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Swine Flu (H1N1/09)
The 2009 Pandemic Swine Flu, A-H1N1/09, the Type A influenza virus that was first identified in the early spring of 2009 in Mexico and then spread world wide to become a true Pandemic by June 2009. Different from other current seasonal strains of H1N1, and also not the same Swine Flu from prior epidemics or outbreaks (like in 1976), it is known by many different names in different places and settings, such as: H1N1, Novel H1N1, A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)v-like virus, la grippe porcine, The Mexican Flu, la epidemia, Schweinegrippe, and SOIV (Swine Origin Influenza Virus).
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What measures and precautions have been put in place about the swine flu?
Some of the main roles of the governments of the countries of the world include:
- Preparing the civil and business communities for the impacts of the loss of labor due to illness and help them plan for alternatives to keep business and production up.
- To disseminate education and information to help individuals and organizations understand the pandemic and how to prepare and deal with the ramifications, including the strain on health care systems.
- To procure, evaluate, approve, encourage the use, and disperse vaccines to the population.
- To help local agencies and public health organizations utilize resources to the most efficient means possible.
- To monitor treatments, responses to treatment, and the disease and scientifically study to discover best practices for prevention and treatment.
- To plan for advance restrictive measures that may be needed to contain and isolate the virus, and infected people, and prepare for implementation of preventive measures, including immunization, if other means are determined to be ineffective.
- To plan for control of travel outside or incoming to the country, if needed, to control spread.
Can you get sick from a vaccination?
I will say that you potentially can. My boyfriend was vaccinated as a child, and he contracted the virus within a few weeks. We don't know if perhaps the polio was already in his system and he was just vaccinated too late, or if something went wrong with the vaccine and he got sick as a result.
Where did the word influenza come from?
1)Influenza is Italian for "influence", Latin: influentia. It used to be thought that the disease was caused by a bad influence from the heavens.
2)Derived from the Italian "Bad air."
Can spirit enter another human body?
Yes.If they do it in true stories, they probably do it in real life. == ==
No. This is a fraudulent claim that is being used by people "phishing" (trying to find email addresses, other information, and access to people's computers). This is a scam and it could lead you to have malware (malicious software) put on your computer.
DO NOT RESPOND TO ANY OF THESE EMAILS.
This is information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website on this topic:
CDC has received reports of fraudulent emails (phishing) referencing a CDC sponsored State Vaccination Program.
The messages request that users must create a personal H1N1 (swine flu) Vaccination Profile on the cdc.gov website. The message then states that anyone that has reached the age of 18 has to have his/her personal Vaccination Profile on the cdc.gov site.
The CDC has NOT implemented a state vaccination program requiring registration on www.cdc.gov. Users that click on the email are at risk of having malicious code installed on their system. CDC reminds users to take the following steps to reduce the risk of being a victim of a phishing attack:
- Do not follow unsolicited links and do not open or respond to unsolicited email messages.
- Use caution when visiting un-trusted websites.
- Use caution when entering personal information online.
See the Related link below to the CDC webpage
which has a copy displayed of the fraudulent email.
The influenza vaccines are available widely and are being offered at numerous locations of pharmacies and health care professional offices for the 2011-2012 flu season in the Northern Hemisphere, which is just beginning this month (October). Get the vaccination as soon as possible to avoid risk of catching the flu before you can get the vaccine.
The H1N1/09 pandemic swine flu vaccine is included this year again in the annual seasonal flu vaccine. The vaccines are now available in formulations for administration by the usual IM shot/jab, the nasal mist, and now, new this year there is an intradermal (ID) vaccine called Fluzone that is injected using a micro-injection system with a tiny needle under the layers of the skin. If you have a preference as to the type of administration route, you may need to call ahead to find out if the type you prefer is available and if you are a candidate for the type you are considering. You can also discuss this with your pharmacist or primary health care professional. It is approved for use in adults age 18 - 64.
The nasal mist is a live attenuated vaccine and can only be used for non-pregnant healthy individuals ages 2 - 49. It is not indicated for those who are immuno-suppressed. The intradermal and intramuscular (IM) injections are made from inactivated ("dead") virus particles, approved for all ages down to 6 months. Infants under 6 months can not be vaccinated due to their immature immune systems.
Why can't a vaccine be developed straight away when you have the Swine Flu?
It takes time to isolate the virus causing the disease and then to capture it and make it reproduce rapidly in a laboratory to enable the development of a vaccine.
Some strains that are captured and tried may not "grow" well and then a different strain needs to be found to use instead. The medium to carry the viral particles to enable inoculation of flu vaccines does not need to be redeveloped for every type of virus grown, and the testing of the medium does not have to be redone for each annual vaccine that is developed. So, in that aspect of drug manufacturing and testing, the new flu vaccines can be developed much more rapidly than other types of medicines and brought to market faster since the testing of the medium doesn't need to be redone each time.
It was actually astonishing how fast the new vaccine for the pandemic swine flu made it to the end user patient, actually. They were very lucky to find the right strain that would grow easily and reproduce especially quickly to enable the vaccine to get to market even sooner than originally anticipated and in time for the 2009-2010 flu season after the start of the pandemic.
What is epidemic keratoconjunctivitis?
According to http://www.drhull.com/EncyMaster/P/pink_eye.html the answer is as follows: This form of conjunctivitis is the fabled "pink eye" everyone fears, and for some good reason. It is caused by adenovirus type 8. It is transmitted by direct contact from person to person and is highly contagious. Initially, there is a sensation of a something beneath the eyelids with a lot of itching and burning. Soon the patient complains that light bothers his eyes. The preauricular lymph node (just in front of the ear) becomes palpably enlarged - about the only time this node is ever evident. There may be some blurring of vision, which can be (rarely) permanent (less common in children than in adults). Children may have associated upper respiratory infection with a sore, red throat that is negative for strep. This is called pharyngoconjunctival fever. No specific treatment is available. Emphasis must be placed on prevention of spread of the disease, so your child may be quarantined from school for up to a week or two until the symptoms subside. Strict handwashing at home is the best prevention.
A motion to reunify with the parent(s) must be filed with the Court prior to the child reahing the age of majority, and the parent(s)/Movant(s) would need to show a material change in their circumstances and that reunification was in the child's/children's best interest(s). The parent would need to show substantial case plan compliance.
If he doesn't show any more signs I would send him Monday. Let the teacher know so if he does get tired or sick she can call you.
Can a pig catch human cold or sickens?
Yes, they can and have the ability to change viruses and make them worse...Take a look at the swine flu. Stay away from your pet pig if you get a cold or the flu.
If exposed to H1N1 how will you know if you will get it?
Swine Flu is generally recognized by its symptoms and by the presence of it in your location. There are field tests that your doctor can perform, but they only confirm that you have some strain of Type A influenza and not the specific strain. The doctors go on the history of flu outbreak in your area to make an assumption that it is or isn't H1N1/09. Because the flu is treated the same regardless of the specific strain, unless you are hospitalized or have extreme complications, there is no reason to do the more extensive tests to prove the exact strain. Those tests are costly and must be sent off to an esoteric lab or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to perform the more complex testing.
Most people when exposed to the H1N1/09 virus do get it since it is a highly contagious type of flu. If you don't show symptoms within a week of exposure, you will likely not have caught it. In the interim, however, you should assume you do have it and avoid contact with others who have not been vaccinated and follow all guidelines for hand washing and other preventive precautions.
In which part of your arm do you have the swine flu jab?
the top of the arm you don't write with. if your right handed, you'll get it in your left arm. if your left handed, you'll get it in your right arm.
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You can choose in which arm to get the vaccination, I choose the arm I do write with and recommend it to others, because using the arm as you normally would helps the soreness go away faster. If I put it in the arm I use most, the soreness is gone faster. If I put it in the other arm, it stays sore days longer.
What are the exact ingredients in Di Cal?
Di Cal is an abbreviation for Dicalcium Phosphate. The elemental makeup is CaHPO4 • 2H2O.
Although it can be derived from natural sources, such as bone meal and egg shells, Dicalcium Phosphate is usually made using limestone and phosphoric acid in a chemical reaction.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed guidelines with the cooperation of world wide public health organizations and national health ministries that the member nations in the organization follow to report infectious diseases and also developed guidelines to use in preparing for and dealing with a pandemic. They agreed upon the criteria that would signal pandemics. It is the WHO who determines when the criteria is met based on these reports from all over the world and based on their own studies of outbreaks of infectious diseases. When it is time to engage the guidelines and responses to a pandemic , it is WHO that announces this finding internationally and sets things in motion for a coordinated effort in response to the situation.
What type of symbiosis is H1N1?
H1N1/09 Swine Flu is caused by a virus. Viruses invade a host to reproduce. Since the invasion is only beneficial for the virus and detrimental to the host, it is more an example of parasitic than symbiotic relationships.
The Turkish name for swine flu is " Domuz Gribi". "Pink ill"
How long can a virus live on a doorknob?
I'm no doctor, but I've always heard a virus can only live a maximum of five days outside the body. More than likely it will only live maybe two days.
Once you get the flu you are immune to getting it again?
No it changes that's why you need a new flu shot every year. Otherwise we would only need one and it would be done.
