Symptoms of H1N1/09 (Pandemic swine flu):
Having a single one of these symptoms does not mean you have pandemic swine flu, but, you don't need to have all of these symptoms to suspect infection, either. The symptoms of swine flu in people are similar to the symptoms of regular human seasonal influenza. Watch for some combination of the following symptoms:
Caution: If you suspect that you might have a flu infection, consult a physician as soon as possible. Don't wait!
It is important for people who have chronic health conditions, women who are pregnant, and people with other high risk factors to pay special attention to warning signs. Influenza can make the symptoms, of other chronic medical conditions, worse
For Children: who may need urgent medical attention, symptoms include:
These are warning signs that physicians think about all the time with respiratory infections and are good things for parents to have in mind at all times but especially with the Novel H1N1 strain.
For Adults: who may need urgent medical attention, symptoms include:
Other underlying medical conditions* can create the potential for more severe illness, and it is for that reason that people who have these underlying conditions, or the family members who care for such people, need to remain vigilant about these warning signs emerging. For a list of the those at most risk of the swine flu and of complications due to it, see below.
It's often best to contact a health care provider for advice before going to an office or care center and waiting for an appointment. That's also a better strategy than going to an emergency room, but these warning signs can help people differentiate a cough or cold or respiratory symptoms without warning signs, from the type of signs that might lead you to want to get help from a medical provider urgently.
To prevent catching swine flu, colds or other strains of flu and viruses:
If you live with or care for someone known to have the swine flu virus, you should assume that you, too, can spread the disease. Wear a surgical face mask (model N95) while contacting and tending to someone with a virus, especially children, in case they cough or sneeze when you are close to them. Wash hands always before you touch your face, nose, eyes and mouth and before (as well as after) you touch other people's faces, mucous tissue. You should also wash your hands after you cough or sneeze and always use a tissue to cover your mouth and nose. Immediately throw the tissue away after one use. Wash your hands after touching used tissues. Cough into your elbow if you do not have a tissue. Don't use your bare hand unless you wash hands immediately after and before you touch anything or anyone.
To prevent spreading swine flu, colds or other strains of flu and viruses:
Even if you do not yet have symptoms, you can have the virus and spread it before you know you have it for one or two days after catching the flu. When you know you have been exposed, or when you know the risk is high for catching it, wash hands very frequently.
Stay home from work or errands when sick, and keep your kids home if they or others in your family have any symptoms. The schools will recommend if it is safe for your children to attend school if there are other children from the school infected. Be prepared with day care alternatives if the schools announce a closure. Flu virus can live for approximately two hours on hard surfaces, perhaps longer on moist or soft materials. Use disinfectants recommended for control of viruses on surfaces that are commonly touched, such as telephones, door knobs, light switches, TV remote controllers, chair arms, public pens and pencils (take your own), and grocery cart handles, as well as the lavatory knobs, handles, and surfaces.
Remember:
For additional information on preventing exposure to and distribution of the flu viruses, see the related questions below.
*Underlying Medical Conditions or Other Factors That Create Higher Risk:
Information for those in the UK, from NHS:
A doctor faced with a symptomatic patient cannot yet predict with certainty the course of their illness and whether or not they will be in the small proportion who may become more seriously ill. This is why antiviral medication is still being given to all those with swine flu in the UK, subject to their doctor's discretion. A doctor faced with a symptomatic patient cannot yet predict with certainty the course of their illness and whether or not they will be in the small proportion who may become more seriously ill. This is why antiviral medication is still being given to all those with swine flu in the UK, subject to their doctor's discretion.
More information taken from the NHS website:
It is important that as swine flu spreads, you know the symptoms of the disease so you can recognise it in yourself and others at an early stage.
Please read the information about the swine flu on the NHS website and consider your symptoms carefully before using the National Pandemic Flu Service mentioned below.
During the pandemic in 2009, most swine flu cases were mild, with symptoms similar to those of seasonal flu. Only a small number of people had more serious symptoms.
If you or members of your family end up with a fever (high temperature over 38°C/100.4°F) along with two or more of the following symptoms, you may have swine flu:
Checking For Symptoms:
It makes sense to always have a working thermometer at home, as fever is one of the main signs of this and many other Infectious Diseases.
The NHS website provides a National Pandemic Flu Service#. If you are concerned you may have swine flu, stay at home and check your symptoms using the online guides at the pandemic flu service.
Call your GP directly if:
# Note: the National Pandemic Flu Service is a new online service that will assess your symptoms and, if needed, provide an authorisation number that can be used to collect antiviral medication from a local collection point. For those who do not have internet access, the same service can be accessed by telephone on:
For more information available on the National Pandemic Flu Service site go to Flu Service: Q&A.
High-risk groups:
For most people, swine flu is a mild illness. Some people get better by staying in bed, drinking plenty of water and taking over-the-counter flu medication.
However, some groups of people are more at risk of serious illness if they catch swine flu, and will need to start taking antiviral medication as soon as it is confirmed that they have the flu.
It is already known that you are particularly at risk if you have:
Also at risk are:
It is vital that people in these higher-risk groups who catch swine flu get antivirals and start taking them as soon as possible, preferrably within 48 hrs of first signs.
It has mutated into the "Novel H1N1" (A-H1N1/09, Pandemic Swine Flu) form of the virus, which has the ability to be passed on to humans. This new form is highly contagious and can be passed from person to person and rarely from a person back to pigs.
Human Flu Versus Swine FluHuman Influenza refers to one of the three major types of flu viruses ( Influenza type A,B,C) endemic to the human population (orthomyxoviridae). These are distinguished from animal flu passed to humans as a result of a mutation in an animal strain that allows it to be able to invade the cells of humans. Diseases that are able to pass from animals to humans are called zoonotic diseases. Swine Flu (in Humans)Additional Information about Type A Influenza Novel H1N1 (aka A-H1N1/09):Symptoms:
The illness may elevate to a severe respiratory illness within about five days.
H1N1 is a type of influenza (flu) virus. Early on, H1N1 flu was referred to as swine flu. In 2009, H1N1 is
causing illness in countries around the world.
It is a strain of virus. It is commonly called the Swine Flu virus and has been around for many decades. The pandemic A-H1N1/09 flu virus is brand new and different than the other H1N1 viruses. See more in related questions.
Swine flu is a respiratory disease caused by type A influenza virus that regularly causes outbreaks of influenza in pigs. The "classical" swine flu virus (an influenza type A H1N1 virus) was first isolated from a pig in 1930. Swine flu viruses cause illness in pigs, but the death rates are low. This new virus, although it is being called "swine flu," is not the same virus.
They are viruses that cause influenza, a respiratory infection.
Swine influenza (flu), also known as H1N1 (or another kind of swine flu is called H1N1/09 the pandemic swine flu), is called that because it originally was a type that was found as a disease of pigs (swine). Bird flu (Avian Flu) was originally a flu that only birds got.
Now, through mutations of these viruses, we hear about them more because they can infect humans. Bird flu is an extremely rare disease in humans but it is an especially bad virus that kills 50% of the people who get it. Swine flu, the H1N1/09 type, is now a pandemic because it spreads very easily, but luckily the symptoms in most people are mild. There are still serious effects of it, and many people across the world have died from it. So, it is recommended that all who can should get a vaccination against it.
There are many different flu viruses called both H1N1 and swine flu, and this is very confusing because the same names are used for different things. In the type of swine flu that pigs get (the original "swine flu"), they are usually referring to the same virus, just called by different names.
But there are H1N1 flu viruses that pigs do not get, and/or that are not the same virus.
For the "swine flu" that caused the pandemic of 2009, the names are interchanged often in common use, and that adds to confusion. To be specific and more correct in referring to this type of flu virus, it is best to not call it simply H1N1 or simply swine flu. To be more specific, it is called the A-H1N1/09 influenza virus and the pandemic swine flu.
Please see the related question below that will help clarify the terminology and names for the 2009 pandemic "swine" flu.
H1N1 is a flu virus, not a bacterium.
No, the H1N1 vaccine won't make you sicker or healthier if you already have H1N1.
85 people were affected by H1N1
My son was just diagnosed with H1 (not H1N1). His doctor said that the H1 virus has similar characteristics to H1N1 but it is an unidentified strain of the flu.
The H1N1 virus, otherwise known as "swine flu" originated from none other than swine.
No, the H1N1 virus does not contain carcinogens.
It is a Type A Influenza virus with RNA genome.Also called Swine Flu, the 2009 Pandemic Flu, 2009 Swine Flu, and A-H1N1/09.
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The family practitioner doesnt actually identify the H1N1 virus. If a local test shows up as positive, they send those results to a more specialized hospital to determine if that result is of the flu or the H1N1 virus.
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