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The Center of Disease Control (CDC) haves advised that the best treatment for Swine flu (H1N1) is the same treatment normally used during seasonal flu season each year.
The symptoms of H1N1 include fever, sore throat, cough, body aches, headaches, chills and extreme fatigue. Some people have also reported diarrhea and vomiting. There is currently no immunization against this flu but anti-viral drugs Relenza and Tamiflu have both proven effective in helping to relieve symptoms.
It is also important to drink plenty of fluids while ill with any type of flu. These symptoms usually run their course after a few days. If a patient has further problems or fever over 101 degrees, they should call their primary physician. If you have flu like symptoms, stay home and contact your family physician especially if you have recently traveled to Mexico. If your child is sick, don’t send them to school or daycare.
If you are ill and begin having any of the following problems, you should seek emergency medical treatment immediately. In children these signs are fast or troubled breathing, dehydration, gray or bluish skin color, fever with rash, not waking up or interacting, and symptoms improving then returning with fever and worse cough.
The warning symptoms for adults are difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, pain/pressure in the abdomen or chest, confusion, sudden dizziness, or severe, persistent vomiting.
H1N1 is spread from person to person mainly thru sneezing and coughing by those who are sick or infected by the virus. People can also be infected by touching an object such as a door knob or computer keyboard or mouse which has the virus on it and then touching their mouth, eyes or nose.
Some ways to help prevent the spread of this flu are to frequently wash hands, cough or sneeze into your sleeve or a tissue and dispose of the tissue after use. If you share a work space with anyone, be sure to wipe your desk and computer down with a sanitizing wipe or other sanitizing product at the end of the day.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the current H1N1 flu seems to have a lengthy incubation period. This flu seems to have an incubation period of a week to 10 days before symptoms begin. This means that the virus can be spread by people who don’t even know that they are sick or infected. H1N1 virus is not transmitted by food. Humans can not get this virus from eating pork or pork products as this current flu virus is not a food born disease.
In Mexico it seems that this flu might have reached its peak. As of May 8th, they have currently 1112 laboratory confirmed cases of H1N1 flu with 42 deaths. In the United States, the number of laboratory confirmed cases is 896 in 41 states with 2 deaths reported in the state of Texas. According to figures released May 8th by WHO, there are 2384 laboratory confirmed cases in 24 different countries.
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