H1N1+Swine+Flu

Swine Flu. H1N1 (scientific name) ﻿ By: Christy TC Leung 9.2 The swine flu in pigs was first diagnosed in Mexico in April 2009 and soon human cases were also identified in California and Texas. After that, more cases are also reported in many other countries, such as Canada, Europe and New Zealand. The swine flu is a highly infectious disease that comes from pigs. At least 1% to 4% of pigs that get swine flu die from it. It was very quickly spread among pigs and humans by direct or indirect contact from infected pigs. It can also be transmitted through close humans contact. However, it is 100% safe to eat fully cooked pork products, the flu will be impossible to transmit to the consumer. The symptoms of the swine flu are quite similar to the common flu, which includes; body aches, coughing, diarrhoea, headache, sore throat, running nose, fever, tiredness and occasionally vomiting. These symptoms usually lasts for about 5 days, however, for some cases it can last up to 3 weeks or more.

Swine flu is curable but there is no need for any medication except for symptom reliefs for some people. Most cases, the patient fully recovers from enough rest, drinking plenty of liquids and treating it as the common flu. However, for high risk groups such as, elders, pregnant women, people with other medical conditions and etc. The doctor may prescribe medications to help clear lung and open airways. Although there are vaccines available for pigs so that they don’t get infected from infected pigs, however, there are no vaccines available for humans to protect us from the swine flu.  **Please do not worry if you happen to have swine flu, it is treatable!** For more information on the swine flu, you can check out this simple video from // CDC Streaming Health //. media type="youtube" key="85sD83aRUIQ" height="390" width="480" align="center"

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