Who is at risk for the swine flu

elderly and weak

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Anyone is at risk for getting swine flu if they have contact with an infected person. You cannot get swine flu from eating pork or pork products.

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Children under five. This is because any disease in a child under five can be serious but in the case of this flu, children’s very active immune systems may over-react to the virus and this is what can kill. Children are also more likely …

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Is my child at risk of swine flu if we have spent time with someone visiting from Mexico?

Q: We spent Saturday 9th May with my sister-in-law that lives in Mexico. She arrived around the 28th April from cancun to the uk. She has no signs of being ill and was given the all clear from the airport when she arrived here. My son is 10 months old and has been a little under the weather since we returned from Egypt on Monday 4th May. This afternoon he has devoloped a slight temperate, runny nose and phlegmy cough. Is he at risk it could be swine flu?

A: I highly doubt it, if the symptoms persist for another day or so then go see a doctor to be on the safe side.

Are elderly people at risk for swine flu?

Q: I am kind of scared because swine flu is going to get bad this winter, and I live with my 80 year old grandmother. I heard that half of the population will get it, so I am really scared for my grandmother. Nearby where we live I heard of an older person getting killed from it. I know that it can effect anybody, but are older people at more risk?

A: Yes. Please, make sure that your grandmother gets a flu shot, to take down the chances that she will get it. Older people are apt to get any flu, as older people do not have the natural ability to fight off much at all. Getting dehydrated is even easier for the elderly. Getting any flu dehydrates people. Dehydration kills. Good luck at getting her to a doctor or to a drug store that gives these shots. It would be good for you to have a shot, as well. Please, do this.

Are anorexics at a higher risk of swine flu?

Q: I am currently in recovery for anorexia but my parents keep scaring me with the swine flu thing 🙁 I am really scared that I might catch it and die, especially since not so long ago, my white blood cells were a quarter of what they should be. I don’t know what they are now, but they’ve improved a bit.It’s in my area and I really don’t want to catch it!!Am I at a higher risk? I know everyone is at risk but if I caught it, could I die??Thanks

A: Anorexia itself doesn’t no, but the complications that arise as a result of anorexia might mean that your immune system is not firing on all four cylinders so to speak. If you come into contact with swine flu or develop flu-like symptoms then contact your GP and you will be given Tamiflu. None of us want to catch it but even if you did, the chances of you dying from it are very remote- even if you do have risk factors.Thousands of people across the world have had swine flu and amongst those who have had it and survived, there will have been people like you and people with other medical problems, so please do not panic.