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Antiviral treatment of influenza is recommended as soon as possible for hospitalized patients and for outpatients who are at increased risk for influenza-related complications. 1,2 The Food and ...

In general, flu B doesn’t create big epidemics, but flu A does, Dr. Schaffner says. “Flu B kind of smolders along and is usually more prominent at the end of the influenza season,” he says.

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Flu A tends to cause more ear infections than flu B, but type B is associated with more seizures, vomiting and diarrhea, said Dr. Sherif Mossad, an infectious disease doctor at the Cleveland Clinic.

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There are two instances where people should consider testing. The first is if they would qualify for antiviral treatment for Covid-19 or influenza.