Saturday, May 2, 2009

Whether it's Swine flu or typical Influenza (It's plain common sense)

Swine Flu is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses. Before the current outbreak, people rarely got swine flu because it is only a disease of pigs. And usually only if they were in very close proximity to infected pigs. However, during the current outbreak, the virus is able to spread from person-to-person. Swine influenza viruses are not transmitted by food - you cannot get swine flu from eating pork or pork products. Like the typical influenza, it is transmitted by mouth, coughing, touching etc.

What are the symptoms of Swine flu?
Symptoms of swine flu in people are similar to those of seasonal flu and include: Fever, fatigue, lack of appetite and coughing. Some people with swine flu also have reported runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomitintg and diarrhea.

Like i always think the Swine flu that people are so alarmed about is the same flu that we have been getting since the time of our forefathers. Why suddenly give it another name? Why alarm the people of this country?

The symptoms of Influenza is the same as the Swine flu and is treated the same way! Hey you people of no understanding do not create panic among the citizens of this country.

2 comments:

  1. Hey what about the avian flu???

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  2. What happened to the regular Flu( influenza)?
    Now the they want us to get a swine flu vaccine.
    What about the flu vaccine that we usually get?
    What is your answer to this?

    Joey

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