| Monday, April 27, 2009 |
| Swine Flu - Swine Influenza (Swine Flu) |
Time To Pull Up Our Socks – Swine Flu Is almost At Our Doorstep!
It has been in all the news headlines lately and as a result most people are now aware of it! Yes, I think you’ll have made the right guess – it is ‘Swine Flu.’ Never heard this before? Well, now that we are almost in the line of fire, most of us can be found asking questions like:
• What is Swine Flu?
• What are the symptoms of swine flu?
• How is swine flu caused?
These are of course just a few to start with; many of you must be abuzz with many more questions. In a crisis, the human mind, it is understood, does start to work in overdrive. But coming back to the point………
Swine Influenza or ‘swine flu,’ in short, is a respiratory disease found in pigs. It is caused by type A influenza that is often the source of outbreaks of influenza amongst pigs.
Normally swine flu viruses do not infect humans, but human infections of the disease can crop up in workers who are in direct contact with the infected pigs. As a result, it is acknowledged that swine flu virus can also spread with human-to-human contact.
Mentioned below are a few facts from the U.S. CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) which source all information on the spread of swine flue in humans. It says:
• The swine flu virus makes the pigs naturally sick but probably does affect the humans. It is however noted that, humans are mostly affected when they come in contact with infected pigs or when they move around in unhygienic conditions that are pre-infested with infected substances.
• It is natural that pigs are able to catch both the human and the avian bird flu viruses. When the flu viruses from the various species contaminate the pigs, it gives rise to a new mixed virus.
• These mutated viruses from pigs get back into the human body and can then easily be passed on from one human to another. Therefore, transmission of swine flu spreads in a similar method to the seasonal flu i.e. by unprotected sneezing and coughing.
• That the symptoms of swine flu are very similar to that of the seasonal flu – wherein one witnesses sudden fever, muscle pain, coughing, and a feeling of severe tiredness. With this new strain making an appearance in the human body, it leads to more vomiting and diarrhea than is seen in normal seasonal flu afflicted people.
• That in order to prevent swine influenza from spreading, vaccines must be made available so that the humans can be protected from catching the deadly swine flue from the pigs. However, at present there in no known vaccine available to protect humans from swine flu; CDC is trying to formulate one. Nonetheless, seasonal influenza prescription vaccines available in the market do provide protection against the H3N2 virus but only partially; these vaccines are ineffective against the new strain of H1N1 virus which is in circulation at present.
• By eating pork or pork products people have a negligible chance of catching the swine flu virus; however, it is important that pig meat be cooked at a temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit so that the swine flu virus is killed before being ingested by humans.
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| posted by Healthy Life @ 10:11 AM |
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