little more educated about, you know, those identifying symptoms. and then what do they do? when do they know they need to go to the hospital or go see a doctor? what are the answers there? for example, most people confuse a classic upper respiratory infection that s not the flu with the flu. when you get the flu and you re going to have a problem, it is really a systemic disease. you get aches and pains and fever and you really know you re sick. if you see that your fever have what looks like a serious involvement, there s always the possibility and the advisability of going to the physician to get an anti-viral drug like tami-flu. this is particularly relevant for people who fall into the category of being high-risk for complications. the elderly, those with chronic diseases, pregnant women, the very young. if those individuals get the flu, you should not hesitate to get them on an anti-viral like tamiflu. your little ones are just telling you, i don t feel if,
kids lives, to go to the playground with them, i was never able to do that before. reporter: juju chang, abc news, new york. you have back pain pretty often, don t you? i do but it is from a previous injury. it is my sciatic. it is my lower back, like my butt muscles. comes and goes. i m one of the lucky ones. there are americans that have it all the time. do you get back pain? once in a blue moon but it is the second cause of going to the doctor besides upper respiratory infection. so many people have this. anything but to stay off the painkillers, man. you get addicteded to those things. $50 billion a year is spent on chronic back pain to find relief and when you can t find it sometimes you turn to the pills. $35,000 for the operation, though, whoa. a lot of money. if you haven t bought your pumpkin for your jack-o -lantern it may not be too late.
playground with them, i was never able to do that before. reporter: juju chang, abc news, new york. you have back pain pretty often, don t you? i do but it is from a previous injury. it is my sciatic. it is my lower back, like my butt muscles. comes and goes. i m one of the lucky ones. there are americans that have it all the time. do you get back pain? once in a blue moon but it is the second cause of going to the doctor besides upper respiratory infection. so many people have this. anything but to stay off the painkillers, man. you get addicted to those things. $50 billion a year is spent on chronic back pain to find relief and when you can t find it sometimes you turn to the pills. $35,000 for the operation, though, whoa. a lot of money. if you haven t bought your pumpkin for your jack-o -lantern it may not be too late. we will have tips for you.
surgery, he does remain in critical. the grammy award-winning singer had been admitted to a texas hospital on sunday after contracting a viral upper respiratory infection which led to a weakened heart muscle and worsened into heart failure. his publicist says, quote: his family and friends are here with him at the hospital and request your prayers and support. those family members and friends include his brother, his fiancee and pastor. heart disease, reportedly by the way, runs in travis family. his brother suffered a heart attack last year, and his mother passed away at an early age due to heart complications. jon: what caused the stroke? reporter: doctors haven t said what kind of stroke he suffered. the most common occurs when a blood clot travels to the brain, another type could be when a blood vessel in the heart bursts or leaks. the sooner patients are treated with blood thinner to desolve that blood clot, the better. now, for travis the fact that he was already in the hospit
the menus carried the most germs with an average count of 185,000 bacteria. about 100 times more bacteria on that menu than a typical toilet seat in the restroom. haven t you ever gone to a restaurant before and you stick to the menu? i ve done that a lot of times. sticky menus are not really on my diet. reporter: the next time you eat out, keep in mind you may be getting more than what you ordered from the menu. now keep in mind, most of the bacteria we found is not harmful. but experts say some of it could cause something like a staph infection, upper respiratory infection, that sort of thing. but the advice is very simple. place your order, and then go wash your hands before you eat. in washington, elisabeth leamy, abc news. bon appetit. i was going to say. the scientific stuff, it s just gross. who wants to do that? it makes sense the menu was the worst thing. the plastic ones worse than paper ones. the bacteria level, high level i guess you have the waiter