Resuming Activities and Exercise After Heart Surgery. If your surgery required an incision on your sternum (breastbone), it will take about 6-8 weeks for your sternum to heal. During this time, you may do light household chores, such as laundry, shopping, cooking, light gardening, dusting, and washing dishes when you feel up to it.
The most common culprits of a viral throat infection include coxsackievirus, mononucleosis, and the flu. Mononucleosis (mono) is a virus that causes symptoms that can last for weeks or months at a time. Viral throat infections are best treated with rest, liquids and other home remedies. If the sore throat causes you to have trouble breathing or a high fever, or results in spots in the back of your throat, call your doctor.
Probably the most common viral infection is the sinus infection, which produces sinusitis symptoms. Throat infections, ear infections, and respiratory infections are all caused by the cold virus. These infections include sore throat, the common cold and influenza, commonly known as the flu. viral infection is caused by exposure to viruses. Viruses are disease causing organisms that can invade the body and attach themselves to your cells. As they begin to mutate and reproduces themselves, their major function is to stop the cells from functioning properly.