Swine Flu Facts

•Symptoms resemble those of the common flu — fever, sore throat, cough, congestion, chills, headache, body aches and fatigue. Some patients also report diarrhea and vomiting.

•If you are sick, avoid school, work and other public places.

•Wash your hands often and cover your sneezes.

Swine Flu Precautions To Boost The Immunity System

Shocking breaking news is about mutate and new strain of H1NI flu virus. This flu virus was initially reported in Mexico. The virus was previously common in pigs only. But now it has mutated itself and carries the ability to infect humans. It is transmitted by sneezing, coughing and any physical contact.

The transformed H1N1 virus was never seen before. So the immunity system of human beings does not have the ability to identify it. This has made the human population susceptible of developing this virus that is termed “Swine Flu”.

The health authorities are already echoing the alarms about the possibility of this deadly virus to become pandemic illness.

In 1918 Spanish Flu became a pandemic of Biblical proportion. It caused 50,000,000 deaths all over the world. 500,000 of these deaths were in United States of America alone.

Today there are some new antiviral medicines that were unavailable in 1918. If the number of Swine Flu suffered cases reached at the level of 1918 pandemics, it is estimated that the medicine supply will not be enough.

There are some precautions that a person can take to stay away from Swine Flu Virus. These includes washing thoroughly hands and face frequently, covering the mouth and nose whole, sneezing or coughing with tissue, disposing the tissue immediately and properly and staying away from infected crowds.

The scientists have recognized that the best defense mechanism against any illness specifically viral infections is to have a vital, responsive and healthy immune system.

It is important to contact the doctor immediately if the related symptoms are seen. Early treatment can save the life of the person from deadly virus. Furthermore it will also prevent his family and friends from Swine Flu.

There are many things in the market that have the ability to boost the immunity system of the person. These treatment therapies work by boosting the system via the first line of defense, natural killer cells. These treatments have the ability to affect the hormonal immune system and produce antibodies attacking pathogens. The use of these therapies during the impending pandemic of swine flu is a recommended and reasonable course of action. It could be a best possible avert against such infection with high rate of mortality and morbidity.

Till so far there is no vaccine introduced to prevent Swine Flu. The scientists however hope to find a solution as they are giving top priority to invent something for Swine Flu Prevention.