No, once you have had the flu and your body has successfully fought it off, the virus is gone from your body. Once you are fever-free for 24 hours straight after you had the flu, you can consider yourself no longer contagious.
No, the H1N1 vaccine won't make you sicker or healthier if you already have H1N1.
I would Ask The Doctor Before Putting Yourself At Risk. If you already have H1N1 makes few sense to be vaccinated. Apart than your body is stimulated to produce antibodies without the need of the vaccine, it is unclear even if the vaccine can worsen your COPD. If you are again healthy and recovered, it makes even fewer sense, since you had something more useful than the vaccine: the own infection.
Influenza A is spread by droplet dispersion by a carrier; this includes the inhalation of droplets upon a carrier sneezing, or infected hand - face touch.
If the correct test was done to confirm the H1N1, then, no there is no need to take it again. But if you are not absolutely sure that the test confirmed the A-H1N1/09 flu, then it will do no harm to take the vaccine. The only test that can be relied upon to be an absolute indicator of the vaccination is the RT-PCR test, and not the rapid tests done in the doctor's offices. you should have some immunity against 2009 H1N1 flu and can choose not to get the 2009 H1N1 vaccine.
If you were born before 1975 you are not very likely to get H1N1 flu from anyone because you probably already had it. If you were born after 1975, you are very likely to get H1N1 flu from your kids or anyone else that has it.
No, you should not. H1N1 is just another form of the flu; if it could cause zombification, then we would all be finished already.
I doubt it! There are already a shortage of doctors in the world and the H1N1 probably won't kill enough people to create a lack of need for doctors. In fact most people probably won't die from H1N1, only the very young unfortunately and those with already compromised immune systems. I survived it and didn't even take medicine.
Right now there is no vaccination for H1N1. Doctors are still working on one. The best thing you can do to prevent yourself from getting H1N1 is to wash your hands frequently.
Only bloodtest can show that. It might have been a ordinary cold. Ppl with H1N1 usually get bopdypains, high fever and vomiting.
yes, this flu is tough.
If you are afraid to get H1N1 avoid larger crowds and wash your hands. So far there's no H1N1 season, it's spreading still. So jogging isn't more dangerous then usual unless someone sneezes in your face and that can happen at the supermarket.
Theoretically it is possible to get antibodies from the serum of recovered patient of H1N1. But it will be available in very less quantity. Second question is to whom you will give these antibodies. Thirdly the protection will not be lasting. As this is passive immunity.