Swine Flu Prevention
The Swine flu pandemic has been a hot topic for months now. There is still so much unknown about the virus, and there are so many weaknesses in response to the outbreak that include the understanding of symptoms, vaccine shortages, and proper medical treatment. Has the risk of Swine Flu exposure been addressed by your family? What personal precautions do you take? Have you been vaccinated?
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H1N1 Swine Flu
Sun, 11/15/2009 - 11:59pm — shereenPatients report a range of conflicting symptoms. For some it lasts 1-2 days and for another 14 days. Symptoms were similar to regular flu. Same as for regular flu mortality increases in immunocompromised children and adults if other co-morbidities that weakens the immune reponse is present.
One patient I had said,"I feel like I am weighed down by sand in my veins and heavy all over my body and then within one hour of that statement spiked a temperature of 102. This patient was a late teenager and had no chronic health conditions. The fever subsided within 24 hours after one dose of 1000 mg oral Tylenol. The next day the patient was active and well (except for slight residual fatigue from the previous days fever episode). The H1N1 test was negative.
Swine Flu is mysterious and need further investigation into its origin, s/sx and the vaccine reliability (not well tested).
Online Resource
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 5:57pm — Pam_ChwedykFor those who haven't seen it yet, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has created a really informative H1N1 Web site, www.flu.gov. It has tons of great info and resources for health professionals and health consumers in a variety of different languages, including Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese.