Flu cases in Australia have increased by more than half since last year, causing concern among doctors about an early on-set of flu season.
The Australian Medical Association Queensland has revealed close to 1600 cases of flu have been reported across the state this year, with as many as 460 cases reported over the last five weeks alone.
As many as 30 per cent of the flu cases reported were the H1N1 virus, more commonly known as swine flu.
Influenza symptoms are quite different to common cold, typically there is very high fever, quite often severe headache, aches and pains in the muscles and joints and quite often a very sore throat as well as a runny nose and cough
