What is the treatment option for this patient?How could this patient have prevented the disease she is currently experiencing? A 29-year-old female is presenting symptoms of labored breathing, muscle weakness, and arunny nose. Her symptoms began approximately 1 day ago and are continuous, steadily gettingworse. She is having significant nasal discharge but minimal cough. Her 4-year-old son hasexperienced a runny nose as well over the past 3 days but is not as ill as she is. She has nosignificant past medical history and takes no routine medications. She reports receiving the fluvaccine when her child first fell ill, 3 days ago. She was a smoker but quit when she becamepregnant 4 years ago. Chest X-ray showed patchy diffuse bilateral infiltrates suggestive ofpneumonia. A sputum culture did not reveal presence of bacteria.

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