Festival flu is a term for those suffering from the after effects of a festival. The condition is synonymous with symptoms such as exhaustion, lack of nutrition, dehydration and pain on your vocal cords from shouting.
Festival flu can also happen while you're still up to your knees in mud. It feels like fun at the time, but hours of walking, dancing, standing, drinking and nights of very little sleep can take its toll on your physical and mental wellbeing.
How can you combat it?Often, symptoms of festival flu are similar to that of the common cold, according to the American Lung Association.Those symptoms can include:Music festivals bring together thousands of people from locations all over the globe, but the festival flu’s origins are likely nothing more exotic than the common cold.Research has found that over a half of upper respiratory infections are caused by rhinovirus.Symptoms of rhinovirus are similar to the flu, with signs such as nasal dryness, headache, sore throat and facial and ear pressure.Bacterial infections can account for some of the upper respiratory infections felt.
Bacterial and viral infections can cause similar symptoms such as coughing and sneezing, fever, inflammation, vomiting, diarrhoea, fatigue, and cramping.
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