My question is how do I know that I have got swine flu? are there any first symptoms and how does the flu develop itslef in the human body?
Another thing is the fact that I don't understand how people can die from swine flu even if their heath is not suffering from previous illness.

there is no fear in Finland

I watch CNN and BBC often and here sometimes unrealistic statistics about the number of new cases per day in the UK and other countries. At one point I heard that the UK estimated 100,000 new cases a day. If this were true, the whole of the UK would be infected in months. Are there any realiable statistics out there for the infection rates to stop scaring people?

Secondly, here in Belgium we have been told to sneeze in a tissue, cover our mouth when we cough, if we are ill to stay home and not see the DR. This is however worrying employers who are already worried about people using this to fake being ill. If we are to stay home, how can we be sure that we have Swine flu and not something else? What symptoms can you use to show it is Swine flu and not just a cold or regular flu?

Thirdly and lastly, If you have already had regular flu this year, does this make it more difficult for Swine flu to infect you?

Some studies show that the reason "flu season" is in the winter is that people don't get enough sunlight on their skin to make all the vitamin D their immune system needs. Are these studies convincing? Do doctors recommend taking vitamin D during the winter to reduce the danger of flu? After scientists figure something like this, how long does it usually take to become generally recommended by doctors?

In my personal view, I think it is not a bad idea if anyone has contracted the H1N1 virus at this stage, provided he or she had antiviral agents such as Tamiflu for treatment when symptoms become obvious.

I wish to ask the experts whether taking Tamiflu shortly after the flu symptoms already started , such as fever for <48 hrs, will reduce the immunity development as if the disease were allow to take its own course.

Thank

While they are not evil happens, people are skeptical ... but of course I am very concerned. What happens if the mass mortality of people with a Spanish flu of 1918?

It is widely sustained that the 1918 massive killer epidemic was caused by an influenza H1N1 virus. ¿very different strain? ¿much better medicines available today?

the 2 deaths in the last 7 day in the uk are strange . one a doctor with no ( underlying health problems ? 2 a young girl who loved sport ( no underlying health problems ) an autopsy is being done on the girl ( no news yet ) we in the uk are worried . but bear in mind we in the uk have seen the Goverment Lie through its teeth in order to protect itself . Trust is not a word we have at the moment

vivo en argentina, la influenza o gripe h1n1, llego desde el norte o sea mejico o de donde sea, pero en mejico fue mucho mas leve por que enseguida llego el verano, en cambio aqui esta el invierno a full, muy frio, es altamente contagiosa, como cualquier gripe, aparentemente tienen complicaciones las personas que tienen bajas la defensas y tambien las que no, es un virus nuevo. pero la precauciones aqui son lavarse las manos cada vez que se pueda, limpiar con desinfectantes telefonos, teclados de pc no notebooks, etc, todo lo que pase por varias manos, picaportes de puerta etc. y bueno el tamiflu parece que funciona si se lo toma rapido cuando se tiene gripe. bueno y ahora a rezar para que la vacuna salga rapido y para todos . gracias. estimo que los grandes laboratorios ya estaran en eso. pero bueno .

Here in Southren Hemisphere we are alrealdy in the "flu season" and I also would like to know what symptons can be used to diferenciate a seasonal flu case from a H1N1 flu case by a regular citizen (not a doctor).
If somebody is told to stay home – in mild suspected or confirmed H1N1 case – and do not take anti-viral medicine in the first 48 hours of symptons, what can happen?
Thanks

Hello, my question is what happens if you catch a second time the AH1N1 virus? Would it be more dangerous the second time?

Also, could I be infected with normal flu or cold virus and at the same time get infected by the AH1N1 virus?

Argentina has been experiencing the 27th week of the flu season. We have taken, at home and at work, all the necessary precautions (washing hands often, not attending public gatherings at close doors, ventilating rooms).
We have complied with staying at home when feeling symptoms that are flu-like (this is a very hard decision since we are in winter and there are many respiratory illnesses that are flu like and you get over anxious: in my case allergies that prompt upper respiratory affections). The worst part for me at least, was to deal with the uncertainty: you hear that one should get the medication within the first 48 hours (Oseltamivir drug) but at the same time attending physicians advice is that they need to wait for more symptoms to develop to be sure it is the new A flu... as the medication has its own side effects. You have to simple trust your overworked doctor. He is the specialist. The media thrieves with misinformation and by now I am really ´sick´but of them.
People has to be very responsible not to spread out the virus and reduce their circulation. It seems it has been working so far in Argentina. We still have two more peaking weeks to go and we hope the virus will subside, or diminish its contagion. People of the world we are all together in this same boat. Keep that in mind.

A few questions have never been asked nor answered. How did human DNA get into the digestive track of pigs? What was fed to the pigs? There are similarities to the Asian influenza here, because if anyone investigates the cause of the Asian flu, it is very similar in this case. People who live in a rural areas might not have the resistance to the Schwein or Pig flu, compared to people who live in a larger cities. I doubt that city dwellers have much to fear this year, since their immunity to this disease is relatively strengthened by frequent exposure to similar illnesses in general. The people who have health risks are probably those living in rural areas, especially near rural Mexican pig farms and criminal drop-off points.

I'm not too concerned about swine flu. It's very widespread, and there have been relatively few deaths. I'm not more concerned about it than catching the old fashioned flu.

The estimate of 100,000 cases a day in a few months is accurate, if the rate of infections keeps increasing the way it has.

My question is how do I know that I have got swine flu? are there any first symptoms and how does the flu develop itslef in the human body?
Another thing is the fact that I don’t understand how people can die from swine flu even if their heath is not suffering from previous illness.

i;m little sick now want to no if is flu?

thanks

bobby

Swine flu in very dangerous.the people was dead too much in Thailand

http://www.swinefluinfluenzamedicine.blogspot.com

Kelly Malta.
My question is how do I know that I have got swine flu? are there any first symptoms and how does the flu develop itslef in the human body?
Thanks for your information.

If you get Swine Flu this spring or summer, and it mutates and comes back as a stronger variety in the fall and winter, will you have the correct antibodies to fight it – are you immune to a stronger version of the same flu???? Or will it be a completely different variety and require a different antibody to combat it?

It is nasty, like any bad influenza really. In New Zealand the Swine Flu has almost entirely taken over the seasonal flu- which is classic pandemic behavior. They have stopped testing for Swine Flu here (NZ), as it is just too expensive and not really worth it. So basically if you get the flu (trust me you will know it) the chances are it's H1N1- in the Southern Hemisphere anyway. No doubt this will be the case in the Northern Hemisphere once you come into the flu season. It may be "mild", but it still packed a decent wallop. Just glad to have built some immunity for the "second wave".

No you are not immune to a future mutation of the virus if you get it now. If it mutates, it is a new virus.

As for the symptoms, if you have a cold it is probably a cold, it you have flu symptoms, then you may have swine flu. They wont know unless they test you.

Some people with no underlying health problems die because this is a new virus to the immune system. We have no protection against it. Our bodies response is the key, and this will vary from person to person regardless of any other health issues. Therefore some people will die.

Before it was hiv/aids,next it was SARS,followed by AVIAN INFLUENZA,now it is SWINE FLU.was next ALIEN FLU?Africa wil be worst hit.is africa ready or not

In Thailand, most of H1N1 infected is died from Pneumonia. If people are vaccined Pneumonia, will it reduce death rate ?

All this talk about "flu season" yet I have no understanding still of what flu season is. Is it some unexplained phenomenon that happens over the same time of the year where more people are likely to get the flu? Is it weather related? Is there a world calendar?

Thanks,
Blaiz

With the death of 450 people world wide on a planet that has a population of 6.5 BILLION people. Why is the media pushing this issue when more people have died from the common cold? This should not be a news item yet WHO says its a level 6 pandemic. Is hyping non lethal illness a new way for the Phamacutical Companies and Media to make money?

how long is the period of contagion –i.e., for how long is an infected person contagious?

It has been said that this virus has the unique quality of surviving around 12 hours on surfaces such a desks, papers, clothes. Due to this fact authorities of some South American countries have assured that one of the most important preventive measures is the hygiene i.e. washing you hands after touching desks, door handles, phones etc to avoid transporting the virus elsewhere, mostly of course, the mouth and eyes.

Is it true that the virus is fact has the capacity to survive on surfaces like its been said?

H1N1 is a potent viral threat that can infect any person...
my friend was having flu recently and was positively
contracted the virus... he took some cold remedy using
Vick's Vapo-Rub and he was more healthier, lively, and
active. And he lives happily ever after.

Will exposing our children to the swine flu now help protect them from the swine flu in the future? (i.e. will it help protect them from a virus that has mutated?)

If the virus can mutate into another form, will a vaccine developed based on the today’s form of the virus be able to protect us from this second wave of the pandemic? Are the abnormally high death rates in some countries like Argentina and Colombia a sign of the mutation of the virus into a more lethal one?

how can i connect my blog with cnn blogs?

These blog posts contain an incredible amount of disinformation and misinformation.

Be careful not to take everything that is said here to the word.

http://www.flu.gov/

Information :Know what to do about the flu