The best thing you can do is stay inside your house so as not to let the virus spread. Then, in the UK, you must call the NHS Swine Flu phone number.
REMEMBER: Catch it, bin it, kill it.
In the US, call your primary care physician to find out if you should be examined by the doctor. That usually isn't necessary, though. Treat it symptomatically like you would any flu. See the related question below on how swine flu is treated.
The symptoms of swine flu and normal flu are very similar, even doctors cannot tell them apart without swabbing and testing. As a result a lot of people who think they have had swine flu have probably only had normal flu.
Your best option on finding out more information on symptoms of swine flu would be to visit your local physician or Doctor. If you have access to the internet, visiting a medical website such as WebMD will familiarize you with swine flu symptoms.
The only way to know for sure that it is the H1N1/09 (swine flu) is to have lab testing. Otherwise you can only tell by symptoms which are virtually the same as regular flu. See the related question for information about the symptoms of swine flu.
Most people can not tell if you have any symptoms of the common cold you should see your doctor to see if it is swine flu or not.
The kind of cough is not diagnostic of Swine Flu. The swine flu has many of the same symptoms as the regular flu. You cannot tell by the type of cough what type of flu you have. Your doctor cannot even tell that. If you are displaying actual flu symptoms, your doctor can order a laboratory test to confirm or rule out the swine flu. That is the only way to receive a proper diagnosis to which flu subtype you may or may not have. See the related question below for a more detailed description of the symptoms of swine flu.
The symptoms of swine flu are the same as other more common flu strains. There is no way of knowing if your flu was the swine flu without laboratory testing.
the cold a fever
No, some people do not have fever with the H1N1/09 swine flu, although it is a common symptom. See the related question for more information about the symptoms of A-H1N1/09 Pandemic swine flu.
Not necessarily.
The symptoms are similar to a normal influenza
the swine flu has all of the symptoms of the regular flu. everyone is overreacting, do not worrie about it. no affence if you or anyone you know wears them, but you should not wear the mask. the mask traps the germ inside of it and u then will breath it in. hope i helped.
the Swine Flu has all of the symptoms of the regular flu. everyone is overreacting, do not worrie about it. no affence if you or anyone you know wears them, but you should not wear the mask. the mask traps the germ inside of it and u then will breath it in. hope i helped.