Antiviral drugs, such as oseltamivir or sanamivir are recommended fro treatment and prevention the swine flu. Antiviral drugs are prescription medicine that keep flu viruses from reproducing in the body. Antiviral drugs work best if treatment is started within two days of the onset of symptoms.
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Swine Flu Symptoms
The Swine Flu symptoms are similar to those of common flu; fever, cough, sore throat, body eahes, headache, chills, and fatigue. Also, like the common flu, swine flu may cause a worsening of underlying chronic medical conditions.
Symptoms of diarrhea and vomiting have also been reported. infection from the virus can lead to severe illnese including pheumonia and respiratory failure and can be fatal.
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Symptoms of diarrhea and vomiting have also been reported. infection from the virus can lead to severe illnese including pheumonia and respiratory failure and can be fatal.
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How to Protect Yourself from the Swine Flu
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While there are treatment from Swine Flu, the best medicine is prevention.
Below are a few tips for protect yourself from the Swin Flu:
1. Avoid close contact with people who are sick
2. Stay Home when you are sick. You will help prevent others from getting sick.
3. Cover your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing.
4. Wash your hands frequently to prevent the spread germs.
5. Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth to avoid germs infection.
6. Practise other good health habits such as getting plenty of sleep being physically active and eating well.
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Below are a few tips for protect yourself from the Swin Flu:
1. Avoid close contact with people who are sick
2. Stay Home when you are sick. You will help prevent others from getting sick.
3. Cover your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing.
4. Wash your hands frequently to prevent the spread germs.
5. Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth to avoid germs infection.
6. Practise other good health habits such as getting plenty of sleep being physically active and eating well.
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How it Spreads
Although people typically get swine flu from contact with pigs, there have been cases of person-to-person transmission, Expert think coughing sneezing and contaminated surfaces can spread the infection amonk people, but it's unknow how easily that happens.
The virus cannot be obtained through eating properly cokked pork or any pork product.
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The virus cannot be obtained through eating properly cokked pork or any pork product.
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What is Swine Flu
Swine Influenza, or Swine Flu, is a respiratory disease in a pigs caused by a certain strain of type A Influenza virus. Outbreak of swine flu are not common amonk humans: Most people who get swine flu are infect through contact with pigs. The severity of swine flu in human can vary to mild to sever
Swin Flu Outbreak
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The number of confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus has jumped nearly 30 percent with 331 people being infected so far, the World Health Organization said Friday.
A young couple in Mexico City wear surgical masks in an attempt to avoid contamination from the virus.
The organization announced that 257 people had the virus, commonly known as swine flu, Thursday.
The WHO added that the virus had spread to 11 countries, but the hardest hit areas were in the western hemisphere.
"We have not seen sustained human to human transmission anywhere outside the Americas region," said WHO spokesman Thomas Abraham.
The largest outbreak was in Mexico which had 156 confirmed cases, while there were 109 cases confirmed and one death in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The WHO said Mexico had 9 deaths attributed to the virus. But Mexican officials said the death toll had risen to 12.
However, more than 150 deaths in Mexico are suspected to have been caused by the virus and are being investigated, officials there said.
The higher totals do not necessarily mean that incidence of the disease is increasing, but rather that health investigators are going through their backlog of specimens, said Dr. Keiji Fukuda, assistant director-general of WHO.
In addition to Mexico and the United States, the following countries have so far confirmed non-lethal cases:
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PREVENTION TOOLS
A young couple in Mexico City wear surgical masks in an attempt to avoid contamination from the virus.
The organization announced that 257 people had the virus, commonly known as swine flu, Thursday.
The WHO added that the virus had spread to 11 countries, but the hardest hit areas were in the western hemisphere.
"We have not seen sustained human to human transmission anywhere outside the Americas region," said WHO spokesman Thomas Abraham.
The largest outbreak was in Mexico which had 156 confirmed cases, while there were 109 cases confirmed and one death in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The WHO said Mexico had 9 deaths attributed to the virus. But Mexican officials said the death toll had risen to 12.
However, more than 150 deaths in Mexico are suspected to have been caused by the virus and are being investigated, officials there said.
The higher totals do not necessarily mean that incidence of the disease is increasing, but rather that health investigators are going through their backlog of specimens, said Dr. Keiji Fukuda, assistant director-general of WHO.
In addition to Mexico and the United States, the following countries have so far confirmed non-lethal cases:
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PREVENTION TOOLS
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