KNOW SWINE FLU

Swine Flu.
Name Origin:
Swine means Pig.

Some Terminologies:
With this Swine virus taking charge in 2009, it is important to know about some terminologies.
Epidemic:That which affects a certain group of people.
Endemic: Belonging to a particular community or group.(Not necessary that it should be affected).
Pandemic:That which affects the whole world.
So Swine Flu which was Endemic in Mexico, soon proved to be an Pandemic after affecting a child in U.S.A on April 29th, 2009.

Tricky ways:
The Flu Virus in known to be a trickiest virus because it often changes its structure to elude the
antibodies from that has been developed during previous attack of flu.This Swine is one of those Flu.
Symptoms:
Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. The 2009 outbreak has shown an increased percentage of patients reporting diarrhea and vomiting.
Prevention:
Prevention include washing hands with soaps after coming from the public.It may pass from finger to mouth and then infect.So washing hands is important.It may be in Table-tops telephones and other surfaces.
Panacea:
The cure-all as recommended by CDC is use of Tamiflu (oseltamivir) or Relenza (zanamivir) for the treatment and/or prevention of infection with swine influenza viruses.