healthy body tips

The NHS says, that it is very important for children who are ‘at risk' (ie, have basic health problems that could be worsened by getting the flu) to have their free cyclic flu vaccination every year.

Read on for more advice on flu symptoms and preventing flu and swine flu in children, plus how to care for kids with flu.

• If your child has flu they may suffer quite poorly. Fever, aches and pains are the most common symptoms. 
• They may also have a blocked nose and sore throat.
• Babies and small children with flu may also show drowsy, unresponsive and floppy.
• Flu symptoms will regularly peak after 2 to 3 days. Children should recover quickly and begin to feel much better within 5 to 8 days, or even sooner. A cough and common tiredness may last for up to 2 to 3 weeks.