Symptoms are similar to those of the regular human Influenza virus: fever, lethargy, lack of appetite and coughing. Some who have been infected with the swine flu also reported having a runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
Hand sanitizers kill bacteria, but flu and viruses are caused by viruses which the hand sanitizer wont kill, so how does hand sanitizer help prevent getting the flu if it wont kill or get rid of it?
Germs are bacterias, viruses are not as they arent cells, it kills bacteria by destroying its cell membrane.
the alcohol in it helps kill the germs on your hands so that you don’t transfer them to your mouth
Why is swine flu spreading quicker in Australia than other countries?
We’re now up to 147 cases and it’s increasing huge amounts each day. There are more cases of swine flu here than any other country in the world apart from Mexico. Why are there so many?
Ok maybe not more cases than in the US or Canada but we’re definitely up there and we’re on the other side of the world.
we ourselves are heading into our seasonal flu season, unlike america which was officially out of its flu season, as we head into the colder months we will start to see more swine flu cases.
i might be that history is about to repeat itself and this flu might do the same thing as the spanish flu. but there is one major difference. back in 1918-1920 they naver had the anti viral drugs tamiflu and relenza. our medical advancements have become far greater then it was in that period.
but if that is the case as well and the second wave occurs the people that survived the first outbreak will most likely gain immunity From Swine Flu.
this might be stupid but letting your immune systems experience swine flu might be beneficial. that is called addaptaion, that same thing occured in the spanish flu outbreak after WW1. in which during the first wave people that survived had a certain amount of immuity to the spanish flu. there immune systems addapted to the strain of spanish flu
EDIT: people blaming the government are idiots seriously the government cannot do everything. they cannot contain a swine flu outbreak on its own that is not their job, their job is to run the country. it is our job to take the proper precautions to make sure this flu doesn’t get out of hand.
if you do have flu like symptoms call the doctor to come to your house don’t go to the surgury you will only infect other people, good personal hygiene, a ready supply of medication (tamiflu, relenza). these are some of the things you can do not only to protect others but to protect yoursef as well
is it an antibody reaction or what? oddly my legs hurt most off all, could the pain be something else as well as cold/flu?
I found a good answer here:
“The specific cause of body aches (myalgia) are the interleukins, which are primarily produced by the macrophages. These interleukins cause pain, body aches, hypersensitivity of the nerves, etc. Some of the interleukins (such as IL-2) cause the fever seen during the flu, and probably the headaches. Since these interleukins are produced in response many different kinds of bacterial and viral infections, symptoms such as fever, myalgia, and headaches can be seen in infections by many different etiologic agents.”
Nanotechnology sensors in development to detect H1n1 Swine Flu in public places
