BASIC INFORMATION ON SWINE FLU
BASIC INFORMATION ON SWINE FLU
Swine flu is a type A influenza. The name swine flu was given to the flu, because it is believed to be originated from pigs. The CDC has credited this information. There are various symptoms which can be associated with the flu, but the most common ones include, fever, diarrhea, sore threat, vomiting, body aches and dry coughing. You may now have noticed that the symptoms are very closely related to those of a regular flu. Due to this fact, many people will just believe it is regular flu, but do not let it sit there. Get it to a doctor’s attention immediately. Waiting will only make it too late in the end.
The pandemic is believed to be started from Mexico in early April for 2009. From there on, the flu just has spread all over the world. The strength in the tourism industry has very much helped in the spread of the flu, to go worldwide. It has had done some major damage to the greater parts of Asia. This is not the only pandemic we have experienced. There has been many in the past, like the ones from the 1950s and 1960s. The most recent one was the 2003 outbreak of SARS. The SARS outbreak was much more horrendous and deadly. When SARS was spreading, we did not know what it exactly was. In our present case, we knew what the swine flu virus was. Like so, in the past centuries, pandemics have killed people in the millions. In Canada, the most recent statistics show that there were 81 casualties and 12038 cases overall. However, the over number of cases have increased in the past few weeks. On the week of November 1, 2009, vaccinations were available through out Canada, and the strength of the medication is not known yet.
Many people do not seem to know the difference between swine flu and regular flu. Swine flu just arose, which means people are not built to handle it. Their immune system does not know what it is, and will not know how to fight it off. If it were a regular flu, it would know how to control it. Regular flu has an affecting rate of five to twenty percent of the population, and it is known to kill about thirty-six thousands individuals per year.
