Swine influenza A (H1N1) virus spreads same way as the seasonal flu. Flu viruses are spread mainly from person to person through coughing or sneezing of people with influenza. Sometimes people may become infected by touching something with flu viruses on it and then touching their mouth or nose. Infected person can be able to infect others a day before the symptoms develop and up to 1 week or more after becoming infected. It means that the infected person can pass on the flu to someone before he know that he is sick, and as well as while he is sick.
The best thing to prevent and the most important: wash your hands. Try to stay and maintain healthy life style. Get plenty of sleep and rest, be physically active, manage your stress, drink plenty of fluids, and eat nutritious food. Try not touch surfaces that may be contaminated with the flu virus. Avoid close contact with people who are sick. If you got infected stay home and try to avoid others to keep them from being infected.
Symptoms of swine flu and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome or SARS are utmost the same. Both SARS and flu first signs of symptoms are acute fever and respiratory problems. There are also sudden attacks of fever which sometimes can be very high, from 39 to 40 degrees Celsius. Symptoms like coughs, sore throats, headaches, and general aches and pains. Also it has reported that people have diarrhea and vomiting associated with swine flu. But when it comes to numbers flu is more serious and dangerous than SARS.
In the past, severe illness (pneumonia and respiratory failure) and deaths have been reported with swine flu infection in people. World Health Organization (WHO) said that the symptoms of swine flu are similar to seasonal influenza. Mild cases may have escaped from recognition; therefore the true extent of this disease among humans is unknown.
Swine flue is a very contagious acute respiratory disease usally found in pigs. It spreads through air or by direct contact. World Health Organization (WHO) said that it tends to infect large numbers of a given pig population, killing between 1 and 4 percent of those affected. Not every animal infected displays symptoms. The outbreaks occur in United States and have also reported in North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Parts of Eastern Asia. Human usally infected the virus through contact with the pigs.WHO says properly handled and prepared pork products are safe to eat. Swine virus dies when cooked at temperature of 70 degree C higher. The risk of a pandemci has increased. Health officials worry the swine flu might develop into a form easly spread among humans. The symtoms of the swine virus are fever of more than 100 degrees, body aches, coughing, a sore throat, respiratory congestion and some cases vomiting and diarrhea. The swine flu virus detected in Mexico and the United States appears to responds to treatment with Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and Zanamivir (Relenza). In terms of prevention, maintaing good hygiene, and staying distance from those infected.
