Swine Flu Information, The Precautions You Should Take And Treatments Available

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Swine Flu Information, The Precautions You Should Take And Treatments Available

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Today we are more at a greater risk from various mutations of the influenza virus than we have before. First we had concerns about bird flu, and more recently swine flu has become a major health problem. Swine flu is a greater concern than bird flu ever was. It was a worry that bird flu could change into a strain that might infect humans, apart from a few isolated cases, this has not occurred.

Swine flu is a greater problem, swine flu can spread from person to person making it a very serious health problem. Swine flu (influenza A (H1N1)) is an influenza virus that infects pigs. Swine flu outbreaks in pigs does not usually infect humans although it can happen sometimes.

Swine flu is very dangerous to people because it is a previously unknown type of virus. This means that no one has had contact with this strain previously, which means no one has developed any immunity to this particular virus. Without built in immunity a disease is life threatening, as our bodies are unable to fight the virus. Absolutely everyone is susceptible, this includes healthy adults and teenagers as well as young children and the elderly.

Swine flu could easily give rise to a pandemic flu situation. Pandemic flu situation occurs when an influenza viral strain develops that is very different from previous flu types that few, if any, humans have any sort of immunity to. This lets the flu virus to spread widely and rapidly throughout the population.

Seasonal flu and swine flu are different as detailed below Seasonal flu occurs yearly, usually in the winter. About 10 to 15 percent of the population will be effected and most will recover with no treatment in about 1 to 2 weeks.

A pandemic outbreak of influenza affects far more of the population with up to half the population affected. Pandemic flu affects people of all ages.

Swine flu symptoms are similar to the symptoms of seasonal influenza. Symptoms can include sudden onset of fever, a cough or shortness of breath. Symptoms that may also present themselves can include headaches, sore throats, aching muscles, sneezing, chills, a runny nose, loss of appetite and tiredness.

So what precautions should you take. First, anyone showing flu or cold symptoms needs to take some simple, but very important precautions. The flu virus spreads between people by the small droplets from the mouth and nose when someone sneezes or coughs. This is the way viruses such as swine flu are spread among the population. Covering your nose or mouth with your hands when you cough or sneeze is not enough. The germs remain on your hands, then everything you touch afterwards becomes contaminated. Other people may touch these surfaces and become infected with the virus. Therefore, always use a handkerchief or disposable tissue. A tissue is much better, this should be disposed of as soon as possible, try to always use a fresh tissue if you cough or sneeze again.

A vaccination against swine flu is not available. The vaccination against ordinary flu is ineffective in the fight against swine flu. By the time a vaccination is discovered, it can take many months to manufacture, by which time the virus could have mutated again making a new vaccination possibly ineffective.

The best precaution you can make against swine flu is Tamiflu. Tamiflu isn’t guaranteed to prevent swine flu, but if you have been in contact with someone else who has the swine flu virus, Tamiflu will help to stop the virus making a person sick. If Tamiflu is administered within 48 hours of acquiring the flu virus, it may help in stopping the flu virus from spreading through the body, reducing the signs and symptoms and risk associated with the swine flu virus. Governments are stocking up on Tamiflu, but these supplies will naturally be used to treat important workers and individuals before the general population.

You can however buy Tamiflu online, if the situation occurs you can protect yourself and family as much as is possible. It can’t be emphasized enough, Tamiflu needs to be administered as early as is possible for it to be effective, any delays in treatment will diminish how effective Tamiflu is.

Remember, swine flu is a global problem. Should a pandemic outbreak become global it is a possibility that supplies of Tamiflu may be diminished and may not meet a massive worldwide demand. Until such time that a vaccine is discovered and manufactured in the amounts needed, Tamiflu is the only really effective treatment for the swine flu virus, it would sensible to buy Tamiflu beforehand if you feel you or your loved ones could be at risk.

Disclaimer: This article is based on information available in {the popular#the} media and medical journals concerned with swine flu. Nothing herein is intended to be or should be construed to be medical advice. For medical advice you are encouraged to consult with your own healthcare worker.

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