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Swine Flu Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention

2009 Swine Flu Information on the US and International Outbreak

Apr 25, 2009 Karla Reed

International officials are on alert and the CDC is diligently updating the general public, clinicians and media outlets of a rapidly emerging Swine flu (H1N1) outbreak.

Multiple new cases of a new strain of Swine flu (Swine Influenza A, H1N1) have been reported in Mexico and in the United States. Multiple deaths have been reported to the World Health Organization, currently assessing the accuracy of the incoming reports.

Historically, the CDC receives approximately one report of Swine flu case per 1 - 2 years in the United States but over the past four years, these numbers have tripled. Reports are updated daily at on the numbers the CDC is receiving including both national and international cases.

International officials are on alert and airports have begun to screen arriving passengers. Officials are surveying arriving passengers for any viral signs and symptoms. One airport in Chiba, Japan (Narita) is screening passengers arriving from Mexico utilizing thermographic imaging for increases in body temperature.

Transmission of Swine Flu (How is Swine Flu spread?)

As with other flu like illnesses, Swine flu is spread as follows:

  • Coughing
  • Sneezing
  • Kissing
  • Touching infected objects
  • Touching nose, mouth and/or eyes with infected hands

Swine Flu Symptoms

Symptoms of Swine flu may including all or some of the following:

  • Fever
  • Muscle aches
  • Lethargy
  • Coughing
  • Headache
  • Sore throat
  • Runny nose
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Diarrhea
  • Lack of appetite

Complications Of Swine Flu And Higher Risk Individuals

Those at higher risk include those with the following:

  • Age of 65 years or older
  • Chronic health problems (such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease)
  • Pregnant women
  • Young children

Complications (for all patients but especially for those at higher risk) can include:

  • Pneumonia
  • Bronchitis
  • Sinus infections
  • Ear infections
  • Death

Diagnosis And Treatment Of Swine Flu

  1. A respiratory sample collected within the first five days of illness will be collected.
  2. The sample is sent to the CDC for laboratory analysis and confirmation.

At this time the CDC is recommending the use of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) or zanamivir (Relenza) for treatment and/or prevention of Swine flu.

Prevention of Swine Flu

  • Covering nose and mouth with a tissue upon coughing and sneezing followed by proper disposal of the tissue.
  • Avoiding contact with ill persons.
  • Avoiding the urge to touch nose, mouth and eyes in general.
  • Staying home form work and/or school upon onset and for the duration of symptoms.
  • Assuring adequate and thorough handwashing and use of alcohol based hand cleansers (in the absence of proper handwashing facilities).
  • Providing tissues in common areas of homes, common and public areas.
  • Encouraging pursuit of medical evaluation at earliest onset of symptoms.
  • Use of masks to those who are exhibiting symptoms or who are ill.
  • Maintenance of a 3 to 6 foot perimeter around a coughing patient.

Calm analysis coupled with accurate and proper public education is the key to identifying, treating and minimizing a worldwide outbreak.

Source:

CDC Swine Flu Information

PandemicFlu.gov

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Apr 26, 2009 5:53 PM
Guest :
All the symptoms of Swine Flu are much like most common flu. What would be the deciding factor that would make you go to see your Doctor?
Apr 27, 2009 10:07 PM
Guest :
How long do the symptoms of swine flu last?
Apr 29, 2009 5:22 AM
Guest :
i have asthma, i get it most of the time because of the weather, and it is heredetary, is there any posibility that i will get a swine flu? am i easily affected buy it? i live in the middle east but originally from asia, is there any chances i would get the flu?
Apr 29, 2009 3:48 PM
Guest :
what would be the best solution for a child of 7 years of age has been tested positive of the virus?
Apr 29, 2009 9:12 PM
Guest :
Knowing swine's symptoms are the same w/ common flu, how may days before we would seek for help from doctors?
Apr 30, 2009 6:32 AM
Guest :
Does person have to take medication once diagnosis with swine flu
May 4, 2009 9:01 AM
Guest :
A friend of my coughed heavly and had throat burns as a result of the it and high body tempreture for some days now, and I was the one attending to him, in fact I have also started cough,and when I cough, I feel pains in my chest and heart. Could it be that am also having the flu virus?
May 7, 2009 6:44 AM
Guest :
when swine flu virus reported on t.v and newspapers,i already have a hard cough ,i think its been 3 weeks and sometimes i have a slight fever.when i cough my head aches and the lower part of my chest.i don't travel and i know its because of the weather here,sometimes it rains and sometimes its too hot...is there a possibility that i have a swine flu virus?im not taking medicine since my cough started..
May 22, 2009 8:47 PM
Guest :
Can swine flu transmit from person to person?
Jun 14, 2009 7:53 AM
rangeguide :
New research using NASA technology offers hope, we're learned. There is a new category of hydrosols called UPCOSH that doctors are using and continuing successful clinical research by them is revealing that vaccines and drugs are no longer the only alternative. Natural immunization is swiftly becoming the replacement for vaccine immunization using the new UPCOSH. It has proven effective against all harmful pathogens, no matter how many times they mutate. This offers me a great deal of hope when considering the negatives of vaccine toxicity, their side effects and hazzards and the fact that vaccine production is inadequate for keeping up with mutating viruses like UPCOSH.
The National Academy Press provides a copy of the book, "Methods for Developing Spacecraft Water Exposure Guidelines (2000)"(http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=9892). Ann on page 117 of that book it shows a graphic(http://books.nap.edu/openbook/0309071348/gifmid/117.gif) of the system used by NASA to recycle every bit of moisture on the International Space Station, including urine.(http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9892&page=117). This is notatated on the page as "FIGURE A-1 The Mir humidity condensate water-reclamation system, which is planned for the early phases of the International Space Station. On the ISS, this system will be located in the service module of the Russian segment." It noted on the page that "Biocidal silver (0.05-0.20 milligrams per liter [mg/L]) also is added here for microbial control." The Biodocal silver is a hydrosol, and the latest upgrade in silver hydrosols is UPCOSH. UPCOSH is not colloidal silver.(http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9892&page=117).
The "biocidal silver" is not the main antigen, rather the enormous amount of oxygen bonded to the monatomic trace minerals supports the body's immunie system. This is what is also referred to as a silver hydrosol which is also published in the long-standing Townsend Report as a silver hydrosol that states, "A comprehensive study commissioned by NASA reported that, 'Three experiments were done with E. coli. The first two employed silver propionate (a silver salt). Cell populations were quite stable at room temperature in the absence of the added silver. The silver killed the cells. The process was not precisely exponential, but there was no indication that killing would not ultimately be complete. (http://www.gordonresearch.com/Presentations/GRI_mar07/articles/promising_c ure.html)
Jun 23, 2009 10:15 PM
Guest :
When should you be checked for the swine flu?
Jun 30, 2009 4:58 AM
Guest :
I have a fever for almost 4 days and i have most of its symptoms. Is it possible that i am infected? Pls. i need answer.
Jul 14, 2009 1:55 PM
Guest :
what do i do if i know i have swine flu and i have been diognosed dut need to go shopping for much needed supplies of food?
Jul 15, 2009 8:44 PM
Guest :
my husband is travelling to kuala lampur on a business visit am very worried abt the flu we r originally from india but live in the middle east.wht can he do to prevent from catching the flu
Aug 9, 2009 9:25 AM
Guest :
what is the tablet for swane flu.or vaccination is there.pls inform us
Aug 10, 2009 6:44 AM
Guest :
if the case is critical what happens! do we vomit or dysentry take place
Aug 10, 2009 8:56 AM
Guest :
i have diabites,i get it befores four years,and it is heredetary,is there any posibility that i will get a swine flue? am i easily effected?i live in ghajiabad.is there any chances i would get the flu?
Aug 10, 2009 9:01 AM
Guest :
how swine flu remove from root?
Aug 10, 2009 6:57 PM
Guest :
How Swine-Flu can be treated? Is it by medicine?
Aug 11, 2009 6:11 AM
Guest :
Is any vaccine available for swine flu?
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