Freshers Flu

Question 1

What are the common symptoms of a cold?

Answer 1

Cough (usually mild), sneezing, aches and pains, runny or stuffy nose, sore throat.

Question 2

What are the common symptoms of the flu?

Answer 2

Fever, fatigue, cough (dry), aches and pains, headaches.

Question 3

What are the common symptoms of coronavirus?

Answer 3

Fever, cough (dry), loss of sense of taste/smell.

Question 4

What are causative viruses for a common cold?

Answer 4

Rhinovirus, coronavirus, adenovirus, enterovirus.

Question 5

What is the causative virus for the flu?

Answer 5

Influenza virus.

Question 6

What is the causative virus for COVID?

Answer 6

SARS-Cov2

Question 7

What effect does stress have on the likelihood of catching the common cold?

Answer 7

As stress increases, the risk increases.

Question 8

What effect does sleep have on the risk of catching the common cold?

Answer 8

As sleep increases, the risk decreases.

Question 9

What effect does exercise have on the risk of catching the common cold?

Answer 9

It has a U shaped graph. Low exercise has a high risk, then increased exercise decreases the risk, but with much higher intensity the risk increases again.

Question 10

Which host protein does rhinovirus interact with?

Answer 10

ICAM1

Question 11

Which host protein does influenza interact with?

Answer 11

Sialic acid

Question 12

Which host protein does coronavirus interact with?

Answer 12

ACE2

Question 13

What are the names of the proteins on flu viruses that interact with sialic acid?

Answer 13

Haemagglutin, Neuraminidase, and Matrix-2.

Question 14

Which influenza is each protein on?

Answer 14

Haemagglutin and Neuraminidase are on influenza A and B, whilst Matrix-2 is only on influenza A.

Question 15

What does Haemagglutin do?

Answer 15

Acts as the glue, sticks virus to the cell

Question 16

What does Neuraminidase do?

Answer 16

Acts as the scissors, cleaves bond with sialic acid.

Question 17

What is antigenic drift?

Answer 17

It happens when viruses accumulate minor antigenic changes/mutations - has epidemic potential.

Question 18

What is antigenic shift?

Answer 18

Major change in genetic material with pandemic potential. Population do not usually have any immunity to it. Can involve genetic reassortment, adaptation, or a direct jump from/through a different species (swine or avian).

Question 19

Which influenza can antigenic shift occur in?

Answer 19

Influenza A only.

Question 20

What are the 5 Zola triggers to seeking medical care?

Answer 20

Interpersonal crisis, interference with social or personal relations, sanctioning (pressure from others), interference with vocation or physical activity, and temporalizing (deadline setting).

Question 21

What are the 6 questions from the Helman Folk Model?

Answer 21

What has happened?
Why has it happened?
Why to me?
Why now?
What would happen if nothing were done about it?
What should I do about it or whom should I consult further?