Symptoms and treatment for Swine Flu disease
February 18th, 2010 | 
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Symptoms of swine flu are similar to those of seasonal flu. These would include very high fever that keeps appearing occasionally, persistent coughing, running or stuffed nose, sore throat, severe body aches, chills, extreme tiredness and fatigue, vomiting, diarrhea that recur more often than they would in the case of seasonal flu. If you have a more severe form of swine flu, pneumonia and respiratory failure would be experienced as well. If your child is suffering from swine flu, makes sure you do not allow her to interact with other children as swine flu is highly contagious. Also make sure you call your pediatrician who will continue to check your child thoroughly in order to prescribe the right medication. In fact this should be provided in the initial stages it self as waiting till later will only worsen the condition of the child, so checkout the causes for the swine flu to take precautions at proper time
Those who regularly suffer from seasonal flu as well as generally have a bad health condition tend to fall prey to swine flu easily than others. These groups of people would quite naturally include pregnant women, patients suffering from chronic health problems and also those with obesity problems. There are some severe symptoms of swine flu and the moment these are noticed we recommend you rush to a doctor immediately as it is definite that your condition has definitely deteriorated from the earliest stages to later ones. These frightening symptoms would include fast and troubled breathing, the colour of your skin turning bluish or grayish, not being able to drink enough fluids, persistent vomiting, wanting to sleep more than usual, too much irritability and other familiar flu like symptoms such as cough and fever.
You should keep in mind though that if your child has a running nose or wet cough, there are lesser chances of him suffering from swine flu. Swine flu tends to dehydrate your body. In that case your child might be suffering from sinus infections, seasonal allergies, common cold or strep throat. Do not confuse any of these with swine flu.
Here are some key facts that you might find useful to know.
– Swine flu will mostly spread if you are in contact with the respiratory secretions of one already suffering from swine flu, also sneezing and coughing near you might be the cause.
– Those suffering from swine flu are highly contagious a day before and seven days after they begin to get sick from the symptoms of swine flu.
– Droplets of cough or sneeze on tangible surfaces like door knobs, drinking glasses and the like are the grounds where these germs are predominantly found and the germs are likely to live for a few hours.
– There are anti flue medicines such as Tamiflu and Relenza that help to prevent as well as treat one suffering from swine flu.
– If children are found with symptoms of swine flu, parents should ensure that they are not in touch with other children as they are most susceptible to falling prey to this heinous disease.
Shalini roy
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I heard 6 or 7 symptoms of swine flu, if a person is having any 2 or 3 out of them, then?
Ive heard a lot about this disease, i want to know that for how much time does a swine flu infected person lives if he is not given proper treatment. Also tell me is there a stage kind of a thing in this disease?
Swine influenza (also called H1N1 flu, swine flu, hog flu, and pig flu) 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 that is endemic in pigs.[2] As of 2009, the known SIV strains include influenza C and the subtypes of influenza A known as H1N1, H1N2, H3N1, H3N2, and H2N3.
Swine influenza virus is common throughout pig populations worldwide. Transmission of the virus from pigs to humans is not common and does not always lead to human influenza, often resulting only in the production of antibodies in the blood. If transmission does cause human influenza, it is called zoonotic swine flu. People with regular exposure to pigs are at increased risk of swine flu infection. The meat of an infected animal poses no risk of infection when properly cooked
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Swine flu is so last season.
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When swine flu broke out in my area, after the hospital established that it was going around the community, they didn’t even bother to continue swabbing to test people because obviously people had it. People with swine flu will live just like any other person. Getting swine flu isn’t any different then getting any other type of flu. People who are at a greater risk of being seriously effected by it are the same who are at risk for any flu bug or illness…the very young, very elderly, and immunocompromised. And people rarely have EVERY symptom that presents with a specific illness.
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Even two or three symptoms may be harmful and the person may be confirmed of swine flu. If you find any of the symptom, even slightst cold or fever, in the present days he should be very careful and he should go to the doctor for evaluation and treatment IF AT ALL REQUIRED. If the doctor rules out flu then he can be free of worries. I am giving below the symptoms of Swine flu for information and guidance -
The symptoms of the H1N1 flu virus in people are similar to the symptoms of seasonal flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. A significant number of people who have been infected with novel H1N1 flu virus also have reported diarrhea and vomiting. The high risk groups for novel H1N1 flu are not known at this time, but it’s possible that they may be the same as for seasonal influenza.
Emergency Warning Signs
If you become ill and experience any of the following warning signs, seek emergency medical care.
In children, emergency warning signs that need urgent medical attention include:
1.Fast breathing or trouble breathing
2.Bluish or gray skin color
3.Not drinking enough fluids
4.Severe or persistent vomiting
5.Not waking up or not interacting
6.Being so irritable that the child does not want to be held
7.Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough
In adults, emergency warning signs that need urgent medical attention include:
1.Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
2.Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen
3.Sudden dizziness
4.Confusion
5.Severe or persistent vomiting
6.Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough-
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