Why do people die from swine flu

Swine Flu is fatal if symptoms go untreated- If you catch the virus in its early stages and take care of yourself you should be fine. because it is a very dangerous flu and that’s why you need to go to the doctors if you have it to get trea…

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In some cases, the immune system is weakened so much that other complications arise, like pneumonia & respiratory failure. Pneumonia-Your lungs basically fill up with fluid and you can’t breathe if that happens. Respiratory Failure-Inad…

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Most people under estimate that they might actually have the swine flu and think they simply have a cold or the flu. By the time they realize how serious their condition is, even the anti-viral drugs will be unable to save them. The victims…

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Why do people die from the swine flu?

Q: How is the Swine Flu any different form the normal flu? Also, what makes people die from it?

A: It is a serious illness that may cause complications such as pneumonia. People most at risk (as with any serious illness) are the young, the old, and people with a compromised immune system. People can die from other strains of flu, but swine flu is particularly virulent, and many people are innoculated against flu or have a natural immunity to it from previous contact. Because swine flu is a mutated strain we are not immune to it.

How/why do people die from swine flu? How is it different from any other flu?

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A: Why Does Swine Flu Kill Healthy People?Babies and older adults have weak immune systems which is why they are vulnerable to complications from the usual yearly flu – they tend to get pneumonia and other opportunistic infections after being weakened further by the yearly flu, but don’t have systems which really react strongly to the flu itself either because they are young and have weak immune systems or are older and have many past flu infections to strengthen the specific immunity factors which are the same for many flu strains.Why is this strain of flu causing so much concern?It’s a brand new mutation that’s never been seen before. That’s why it’s not just hitting people in the highest risk groups — those over 65 and younger than two.Flu is not usually a huge worry among the vast majority of healthy people because over the course of our lives, we are exposed to several flu strains. We develop some immunities. When we get the flu, we’ll normally just feel really awful for a week or two. But when you have no immunities at all to a new strain, normally healthy people face as much of a risk as higher risk groups.How does swine flu kill?Swine flu — just like any other flu — is a respiratory infection. It exploits a weakened immune system to attack major organs — especially your lungs. When it gets into your lungs, it can lead to pneumonia, which can kill you. The flu can also cause secondary infections in your body — any of which can lead to failure of vital organs and death.

why do people think that b/c they are in the US they will not die from swine flu?

Q: hello!!!!!! the mortality rate is 6 percent, there just has not been enough cases in the US yet, once we start seeing in the hundreds we will see that rate too. Why are people so stupid?fyi-the ones who passes in mexico were young healthy people, no immune problems, another fyi yes hundreds of died in mexico but thousand have been sick with it. There is a mathematical logic here. Unfortunately that logic applies here also. Time will unfortunately show this.

A: I agree! It’s scary because we just don’t know. I keep seeing people make comments calling the people that are scared stupid because there’s a cure. Last, last I heard there was no cure or vaccine. that’s why it was so serious. But, like all diseases children and elderly are high risk. I just heard on our local news that 2 possible 3 children have died because of this flu in the state next to me.