Thread: Swine Flu Symptoms

Patient should stay home and avoid contact with others, as much as possible, to extend their disease to others.

If you are sick and experience the following warning, seek emergency medical care.

For children, emergency warning that immediate medical attention include:
* Rapid or difficulty breathing
* Skin color blue
* Not enough liquid to drink
* You do not wake up or not interacting
* Angry that the child does not want to be hold
* Flu like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough
* Fever with rash

In adults, emergency warning that immediate medical attention include:
* Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
* Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen
* Sudden dizziness
* Confusion
* Strict or persistent vomiting

Cooperation of all the contaminated individuals to the medical authorities can prevent swine flu from spreading.

The best advice is to stay home not to spread the virus. I don't think your job will argue with that.Washing you hands
Don't touch surfaces, door knobs, seats in public transport etc and go to your mouth or nose

H1N1 influenza is a virus that causes illness in people and spreads from one person to another in the same way as the common flu. H1N1 or swine flu has affected scores of people in India, with the maximum number of patients in Pune and Delhi.

Originally Posted by rockman

The best advice is to stay home not to spread the virus. I don't think your job will argue with that.Washing you hands
Don't touch surfaces, door knobs, seats in public transport etc and go to your mouth or nose

Hand washing can really help in preventing but I have asked my doctor and she told me that bed rest is necessary as well as try to open your windows for fresh air as well as drink plenty of fluids...

* Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
* Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen
These 2 symptoms are the main if u suffering from swine flu.

Swine flu is a respiratory disease caused by viruses that infect the respiratory tract of pigs and result in nasal secretions, a barking-like cough, decreased appetite, and listless behavior.

Thanks for that information that's really useful.Also consult your doctor if you feel that you have the flu.

Nice to share Swine Flu Symptoms with all the users. I thinks that it is social help to aware everyone from this virus. As per my opinion that every one aware with swine flu but they are not aware with its symptoms.

parents should take good care of the health of their children

There are many types of symptoms for this flu which could make it difficult to ascertain as well as to care for.The only real way to tell whether you have H1N1 or swine flu is to go to a doctor.The doctor will then take a swab of your mouth and send it out to a lab for analysis.Of course,it could test positive or negative and you should have the results within a few days.

The Symptoms of swine flu are as following

• ever, which is usually high, but unlike seasonal flu, is sometimes absent
• cough
• runny nose or stuffy nose
• sore throat
• body aches
• headache
• chills
• fatigue or tiredness, which can be extreme
• diarrhea and vomiting, sometimes, but more commonly seen than with seasonal flu