory infection, dental problems, or any type of surgery in the week preceding the study.
Pharmacists in Scotland provide dispensing services, as well as a chronic medication service, minor ailment services, public health services, acute medication services, flu vaccination supply and some locally commissioned services (these include advice to residential homes, methadone supply, needle exchange and domiciliary oxygen).
