Swine Flu (H1N1/09)

Yes, you can use Theraflu and Tamiflu together, as they serve different purposes. Tamiflu is an antiviral medication used to treat influenza, while Theraflu is an over-the-counter medication that helps relieve symptoms like cough, congestion, and fever. However, it's always best to consult a healthcare professional before combining medications to ensure safety and effectiveness.

People who survived the swine flu demonstrate resilience and adaptability in the face of health crises, showcasing their ability to overcome significant challenges. Their experiences often inspire others to prioritize their health and well-being, emphasizing the importance of preventive measures and vaccinations. Additionally, survivors can share valuable insights about coping strategies, fostering a sense of community and support among those facing similar struggles. Overall, their journey serves as a powerful reminder of the strength of the human spirit in adversity.

H1N1, also known as the swine flu, most significantly affected the planet during the 2009 pandemic, which began in April of that year. The World Health Organization declared it a pandemic in June 2009 after the virus rapidly spread globally. The outbreak led to widespread illness, with an estimated 1.4 billion cases and between 151,700 to 575,400 deaths worldwide by the end of the pandemic in August 2010. The impact of H1N1 highlighted the need for enhanced global surveillance and vaccination strategies for influenza viruses.

The external parts of swine include the head, body, and limbs. Key features on the head are the snout, ears, and eyes, while the body comprises the back, belly, and tail. The limbs consist of four legs, each ending in cloven hooves. Additionally, swine have skin covered in hair and bristles, contributing to their overall physical appearance.

Influenza viruses do not have the capability to repair their own injuries in the way living organisms do. They lack the cellular machinery for repair and replication; instead, they rely on infecting host cells to replicate and propagate. The virus's RNA can mutate, which may help it adapt to environmental pressures, but this is not a form of injury repair.

Yes, it is generally considered safe to take Tamiflu (oseltamivir) with Delsym (dextromethorphan), as there are no known significant interactions between the two medications. Tamiflu is an antiviral used to treat influenza, while Delsym is a cough suppressant. However, it's always a good idea to consult with a healthcare professional before combining medications to ensure safety and appropriateness for your specific situation.

Taking high doses of antibiotics and Tamiflu (oseltamivir) can potentially affect your menstrual cycle, although the effects can vary from person to person. Antibiotics can disrupt the balance of bacteria in the body, which may influence hormonal levels and menstrual regularity. Additionally, illness and stress from an infection can also impact your cycle. It's best to consult with a healthcare professional if you have concerns about changes in your period while on these medications.

Flu vaccines are typically made using one of two methods: inactivated or live attenuated viruses. Inactivated vaccines contain viruses that have been killed, while live attenuated vaccines use weakened forms of the virus. Manufacturers grow these viruses in chicken eggs or cell cultures, then harvest, purify, and inactivate or weaken them. The final vaccine is formulated with additional components to enhance immune response before being distributed for public use.

Yorkshire pigs are typically white in color, characterized by their pinkish skin. They have a smooth, hairless appearance, which contributes to their distinct look. This breed is known for its large size and erect ears. Yorkshire swine are popular in the pork industry due to their high-quality meat.

A herd of swine, commonly referred to as a sounder, typically consists of around 10 to 20 pigs, but the size can vary significantly depending on the farm or wild population. In domestic settings, herds can be larger, sometimes exceeding hundreds of pigs. Wild sounders usually comprise a group of females and their young, while adult males tend to be solitary. Overall, the number in a herd can fluctuate based on environmental conditions and management practices.

Yes, you can typically get a flu shot while taking gabapentin. Gabapentin is not known to interact with the flu vaccine or affect its effectiveness. However, it's always best to consult with your healthcare provider before getting any vaccine while taking medication to ensure there are no specific concerns or contraindications based on your individual health condition.

In the biblical story of the prodigal son, swine were considered unclean animals in Jewish culture. The fact that the prodigal son was tending to swine indicates his extreme poverty and degradation, as he was reduced to caring for animals that were forbidden to his own people. This detail emphasizes the depths of his despair and the extent of his wayward behavior before he ultimately decides to return to his father.

Interferon is a protein released by the immune system in response to viral infections like H1N1. It helps to inhibit viral replication, boost immune response, and activate other immune cells to help clear the virus from the body, thus protecting us from the H1N1 virus.

H1N1 virus replicates by entering human respiratory cells, hijacking the cell's machinery to make copies of its own genetic material and proteins. These new viral components are then assembled into new viruses, which are released from the host cell to infect other cells and continue the cycle of infection.

These hand sanitizers, if they contain a minimum of 60% alcohol as most do, are effective on bacteria and viruses if used exactly as directed on the label. The instructions will include that you should briskly rub your hands together until they are dry. This provides friction that adds to the mechanical removal of the germs from your hands in addition to the direct effect of the alcohol on the organisms. As soon as you are where you can wash your hands with soap and water, the rinsing with warm water also helps flush germs away and drying your hands on a clean towel again provides friction to move the germs off.

I am not able to speak to what all doctors think, but research I've done indicates that the majority in the US medical community (and most if not all parts of the world) think that the swine flu (H1N1/09) during the 2009 pandemic was a mild disease for the majority infected. It was fast-spreading. It affected some populations (such as the young and healthy, pregnant women, etc.) with more complications than those groups usually experience with the typical seasonal flu. It did not infect or kill as many in the over 65 age group, which usually is harder hit with deaths from the seasonal flu. It is unknown why they had less risk with this disease, but some think they may have acquired some aspect of protection from exposure to other similar types of flu sometime in their lifetimes.

The microbiologists, epidemiologists, and medical practitioners understand the science of the disease and research that indicates that it was caused by a reassortant (mutation/combination) of common strains of flu in swine, humans, and birds that resulted in the new strain. Although this was a new mutation and could have been devastating to the population of the world if it had caused a higher mortality rate, especially since it spread so easily and since there was no inherited or acquired immunity available in the population from prior exposure to the specific strain, they realize that good public education, fast responses by the medical and public health communities and quick development of vaccines all contributed to the control of the new disease and the actual results compared to the potential results that existed and were creating all the concern among world scientists.

I personally, as a member of the medical community, believe that the entire experience was valuable for the world community as preparation for what will likely happen in future epidemics, and it will have provided a good trial of our preparedness and responses to pandemics and threatened pandemics in the future. If we continue to practice good hygiene and avoid the spread of our germs with these improved practices and cough and sneeze etiquette, we will all be better prepared and safer in future situations of new forms of infectious disease.

This situation proved the value and safety of flu vaccinations as well. Millions were vaccinated and protected from disease with a significantly low number of adverse effects reported.

Be safe and protected by getting and having your children treated with routine vaccinations for diseases.

The research is ongoing. There has already been commendable and significant research done by the departments of health in most, if not all, nations in the world. The UK, Mexico, Canada and US have been involved in research from the beginning and as cases began spreading in the western Northern Hemisphere from the origin in North America.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) took the lead in much of the early research, evaluation and monitoring and served the role as the centers of coordination of the research. Even now they continue as the pandemic is in the Post Pandemic Phase.

As it was determined that new vaccines were going to be needed as soon as possible to prevent illness and death in potentially huge, but unknown at the time, proportions of public infections as well as to control the epidemics and hopefully avert a pandemic, drug manufacturers also began research and development of a vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration of the US along with the CDC began evaluating and encouraging the rapid vaccine development for approval for use.

The epidemiologists, doctors, microbiologists, and other scientists of the various world communicable disease organizations, Universities, and US States' public health departments and their counterparts in other nations frantically worked to research, formulate plans for control, prevention, and treatment and emergency interventions, to roll out plans for vaccine development and distribution, to create guidelines and recommendations for work and school and to prepare and communicate other public education on prevention and treatment.

Hospitals and health care providers researched and monitored their policies for infection control, prepared for potential catastrophic numbers of patients, and researched methods to meet the needs.

The US State Department and Transportation authorities researched and developed recommendations and safeguards in travel and issued those recommendations. The US Department of Homeland Security had a role in travel recommendations and research on control of disease and also issued suggestions for evaluation and treatment of those entering and leaving the US. The airlines researched and developed their disease control processes as did other public transportation providers. Other nations and health departments and other disease control authorities followed suit. It was a huge world wide collaborative and cooperative effort to study and meet to determine special needs of individual locations as well as coordination of efforts and communication among themselves and to the public.

Media outlets scrambled for information and to report as quickly as possible life-saving recommendations from their research of all the other research and to present their expert evaluations of all.

This was considerably a joint effort, but the World Health Organization took the lead role as a clearing house of information and official communications of the progress of research and development world wide. The NHS in the UK took a lead in European R&D, the US CDC was prepared, staffed, and funded, and therefore, able to lead some of the more scientific research, laboratory monitoring and recommendations, and development of laboratory and field medical diagnostic tools.

Private corporations, besides the pharmaceutical companies, researched for development of products for hygiene, infection control, symptomatic relief for over-the-counter and other product development to meet the needs and address growing concerns of the public for prevention and treatment.

Public and private education entities researched to develop models and plans to evaluate intervention needs, school closure plans if needed, student monitoring and care, and communications from their science departments involved in the research and communications to their communities.

Answers.com staff and volunteers played an educational role through WikiAnswers Q&A and spent considerable hours of timely research to quickly respond to the thousands of questions of the public and to correct the common dissemination of misinformation and to quell fears and control public panic. See the link to the Answers.com H1N1 Pandemic Swine Flu category of questions in the related links section below.

All of the human and animal health organizations researched to provide guides to their medical professional members such as the American Medical Association (AMA), American Hospital Association (AHA), AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association), ACOG (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists), AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) and similar associations and medical boards in the US and counterparts in the rest of the world.

Injections that hurt more could be due to factors such as the thickness of the needle, the amount of tissue the needle has to pass through, the type of medication being injected (some are more acidic or viscous), and the skill of the person administering the injection. Additionally, individual pain tolerance and nerve sensitivity can also play a role in how painful an injection feels.

Swine flu H1N1 is considered an antigenic shift, as it resulted from a reassortment of genetic material from different influenza virus strains in animals. This led to the emergence of a new subtype that can infect humans.

A typical cardiac rehabilitation program lasts around 12 weeks, with participants attending sessions two to three times a week. The duration of the program may vary depending on the individual's progress and specific needs.

Yes, electrolytes are present inside cells. They help regulate the balance of fluids inside and outside cells, ensuring proper cell function and communication. Key intracellular electrolytes include potassium, magnesium, and phosphate.

Both. Viruses are naturally occurring organisms that have been around "forever". They have the ability to mutate or change themselves into new shapes and types sometimes using genetic material from more than one kind of virus, which would make them naturally occurring hybrids. They were not man-made.

Depending on the virus, it could live a week. Some studies have shown even longer when there is nasal discharge, sputum, or blood to help keep the virus from drying out. There can be blood left in the used needle, so the virus can still be "alive" for two weeks or more depending on the type of virus.

If you are the needle user for medications such as insulin, you should get a proper receptacle for needle disposal. Your pharmacy should be able to help you find these, or a medical supply store likely has them available. For a cheaper version you can use an empty bleach bottle to put the syringes and needles in until you can properly dispose (keep the cap to the bleach bottle so you can keep the used equipment contained). Local laws may apply so be sure you dispose properly according to your location.

Subunit vaccines are produced using only a part of the viral genome. These vaccines use specific proteins or fragments of the virus to stimulate an immune response without causing infection. An example of a subunit vaccine is the Hepatitis B vaccine.