What are symptoms of swine flu and what do I do if I have it

What are the symptoms of swine flu and what do I do if I have the…?

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The symptoms of swine flu are similar to the symptoms of regular human flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Some people have reported diarrhoea and vomiting associated with swine flu. The advi…

What are the symptoms of swine flu? Could I have it??

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The only way you can catch swine flu is from someone who has it, not from pigs or from pig crap. If your country hasn’t had any swine flu infections so far then you don’t have swine flu.

Do I have symptoms of swine flu?

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I would recommend you get rest as you would with any flu or cold. Also take meds as usual.. nyquil and tylenol or whatever. MORE IMPORTANT… do not go around people, No Kids! No younger ppl! No old ppl! Call your doctor, I recommend you ca…

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What is a symptom that the swine flu gives you its self besides the normal flu symptoms?

Q: I know the swine flu gives the symptoms of sneezing, coughing and fever that a normal flu gives you. But I want to know what symptoms does the swine flu gives you besides those symptoms. Like a symptom that would let you know you have the swine flu.I’m worried I might have it cause I I’ve had a runny nose and been coughing a lot for about a week. Also I just heard the swine flu came around close to where I live too. 🙁

A: There are no particular symptoms that distinguish swine flu from other types of flu. Symtoms like diarrhea and vomiting are also associated with swine flu. Those symptoms can also be caused by many other conditions, and that means that you and your doctor can’t know, just based on your symptoms.There is a similarity between the swine flu epidemic centered in Mexico City and the Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918-19. Infants and elderly were spared. It was the young adults with robust immune systems that were the prime victims and the disease took them literally by storm. What happens with young and healthy patients is that their immune systems react so strongly that they can triggers something known as a “cytokine storm”.In response to every infection, the body has a number of ways to fight back against the invading enemy. Cytokines are part of this defense. The name “cytokine storm” basically describes an over-reaction of a healthy immune system that has over-reacted and is damaging the body, causing failure of multiple organ systems. It can be triggered by many things, including viruses, although it’s not common for human influenza A virus strains to cause it. The same thing occurs with new swine flu virus and the body has no defenses built up. When infected the body’s own defensive systems are triggered to a powerful extent and cause havoc to the immune system. It’s something like dropping an H-bomb on a suspected burglar in your back yard. The result is to kill, or needlessly harm, the patientIn children the immune responses are still developing, while the elderly immune function tends to be weaker due to the aging process. Both groups have weak immune system that is why they are vulnerable to complications from the regular flu and tend to get pneumonia and other opportunistic infections after being weakened further by the regular flu. Fortunately, they don’t have systems that react strongly to the flu itself that can generate the cytokine storm. However, the healthy approximately 15 to 60 year old individual the most likely to actually succumb to the swine flu.A cytokine storm can overcome the nervous system and cause breathing and internal organs problems, which is why hospitals put critical flu patients on assisted machines. What really frightens experts in the pandemic field is the fact that most hospitals only have a few of these facilities and they are often in use for surgical or other critical patients. There is simply no way to provide interim support for tens of thousands of pandemic flu victims, even in advanced countries with a strong hospital system. The equipment just doesn’t exist to put them all on breathing machines until their bodies are able to recover naturally.

If Swine flu symptoms can be mild, How would i know if my toddlers have both had it?

Q: Both my toddlers have had temperatures this week, and off their food.How can I prove/disprove these symptoms might be swine flu or otherwise?

A: The only conclusive way to find out for sure if your children have swine flu is to have the dr do a swab test while they are still showing symptoms. The dr will rub a swab up a notril and run a test (looks like a pregnancy test). It’s very quick, only 10 minutes for results. The only other conclusive test is a blood test and who wants to do that? 😛

How long will it take for swine flu symptoms to show after contact?

Q: My friend has swine flu and i was with her for long periods of time before and during symptoms showing, how long, if at all will it take for me to get symptoms if i have caught it? And how long do these last for?ta

A: Regular flu 24 hours and you will know if you have it. Swine flu there is a lot more information at www.cdc.gov about it, I would check there. And if you have the swine flu, be sre you aren’t like your friend and exposing other people. It would be nice if you could politely tell your friend that they shouldn’t be going out because the virus is more contagious while they have symptoms, but continues to be for a couple of weeks after. It would be best if they would stay at home for at least as long as they have symptoms. All people with any flu should have that courtesy for others, because all flus end up killing some people.