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Swine flu symptoms: What are the swine flu symptoms ? Swine flu is a respiratory infection. If you’re familiar with good old fashioned flu symptoms, then you already know all about swine flu symptoms. • cough • sneeze • runny nose • sore throat • fever etc…. People with chronic medical conditions are always at [...]

How is the current swine flu different? The current swine flu outbreak is caused by a new swine flu virus that has spread from person to person — and it’s happening among people who haven’t had any contact with pigs. Here is a picture of the new swine flu virus, colorized and magnified. images: Vaccine: [...]

What can I do to protect myself? • Wash your hands regularly with soap • Try to stay healthy • Get plenty of sleep • Do plenty of exercise • Try to manage your stress • Drink plenty of liquids • Eat a well balanced diet • Refrain from touching surfaces which may have the [...]

When is swine flu an emergency? Children should get urgent medical attention if they have fast breathing or trouble breathing, have bluish or gray skin color, are not drinking enough fluid, are not waking up or not interacting, have severe or persistent vomiting, are so irritable that the child doesn’t want to be held, have [...]

When should I see my doctor ? If you only have mild flu symptoms and you’re not at high risk of severe disease, you don’t need medical attention unless your illness worsens. If you are at high risk (pregnant women, young children, people with chronic medical conditions, and elderly people), call or email your doctor [...]

Prevention of Transmission to HPrevention of transmission to humans: The transmission from swine to human is believed to occur mainly in swine farms where farmers are in close contact with live pigs. Since the outbreak of transmission had occurred, the farmers were requested to use face mask while treating with infected animals. Prevention of Spread [...]

Swinw flu transmission: How is swine flu transmitted ? Swine flu is transmitted just like any other flu. (Its symptoms are similar too.) So think of the usual cold/flu transmission vectors and you’re on the right path. Coughing, sneezing, touching, etc. The best way to avoid swine flu, and I swear, my doctor said as [...]

Swine flu cause: Usually swine flu does not affect humans, but the current outbreak is apparently not solely due to swine influenza virus. It is due to a new Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, which passes with apparent ease from human to human. It is important to realize that the influenza virus changes (mutates) constantly [...]

Swine flu History: Swine influenza was first proposed to be a disease related to human influenza during the 1918 flu pandemic, when pigs became sick at the same time as humans. The first identification of an influenza virus as a cause of disease in pigs occurred about ten years later, in 1930. For the following [...]

SWINE FLU: What is swine flu? Swine flu (swine influenza) is a disease of pigs. Swine influenza (also called swine flu, hog flu, pig flu and sometimes, the swine) is an infection by any one of several types of swine influenza virus. Swine influenza virus (SIV) is any strain of the influenza family of viruses [...]