tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444631629880050832024-02-07T18:29:56.669+05:30Swine FluSwine Flu- Symptoms, Protection and TreatmentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644463162988005083.post-37421859922935544062010-05-26T19:50:00.000+05:302010-05-26T19:50:09.995+05:30About History Of Swine Flu<span style="background-color: white;">Swine flu is a carefully </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">watched</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> type of </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">flu</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> because pigs vary from most recipients, carriers and </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">transmitters</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> of </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">transmittable</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> flu </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">strains</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">. Unlike most </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">wildlife</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">, they can </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">deal</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">anthropoid</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> and </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">avianborne</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">influenza</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">, recombine it and then </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">put out</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> it in a new, more </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">treacherous</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> and more </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">handling</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">-</span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">tough</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> form.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibeJ-WEI53f0OdD9-c-py6C59e4lKzvJrXsnKtdByLR4rwF2BHDmnBz0cgJvhZZ6F1IJPbkeegUdz88o5EFxTtOts4Bju699CPPCFxG2jUIiFdGLbiiODMeUIZNjz9Aj_irsOmfOLA5XvP/s1600/SwineFlu_HS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibeJ-WEI53f0OdD9-c-py6C59e4lKzvJrXsnKtdByLR4rwF2BHDmnBz0cgJvhZZ6F1IJPbkeegUdz88o5EFxTtOts4Bju699CPPCFxG2jUIiFdGLbiiODMeUIZNjz9Aj_irsOmfOLA5XvP/s200/SwineFlu_HS.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;">Flu is always </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">being</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">passed</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> around the </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">anthropological</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> population, but </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">hardly </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">has it reached </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">reassuring</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">epidemic</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">proportions</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">.</span><br />
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<b>History of </b></span><b><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">pig</span></span></b><span style="background-color: white;"><b> flu (H1N1)</b><br />
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In 1976, there was an </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">plague</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> of </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">boar</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> flu at Fort Dix. This </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">computer program</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> is not the same as the 2009 </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">eruption</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">, but it was similar </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">insofar</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> as it was an </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">respiratory tract infection</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> A that had </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">Trojan horsesimilarities</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> to the </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">swine</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> flu </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">worm</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> The </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">authority</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> decided to </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">foodstuffs</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> a vaccine against this </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">infection</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">, but the vaccine was </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">accompanying</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> with complications (Guillain-Barr syndrome) and was discontinued. Some individuals </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">neural know</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> that </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">formalin</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">, used to inactivate the </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">disease</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">, may have </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">played</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> a role in the of this complication in 1976. There is no evidence that </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">improvement everyone</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> who </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">obtained</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> this vaccine </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">would</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> be </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">inaccessible</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> against the 2009 </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">hog</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> flu. One of the reasons it takes a few </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">months</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> to </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">work out</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> a new vaccine is to test the vaccine for safety to </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">get out of</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> the complications seen in the 1976 vaccine. New </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">vaccines</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> against any flu </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">virus</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> type are </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">by and large</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> made by </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">mounting</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">sickness</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> in eggs. A </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">particleslife-threatening</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> side effect (allergic </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">response</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> such as swelling of the </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">air transport company</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">) to </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">vaccines</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> can occur in people who are allergic to eggs; these people </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">be duty-bound to</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> not get flu </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">vaccines</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">. Individuals with </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">in action</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">infections</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> or </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">diseases</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> of the </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">nervous</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> system are also not recommended to get flu </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">vaccines</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">.<br />
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<b>The Present Swine Flu Threat</b><br />
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There was an </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">occurrence</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> of </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">swine</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> flu in the Philippines in 2007. The National Meat Inspection Service there raised a hog </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">cholera</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> red alert warning for the Manila </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">county</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">, then for five </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">regions</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> of Luzon after the </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">health</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">extent</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> to </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">backyard</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> pig </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">farms</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">.</span><br />
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The strain involved in the </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">near</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> 2009 </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">rash</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">involves</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> a </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">illness</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> similar to that found in U.S. pigs since 1999, but there are also resemblances to </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">versions</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">nearby</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> in European </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">boar</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">. One </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">hypothesis</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">believes</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> Asian and European </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">strains</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">traveled</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> to Mexico in </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">seasonal</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">birds</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">, or in people, then combined with North American </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">strains</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> in Mexican pig </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">plant</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">farms</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> before transmitted to Mexican farm </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">individual human resources</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">.<br />
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It's hard to believe but, according to an April 22 statement by the U.S. Center for Disease Control, there is no </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">state-owned</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">surveillance</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> system in </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">residence</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> to determine what </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">viruses</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> are </span><span class="hoverme"><span style="background-color: white;">circulating</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> in U.S. pigs.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644463162988005083.post-51769443594043551822010-05-21T17:17:00.007+05:302010-05-21T17:39:46.752+05:30Prevention Tips for Swine Flu<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBbcirt6mWAbz5OVwn_oSeik4x5d39I11thPYrLgSJPSDgbT5AcIrzVJwWpC8SX0jMzAw4BN5O6Mk9BzP6veXuMGiWnE_iluZRb_Zbhp1E0aRTiFAe_nj7-nK8OEal_ypMkd1AZeXGCBk/s1600/images+%284%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 105px; height: 119px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBbcirt6mWAbz5OVwn_oSeik4x5d39I11thPYrLgSJPSDgbT5AcIrzVJwWpC8SX0jMzAw4BN5O6Mk9BzP6veXuMGiWnE_iluZRb_Zbhp1E0aRTiFAe_nj7-nK8OEal_ypMkd1AZeXGCBk/s200/images+%284%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473694158465501090" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Swine flu H1 N1 Prevention Tips:<br /><br />Being world's one of big problems, Swine flu is a matter of concern. Recent study says that more than 100 cases are there in India only.<br />Few Ayurvedic Medicine for Swine Flu-H1 N1 can be effectively used to reduce lack of resistance capabilities.<br />Few tips are as follows:<br /><br />1. Take Giloy (Amta)’s one foot long branch and seven leaf of Tulsi and mix it and collect juice of this mixture in a pot and boil this juice and drink it. It increases our body resistant capacities up to three times.<br />2. Affected patient should be wrapped into a cotton cloth and should be remained isolated from others to prevent it from spreading.<br />3. People should use mustard oil and sesame oil to clean their nostrils thrice a day and swallow six to eight Tulsi leaves with water every day.<br />4. Black pepper and fenugreek are antiviral and toxin removers. Their mixed powder with butter milk shoul be taken.<br />5. Burning incense of neem, camphor can kill germs and virus in the air around.<br />6. Keep yourself and your house germ free to avoid any kind of infection, one should wash hands regularly as best practice.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIXv4_kOazKsS30UCkK_JlxPIbobr3Hhhuf6k73ATCrn7aVwPdcNABHg-ojHUuWaO8aBUVmWXhRDMmGekCgU2sHZj7WZLyKA3lFBdwFOR4MknfUCcsftuQKLN5X4pe1Yb5sPOXzdTbvQs/s1600/images+%283%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 98px; height: 116px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIXv4_kOazKsS30UCkK_JlxPIbobr3Hhhuf6k73ATCrn7aVwPdcNABHg-ojHUuWaO8aBUVmWXhRDMmGekCgU2sHZj7WZLyKA3lFBdwFOR4MknfUCcsftuQKLN5X4pe1Yb5sPOXzdTbvQs/s200/images+%283%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473694282113740274" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644463162988005083.post-87652836888921753322010-05-11T23:25:00.007+05:302010-05-11T23:51:53.802+05:30About Pandemic Flu<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><div><div>An infection (flu) sickness is at present being forecast by experts at the WHO.It is basically famous as "pandemic", Pan comes from Latin and Greek meaning across or around and Demos means populations.</div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Pandemic Alert:</span></div><div><br /></div><div>1. No viruses circulating among fauna have been reported to cause infections in humans.</div><div>2. An physical flu computer program is recognized to have caused septicity in humans.</div><div>3. An visceral or anthropoid-innate influenza disease has caused sporadic cases or small clusters of disease in general public, but it has not resulted in social-to-anthropological communication adequate to brook community-level outbreaks.</div><div>4. There is confirmed human-to-humanoid broadcast of an bodily or hominoid-instinctive cold worm able to cause community-level outbreaks.</div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Here are the key steps health experts suggest:</span></div><div>Wash your hands regularly with soap and water, especially after coughing or sneezing.</div><div>Avoid close connection with sick society.</div><div>Avoid stirring your opening, nose, or eyes.</div><div>If you're sick, stay at home. Cover your nose and outlet with a tissue when you sneeze, and shy the tissue in the refuse then.</div><div><br /></div></div></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644463162988005083.post-73200754736079890552010-05-09T13:16:00.000+05:302010-05-09T13:16:45.880+05:30Swine Flu<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value">Swine flu, <span class="hoverme">established</span> as 2009 H1N1 type of <span class="hoverme">virus</span>, is a threat at times.The <span class="hoverme">computer program</span> contains <span class="hoverme">genes</span> from <span class="hoverme">swine</span>, bird, and <span class="hoverme">anthropoid</span> flu viruses. Scientists are <span class="hoverme">silent</span> arguing <span class="hoverme">on the order of</span> what the <span class="hoverme">illness</span> should be called, but most people know it as the H1N1 flu <span class="hoverme">sickness</span>.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hV6KbWivWZ1x8nXB-T1aLxBdmfk9QdB1v5XTcFqXTd-0ckpqTOUopXYacmO25KC-MbW34ytVn0EGlLfk870nXG-3-lVmve9mLGgzsAaCTSgpfcrILkNf11qCY50w72VLaxM7af132Bmv/s1600/flu.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hV6KbWivWZ1x8nXB-T1aLxBdmfk9QdB1v5XTcFqXTd-0ckpqTOUopXYacmO25KC-MbW34ytVn0EGlLfk870nXG-3-lVmve9mLGgzsAaCTSgpfcrILkNf11qCY50w72VLaxM7af132Bmv/s200/flu.png" width="200" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><br />
The <span class="hoverme">swine</span> flu viruses that <span class="hoverme">extent</span> among pigs are different from <span class="hoverme">social</span> flu viruses. But <span class="hoverme">in fact </span>" flu" <span class="hoverme">epidemic</span> is <span class="hoverme">poles apart</span>. It's <span class="hoverme">caused</span> by a new <span class="hoverme">swine</span> flu <span class="hoverme">disease</span> that has <span class="hoverme">reformed</span> in ways that <span class="hoverme">tolerate</span> it to <span class="hoverme">banquet</span> from <span class="hoverme">mien</span> to <span class="hoverme">being</span> and it's happening among people who haven't had any <span class="hoverme">touching base</span> with pigs.<br />
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<b>Swine Flu Treatment:</b><br />
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1. Should Call your <span class="hoverme">expert</span> if you have been exposed to H1N1.<br />
2. Isolate the patient from others family members.<br />
3. Provide <span class="hoverme">well-defined</span> <span class="hoverme">fluids</span>.<br />
4. Use OTC <span class="hoverme">medicines</span> <span class="hoverme">other</span> than <span class="hoverme">aspirin</span>, to <span class="hoverme">pleasure</span> <span class="hoverme">symptoms</span> of <span class="hoverme">patients</span> <span class="hoverme">grown-up</span> than 4.<br />
5. Take Tamiflu or Relenza if <span class="hoverme">approved</span> by your <span class="hoverme">Doctor of Philosophy</span>. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrakRntKlP3PZ30CVzPJJhAfaYSwLZTr7CiKy5R5_z_dPkR1t048U2NEbfFdLxSvKeLAB5R-xNlbKSn3v5um8CRV2Nj2YYmqJvMpTXQ1EeBXPv_50BCYrgAWcMc4GgCtLsVsqmHPS22AJa/s1600/h1n1a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrakRntKlP3PZ30CVzPJJhAfaYSwLZTr7CiKy5R5_z_dPkR1t048U2NEbfFdLxSvKeLAB5R-xNlbKSn3v5um8CRV2Nj2YYmqJvMpTXQ1EeBXPv_50BCYrgAWcMc4GgCtLsVsqmHPS22AJa/s200/h1n1a.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><br />
<b>Precautionary actions for Swine Flu at Home:</b>1. Take <span class="hoverme">precautions</span> to avoid spreading the <span class="hoverme">syndrome</span> to any one else and should be Kept the patient <span class="hoverme">insular</span> from the rest of the household.<br />
2. The patient should <span class="hoverme">jacket</span> <span class="hoverme">coughs</span> and <span class="hoverme">sneezes and e</span>veryone in the house should be <span class="hoverme">way</span> <span class="hoverme">recurrent</span> hand washing.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value">3. Patients should avoid <span class="hoverme">connection</span> with people outside the home for 7 days after the first <span class="hoverme">symptoms</span> appear.<br />
4. Make sure the sick <span class="hoverme">creature</span> gets <span class="hoverme">lots</span> of rest and <span class="hoverme">obvious</span> <span class="hoverme">fluids</span>.CDC: Interim Guidance for Swine <span class="hoverme">influenza</span> A (H1N1)2<br />
5. Although over the <span class="hoverme">tent</span> <span class="hoverme">medications</span> may be useful in <span class="hoverme">alleviating</span> flu <span class="hoverme">symptoms</span>, do not give <span class="hoverme">medications</span> <span class="hoverme">containing</span> <span class="hoverme">aspirin</span> to <span class="hoverme">brood</span> or <span class="hoverme">teenagers</span> because of the <span class="hoverme">danger</span> of Reyes Syndrome.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBHcm5VZAOxb_mhvjmaq53k2yd400bpqMNlnU1gLa0nBSl7KhqM4tEH_Cr4ehntx5m5zyLvKtGkRWNJGPtII5mx5MKeRhCpVTIXiTbIxbEQm-Bw89gFAiaW-qiWp65ilJ74Maa5tmXi7G/s1600/swine-flu-outbreak_1391794c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBHcm5VZAOxb_mhvjmaq53k2yd400bpqMNlnU1gLa0nBSl7KhqM4tEH_Cr4ehntx5m5zyLvKtGkRWNJGPtII5mx5MKeRhCpVTIXiTbIxbEQm-Bw89gFAiaW-qiWp65ilJ74Maa5tmXi7G/s200/swine-flu-outbreak_1391794c.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><br />
<b>Prevention -</b> To <span class="hoverme">cut</span> the risk of <span class="hoverme">communicable</span> or spreading the <span class="hoverme">Trojan horse</span> you should:</span></span><ol><li><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="hoverme">cover</span> your mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing, <span class="hoverme">using</span> a tissue</span></span></li>
<li><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="hoverme">shawl</span> the tissue away <span class="hoverme">hastily</span> and carefully</span></span></li>
<li><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value">wash your <span class="hoverme">hands</span> <span class="hoverme">repeatedly</span> with soap and <span class="hoverme">sea</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="hoverme">tidy</span> hard surfaces (like door <span class="hoverme">handles</span> and <span class="hoverme">inaccessible</span> <span class="hoverme">wheel</span>) frequently with a normal cleaning product</span></span></li>
</ol></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644463162988005083.post-653078631647114392010-05-08T14:12:00.001+05:302010-05-08T14:15:46.733+05:30All about Swine Flu H1N1<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value">Swine flu is a <span class="hoverme">debasement</span> <span class="hoverme">caused</span> by an <span class="hoverme">infection</span>. It's <span class="hoverme">known as</span> for a <span class="hoverme">Trojan horse</span> that pigs can get. People do not <span class="hoverme">unexceptionally</span> get <span class="hoverme">swine</span> flu, but human <span class="hoverme">infections</span> can and do happen. The <span class="hoverme">virus</span> is <span class="hoverme">transmissible</span> and can passed from human to human. Symptoms of <span class="hoverme">pig</span> flu in <span class="hoverme">community</span> are similar to the <span class="hoverme">symptoms</span> of <span class="hoverme">set</span> human flu and <span class="hoverme">incorporate</span> <span class="hoverme">malaise</span>, <span class="hoverme">cough</span>, sore throat, body <span class="hoverme">aches</span>, headache, <span class="hoverme">chills</span> and <span class="hoverme">energy</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKy6J_DBQEI2deDnFbKFDF0gfKHIq6bgUMs_COl_byElifsWaqQd1lz0Bl0oh4f6B7gwKFjOzmtuFQ0DlcTUa0zBzkXpCd2y38J4JLvHCwf1NfSNvIaYFdGSMVbPrQ7xb9wEabTI7q3cO/s1600/swine_flu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKy6J_DBQEI2deDnFbKFDF0gfKHIq6bgUMs_COl_byElifsWaqQd1lz0Bl0oh4f6B7gwKFjOzmtuFQ0DlcTUa0zBzkXpCd2y38J4JLvHCwf1NfSNvIaYFdGSMVbPrQ7xb9wEabTI7q3cO/s200/swine_flu.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><br />
<b>There are antiviral </b><b><span class="hoverme">medicines</span> you can take to <span class="hoverme">thwart</span> or <span class="hoverme">extravagance</span> <span class="hoverme">boar</span> flu. There is a <span class="hoverme">vaccine</span> <span class="hoverme">obtainable</span> to protect against <span class="hoverme">hog</span> flu. You can help <span class="hoverme">nip in the bud</span> the <span class="hoverme">plantation</span> of germs that <span class="hoverme">effect</span> <span class="hoverme">breathing</span> <span class="hoverme">illnesses</span> like <span class="hoverme">influenza</span></b><b> by:</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><ol><li><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value">Covering your nose and <span class="hoverme">backchat</span> with a <span class="hoverme">muscle</span> when you <span class="hoverme">cough</span> or <span class="hoverme">sneeze</span>. Throw the <span class="hoverme">tissue</span> in the <span class="hoverme">rubbish</span> after you use it.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value">Washing your hands <span class="hoverme">seldom</span> with soap and <span class="hoverme">sea</span>, <span class="hoverme">specially</span> after you <span class="hoverme">cough</span> or <span class="hoverme">sneeze</span>. You can also use <span class="hoverme">alcohol</span>-<span class="hoverme">based</span> hand <span class="hoverme">cleaners</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value">Avoiding <span class="hoverme">sad</span> your eyes, nose or <span class="hoverme">aperture</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value">Trying to <span class="hoverme">circumvent</span> close <span class="hoverme">connection</span> with sick <span class="hoverme">inhabitants</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value">Staying home from work or <span class="hoverme">faculty</span> if you are sick.<a name='more'></a> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
</ol><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIsbG8bKjcqcYCrxkJTcn1Ojw2FwiJI-zAXQDL7b6uXoKM3A5C2VQ3DSMxE3JLd3NvdSnX87mYEnELNw47-_Ur_RaK9hI5Rg9OeAerzj3rAhGqseynoMoxGQSWAr8qWTnOqDy1f5poALP/s1600/flu.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIsbG8bKjcqcYCrxkJTcn1Ojw2FwiJI-zAXQDL7b6uXoKM3A5C2VQ3DSMxE3JLd3NvdSnX87mYEnELNw47-_Ur_RaK9hI5Rg9OeAerzj3rAhGqseynoMoxGQSWAr8qWTnOqDy1f5poALP/s200/flu.png" width="200" /></a><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><b>Swine Flu Symptoms:</b><br />
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Symptoms of the <span class="hoverme">boar</span> flu <span class="hoverme">faithfully</span> mimic <span class="hoverme">symptoms</span> of the seasonal flu. Swine flu <span class="hoverme">symptoms</span> to look for <span class="hoverme">contain</span> the following:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><ol><li><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value">General <span class="hoverme">weakness</span> and <span class="hoverme">lassitude</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value">High <span class="hoverme">class</span> <span class="hoverme">fanaticism</span> (of up to 104 <span class="hoverme">degrees</span> Fahrenheit)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value">Body <span class="hoverme">aches</span> and <span class="hoverme">chills</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value">Headache</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value">Dry <span class="hoverme">cough</span> (<span class="hoverme">cough</span> which does not <span class="hoverme">food</span> <span class="hoverme">unflappability</span>)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value">Congestion</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value">Runny Nose</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value">Sore Throat</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value">Gastrointestinal <span class="hoverme">symptoms</span> such as <span class="hoverme">vomiting</span> and <span class="hoverme">diarrhea</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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Most <span class="hoverme">adults</span> who get the <span class="hoverme">swine</span> flu will not <span class="hoverme">have need of</span> professional <span class="hoverme">homeopathic</span> <span class="hoverme">medication</span>. Remember to get plenty of rest and drink plenty of clear <span class="hoverme">fluids</span>. Acetaminophen or <span class="hoverme">ibuprofen</span> can be <span class="hoverme">booked</span> to combat the <span class="hoverme">infection</span>, headache, and <span class="hoverme">might</span> <span class="hoverme">aches</span> commonly <span class="hoverme">linked</span> with the flu. Decongestants can help with the <span class="hoverme">muffled</span> and <span class="hoverme">rib cage</span> congestion. A <span class="hoverme">humidifier</span> can be used to <span class="hoverme">spray</span> the air in a room, making it <span class="hoverme">easier</span> to breathe. Antiviral <span class="hoverme">medications</span> are <span class="hoverme">offered</span> to help the body <span class="hoverme">combat</span> off the <span class="hoverme">disease</span>. Consult a <span class="hoverme">expert</span> or <span class="hoverme">posologist</span> before <span class="hoverme">charming</span> any medication, <span class="hoverme">uniquely</span> if the individual has <span class="hoverme">curative</span> <span class="hoverme">surroundings</span> such as high <span class="hoverme">lineage</span> pressure, diabetes, or are <span class="hoverme">expectant</span> or <span class="hoverme">nursing</span>.<br />
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<b>Swine Flu Prevention</b><br />
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Hand <span class="hoverme">washing</span> is the best way to <span class="hoverme">avoid</span> the flu. Wash hands with soap and <span class="hoverme">water</span> for at least 20 seconds. If soap and <span class="hoverme">marine</span> is <span class="hoverme">unattainable</span> use an <span class="hoverme">liquor</span> <span class="hoverme">based</span> hand <span class="hoverme">sanitizer</span>. Clean <span class="hoverme">surfaces</span> with <span class="hoverme">antibacterial</span> <span class="hoverme">jet</span> or wipes. Plastic toys can be cleaned by placing them in a <span class="hoverme">pail</span> of <span class="hoverme">aquatic</span> and bleach <span class="hoverme">solution</span> using one part bleach to ten parts <span class="hoverme">river</span>. Make sure that the <span class="hoverme">fake</span> toys are <span class="hoverme">exhaustively</span> <span class="hoverme">rinsed</span> and dry before giving them back to <span class="hoverme">kids</span>. Covering a <span class="hoverme">cough</span> or <span class="hoverme">sneeze</span> can help stop the <span class="hoverme">suppurating</span> <span class="hoverme">condensation</span> from <span class="hoverme">reaching</span> <span class="hoverme">populace</span> or <span class="hoverme">objects</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIQ2kfBSn2mx_7vBBAOdRnXLDrNrrT0_gwNGrPC-DcWGVmUTIDS3ekvuxbXZWct9s2iyaOlLG5XQgMMgsQDx1NROPx86yBJu4pbKUK8GjwyzCcaXjyLGMCluFom7a-s6MD5bsBI8-rCzm/s1600/swine-flu-outbreak_1391794c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIQ2kfBSn2mx_7vBBAOdRnXLDrNrrT0_gwNGrPC-DcWGVmUTIDS3ekvuxbXZWct9s2iyaOlLG5XQgMMgsQDx1NROPx86yBJu4pbKUK8GjwyzCcaXjyLGMCluFom7a-s6MD5bsBI8-rCzm/s200/swine-flu-outbreak_1391794c.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value"><span class="attribute-value">The <span class="hoverme">boar</span> flu is a highly <span class="hoverme">communicable</span> <span class="hoverme">sickness</span> that is <span class="hoverme">by a long way</span> <span class="hoverme">variety</span> from one <span class="hoverme">persona</span> to <span class="hoverme">additional</span>. Recognizing <span class="hoverme">symptoms</span> of the <span class="hoverme">swine</span> flu can help a <span class="hoverme">creature</span> <span class="hoverme">characterize</span> and <span class="hoverme">indulgence</span> the illness. Most <span class="hoverme">general public</span> who <span class="hoverme">catch</span> the <span class="hoverme">pig</span> flu can be <span class="hoverme">undoubtedly</span> <span class="hoverme">treated</span> with <span class="hoverme">temperature</span> <span class="hoverme">reducing</span> <span class="hoverme">medications</span> such as <span class="hoverme">acetaminophen</span> or <span class="hoverme">ibuprofen</span>, decongestants, and antiviral <span class="hoverme">medications</span>. The best way to <span class="hoverme">stop</span> the flu is by <span class="hoverme">repeated</span> hand <span class="hoverme">coating</span> with soap and <span class="hoverme">water</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644463162988005083.post-1719496984243711102010-04-03T09:19:00.000+05:302010-04-03T09:19:45.829+05:30Texas Kids Need 2nd Swine Flu ShotThousands of kids in Texas may not be fully protected against the H1N1 flu virus, even though they've already had one swine flu shot.<br />
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Children younger than 10 years old need a second dose of vaccine to reach a higher level of protection. But most Texas children younger than 10 who received the first shot have not come back for the second, according to numbers from a state system that tracks childhood immunizations.<br />
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"It's really a good idea to get that second dose to make sure that your child has that adequate level of protection," said Dr. John Carlo, medical director for the Dallas County Health Department.<br />
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According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, 77 percent of children younger than 10 who received the first dose of vaccine have not received the second.<br />
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Doctors caution that number may not be entirely accurate because reporting to the state's ImmTrac system is not always complete. But health officials say the numbers at least show there are more parents who need a reminder to get a double dose of protection for their kids.<br />
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Stacia Miller of Mansfield recently got a reminder to bring her daughter, Trinity, in to her pediatrician's office for a second dose.<br />
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"I want her body to be fully protected as it can be," Miller said.<br />
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But getting that second shot has not always been easy. Some clinics reported shortages around the time many kids were due for their second vaccine last fall.<br />
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And then the flu largely faded from media coverage as cases died down.<br />
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"The fact that it hit so early in September and was really bad for three weeks -- that got a lot of people in here, and then afterward, everyone was like, 'What's the big deal now?'" said Dr. Laurie Gray, a pediatrician with Cook Children's. <br />
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Millions of doses of vaccine are set to expire in June. By mid-summer, Texas will have less than 4.3 million doses left of the more than 11 million doses shipped to the state. Still, it is widely available at the moment at health departments and pharmacies.<br />
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Doctors expect H1N1 could make a comeback this summer as kids congregate at summer camps, playgrounds and swimming pools. And the CDC has already reported small spikes in cases in Georgia, especially in areas with lower vaccination rates. <br />
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"We can't say that the season's over or that we're out of the woods yet," Carlo said.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644463162988005083.post-20497342325750071272010-03-21T13:31:00.000+05:302010-03-21T13:31:22.466+05:30Critical illness glues along pregnant ladies with swine flueports from the latest study stated that <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">pregnant women</span> with swine flu are 13 times more prone to critical illnesses than non-pregnant women infected with H1N1. <br />
The <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2">research</span>, which was conducted by bmj. com, took an account of pregnant women in Australia and New Zealand.<br />
The research found that 11 per cent of mothers and 12 per cent of the babies died when they were admitted to intensive care with swine flu. <br />
The research was a joint effort of the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care (ANZIC) Influenza Investigators and the Australasian Maternity Outcomes <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1">Surveillance System</span>. In this researchers headed by Dr. Ian Seppelt checked out the data pertaining to women suffering from swine flu, both those who are pregnant and those who had given birth within the last 28 days, between 1 June and 31 August 2009. <br />
It was finally revealed that the ones who were more than 20 weeks pregnant were 13 times more to catch any sort of illness and be admitted to an ICU than non-pregnant women who had swine flu. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">more......topnews.in/ </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644463162988005083.post-30354887066243810992010-03-21T13:29:00.000+05:302010-03-21T13:29:37.096+05:30Swine flu blamed for rise in pregnancy deathsThe swine flu virus is being blamed for a leap in the number of pregnant women dying in New Zealand and Australia.<br />
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New research has found 11 per cent of pregnant mothers admitted to intensive care in Australia later died of swine flu, or H1N1. Twelve per cent of their babies also died.<br />
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The study, published in the British Medical Journal this week, comes from analysis of intensive care records during last winter.<br />
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Of 209 women of child-bearing age placed in intensive care with swine flu, 64 were pregnant or had recently given birth. Seven of those died, including four in New Zealand.<br />
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Researcher Claire McLintock, from Auckland Hospital, said the small numbers in the survey meant they could not draw wide-ranging conclusions about the high number of New Zealand women who died.<br />
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McLintock said: "There's normally very few deaths in pregnancy, only a handful each year. Worldwide there will be a big spike in pregnancy-related deaths for 2009 because of H1N1."<br />
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None of the 64 pregnant women had received the flu vaccine, despite it being free and encouraged for pregnant women.<br />
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Christchurch woman Melissa McDonnell was six months' pregnant when she contracted swine flu.<br />
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She said she was unsure what effect the virus would have on her and her unborn baby.<br />
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"No one knew what it was going to be like for pregnant women.<br />
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"I didn't want to take the Tamiflu vaccine; but if I had broken into a serious fever, I would have."<br />
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McDonnell said eating well and lots of sleep helped her through. She now has a healthy 5-month-old daughter, Georgia.<br />
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Norma Campbell from the New Zealand College of Midwives was not surprised by the findings.<br />
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"Certainly we do know pregnant women are far more at risk and it would seem to be they are later in pregnancy.<br />
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"All through history women who are pregnant are more at risk of influenza and H1N1 seems to be particularly so."<br />
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Almost 15,000 people died during the 2009 swine flu pandemic. Nineteen New Zealanders are believed to have been among them.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644463162988005083.post-10952695113754979652010-03-16T21:39:00.004+05:302010-03-16T21:44:44.727+05:30BJP walks out of Rajasthan Assembly over swine flu<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3b3a39; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<div class="body" style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">The opposition BJP members walked out of the Rajasthan Assembly for the second successive day on Tuesday expressing dissatisfaction over government steps to control the spread of swine flu. They alleged that the official measures were insufficient and had failed to prevent a large number of deaths across the State.</div><div class="body" style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">The matter came up during Question Hour when three BJP MLAs sought to know the number of persons found positive with symptoms of H1N1 virus infection and those who had died of the disease. They also asked for information on preventive steps as well as the norms for establishing swine flu testing laboratories.</div><div class="body" style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Medical and Health Minister Aimaduddin Ahmed Khan's reply failed to convince the questioners, who said he was “beating about the bush” and demanded that the Government come clean about its plans for dealing with the dreaded disease.</div><div class="body" style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Mr. Khan's reply, running into 13 pages, consumed more than half of the Question Hour. The BJP members – Mohanlal Gupta, Kalicharan Saraf and Bhawani Singh Rajawat – who had asked the question, listed as the first item in the day's schedule, protested against “jugglery of facts and figures” and an attempt to mislead the House.</div><div class="body" style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">The Minister admitted that 3,361 patients had been found suffering from H1N1 influenza and 196 had died till March 9.</div><div class="body" style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">When Mr. Khan said there were indications that the global pharmaceutical companies had a “vested interest” in swine flu being declared a pandemic disease in the developing countries, the BJP MLAs created a din saying the international propaganda had nothing to do with the measures expected of the State Government to control its spread.</div><div class="body" style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Mr. Khan said several international newspapers had raised the issue of the World Health Organisation allegedly getting money from influential drug manufacturers on the pretext of conducting research on H1N1 influenza virus.</div><div class="body" style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">With the Question Hour nearing its end, the BJP members registered their protest against the Minister's reply with the allegation that he was trying to evade his responsibility and walked out.<br />
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Source : http://beta.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article248150.ece</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644463162988005083.post-88023919133033826612010-03-16T21:38:00.001+05:302010-03-16T21:44:16.228+05:30WHO : Global swine flu toll reaches 16,713<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">GENEVA — Swine flu has claimed at least 16,713 lives around the world since it was first uncovered in Mexico and the United States last April, the World Health Organisation said Friday.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The pandemic, which has spread to 213 countries and territories, has since waned in much of Europe and North America, but data indicated that transmission may be increasing in West Africa.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"In Sub-Saharan Africa, limited data suggests that on-going community transmission of pandemic influenza virus continues to increase in parts of West Africa, without clear evidence of a peak in activity," said the WHO.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">More cases were being detected in Senegal, Ivory Coast and Rwanda, it said.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The A(H1N1) virus was also spreading in Southeast Asia, with transmission "most active in Thailand," added the UN health agency.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">More ..http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g-7lLAUKg7E8EhrZwtwwmytJaFnQ</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644463162988005083.post-27821178688738622942010-02-20T12:05:00.000+05:302010-02-20T12:05:51.104+05:3057 million Americans hit by Swine flu, kills 17,000 The deadly H1N1 influenza virus, also known as swine flu, may have affected more than 57 million Americans and killed as many as 17,000 of them, according to new official estimates.<br />
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Though 2,498 confirmed deaths linked to the H1N1 virus had been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta as of January 30, the agency estimates that between 8,330 and 17,160 people actually have died from H1N1.<br />
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The overwhelming majority of the people who died - between 6,390 and 13,170 - were 18 to 64 years old, according to the CDC estimates released Friday. Between 880 and 1,810 children 17 years old and younger also died from this flu, it estimated.<br />
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In comparison, the CDC says that in a regular flu season, about 36,000 people in the United States die from seasonal flu, with 90 percent of the deaths usually occurring in people age 65 and older.<br />
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While the new figures show the H1N1 pandemic virus is still spreading, they also reflect a slowdown in the transmission of the illnesses since last October. The CDC had last estimated about 55 million Americans had been sickened, 246,000 were hospitalised and about 11,100 had died through mid-December.<br />
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While health officials have yet to declare the end of the influenza pandemic, a new round of widespread illness is increasingly unlikely now that a substantial portion of the American population has been either sickened by or vaccinated against the H1N1 pandemic virus. About 70 million people have been vaccinated.<br />
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In a separate weekly report of H1N1 influenza activity, the CDC said most influenza strains circulating as of Feb 6 are the H1N1 strain and not strains that cause seasonal influenza.<br />
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As of Feb 6, the majority of states reported “sporadic” transmission of the H1N1 virus, the CDC said. However, the CDC said doctor visits for influenza-like illnesses increased slightly over the previous week but “remain low overall.”Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644463162988005083.post-48099864097380679492010-02-20T12:01:00.000+05:302010-02-20T12:01:32.392+05:30Fifth Swine Flu Vaccine recommendation by European regulator.LONDON — The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) on Friday recommended a swine flu pandemic vaccine produced by French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis for European use.<br />
"The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the granting of a conditional marketing authorisation for Humenza from Sanofi Pasteur," the EMEA said in a brief statement.<br />
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"This is the fifth pandemic vaccine recommended for use by the committee, and the second to be assessed using an emergency procedure which fast-tracks the evaluation of new vaccines developed during a pandemic influenza."<br />
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The other four swine flu vaccines are<br />
Arepanrix and Pandemrix, both produced by British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline,<br />
Focetria from Swiss peer Novartis,<br />
and Celvapan which is made by US firm Baxter.<br />
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Celvapan, Focetria and Pandemrix have all won approval for use from the European Commission. However, Arepanrix has not yet been cleared for European usage.<br />
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The World Health Organisation's emergency panel of swine flu experts will meet later this month to formally determine whether the pandemic has passed its peak.<br />
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The A(H1N1) flu pandemic was generally tailing off in most parts of the world and appeared to be entering a transitional period, according to the UN health agency.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644463162988005083.post-54361664226266217112010-01-23T16:20:00.002+05:302010-01-23T16:20:38.119+05:30Swine FluDuring the past week, less than 5,000 people were affected by swine flu. The Chief <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2">Medical Officer</span>, Sir Liam <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">Donaldson</span>, said in a statement, “Levels of pandemic ‘flu are currently very low, virtually concluding the second wave of the infection in this country.”<br />
He further informed that the hospitals still have 211 patients of swine flu in England out of which 62 are in critical beds. He also says that for most people it has been a serious illness but children and younger adults developed serious conditions.<br />
In England alone, there have been 28 more swine flu deaths since the last set of figures were announced, making the total figure go up to 279. The total number of deaths across UK amount to <br />
390.<br />
Even children and pregnant women have died with swine flu. This includes 21 deaths in children below five years of age and 12 pregnant women. Adults above the age of 65 were less than a fifth of the totalswine flu deaths. <br />
The reason for fewer deaths, in adults above 65 years of age, is that they develop immunity to previous pandemics during their lives.<br />
People who died of swine flu in England had a moderate or severe underlying health condition.<br />
Under the swine flu vaccination programme in England, 3.7 million jabs have been given to priority groups. These groups included 132,000 pregnant women and 214,000 healthy children in the new six months to five year old group.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644463162988005083.post-15260963875316615842010-01-20T16:37:00.000+05:302010-01-23T16:39:43.408+05:30Swine flu vaccine in four to seven monthsNew Delhi: India is at the forefront of developing a swine flu vaccine that will be available in "four to seven months", the government announced Friday as 96 new infections were reported.<br />
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Speaking to reporters here Friday, union Health Secretary Naresh Dayal said: "The process has been already set in motion and India is at the forefront of developing a vaccine."<br />
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"But the vaccine will be available by four to seven months from now," he added.<br />
There is no known vaccine so far to tackle the virus that has infected over 700 people in the country so far.<br />
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Dayal said the World Health Organisation had given the "seed stock" of the influenza A (H1N1) virus to India.<br />
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The seed stock is the cultured virus, which has the highest vaccine immunity and is commonly present in majority of the affected cases. If the vaccine is developed from the seed virus then it is likely to be effective for other strains.<br />
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In India, three pharmaceutical companies - Serum Institute of India, Bharat Biotech and Panacea Biotech - are working on developing the vaccine.<br />
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The WHO is already collaborating with the Serum Institute of India for developing a seasonal flu vaccine.<br />
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Dayal said Serum Institute of India has made a lot of progress and started animal testing of the vaccine.<br />
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No need to panic over swine flu: Govt<br />
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As panic gripped people in the metros over swine flu and a record 96 new cases came up, the Indian government Friday assured that it was equipped to tackle the virus that has killed one and infected over 700 people so far in the country.<br />
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The government also announced a slew of steps to tackle the fast-spreading flu, including decentralising the drug supply and allowing accredited private laboratories to conduct the tests.<br />
Union Health Secretary Naresh Dayal said the government is decentralising the availability of the Tamiflu drug in the country so that there is no paucity and is ready to allow accredited private laboratories to conduct the test to detect the virus provided they have the facilities.<br />
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"A lot of panic has been created in the last two days, especially since the death of the girl in Pune. There is no cause for people to go into panic mode," Dayal told a press conference here.<br />
Rida Shaikh, 14, died in Pune Monday of swine flu, and health officials blamed the death to "delayed treatment".Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644463162988005083.post-28541397371967080802010-01-05T16:32:00.000+05:302010-01-23T16:43:25.303+05:30Schoolchildren In Some areas Had Swine FluEstimates were based on the numbers of people seeing their GP or contacting the flu line with symptoms but this did not capture the cases which were mild or had no symptoms, the Health Protection Agency experts said.<br />
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In an article published online in The Lancet medical journal Prof Elizabeth Miller and colleagues described how blood samples taken before and after the swine flu outbreak has found many more people had the disease.<br />
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Before the outbreak only 1.8 per cent of children aged up to four years had any immunity against H1N1 rising to almost a third of people over 80 who were probably exposed to very similar viruses in previous pandemics.<br />
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But in August and September the proportion of children aged up to four with H1N1 antibodies rose to one fifth in London and the West Midlands. Almost half of children aged between five and 14 had antibodies, they said.<br />
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Prof Miller wrote: “Rates of infection with 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza in the first wave were greatest in children younger than 15 years of age, with an estimated 45 per cent of schoolchildren aged five to 14 years being infected in high incidence regions.<br />
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"This finding is consistent with the high level of susceptibility in children and the increased potential for transmission that occurs within schools. We also showed substantial differences between regions in the extent of infection during the first wave.<br />
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“This serological study shows the true extent of H1N1 infection in the initial wave of the pandemic in England in 2009. Its findings should be applicable to other countries that have experienced a similar first wave.”<br />
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In a separate study it was found that because so many children were infected in the first wave that by the time the second wave hit, after the schools reopened in September, there was little impact the vaccine could make on the spread of the disease.<br />
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This supports the approach taken by government to vaccinate people at risk of complications if they contracted swine flu rather than a blanket programme aimed at slowing the spread of the disease.<br />
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Prof Miller added “This model, together with the serological data, would suggest that by the time vaccine became available in the UK in late October, 2009, the potential for mitigating the overall effect of the second wave by vaccination was limited.<br />
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“Around one child in every three was infected with 2009 pandemic H1N1 in the first wave of infection in regions with a high incidence, ten times more than estimated from clinical surveillance. Pre-existing antibody in older age groups protects against infection. Children have an important role in transmission of influenza and would be a key target group for vaccination both for their protection and for the protection of others through herd immunity.”Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644463162988005083.post-76919684526342187442009-12-20T16:33:00.000+05:302010-01-23T16:42:55.201+05:3012 more suspected H1N1 cases in MumbaiMumbai: Twelve suspected swine flu patients were today quarantined at the civic body-run Kasturba Hospital here following symptoms of H1N1 as panicked citizens queued up outside the hospital for check up. Outside the Kasturba Hospital in South Mumbai, which is the referral hospital to quarantine swine flu cases, a large number of people gathered since morning.<br />
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The hospital authorities counselled them, checked all the patients who came with fever or throat infection and asked them to take rest and not to panic. "After the Maharashtra government advised yesterday that people with suspected H1N1 virus infection should go to the government specified hospital and not to any private hospital, today at least 50 people came to our hospital for check-up for various symptoms," Dr Umesh Aigel, Superintendent of the hospital told PTI. "We are giving counseling to those who came just for a check-up as they do want to take any chance with their kin having fever or any throat infections," he said.<br />
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"We checked all of them and send them back," he said. 16 more beds were arranged at the hospital to cope with the additional rush, the official said.<br />
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Currently three confirmed flu patients are undergoing treatment in the hospital with Tamiflu and antibiotics, he added.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644463162988005083.post-50837403762028249552009-12-05T16:23:00.001+05:302010-01-23T16:26:41.733+05:30swine flu death in pandemic PunePune, Aug 3 (IANS) Days after Pune was declared a pandemic city for swine flu, a 14-year-old girl succumbed to the virus there Monday - making it India’s first death due to influenza A(H1N1). The girl was suffering from the flu for over a fortnight and died due to “delayed treatment”, health officials said.<br />
Meanwhile, seven more people tested positive for the flu Monday, taking the total number of cases to 558 in the country. Of these, 470 patients have been discharged after treatment. About 2,479 people have been tested so far. <br />
Confirming news of the death, union Health Secretary Naresh Dayal said in New Delhi that the girl was given anti-flu medicine at a very late stage.<br />
“It appears she was treated late. If she had been treated earlier, she could have been saved,” Dayal told a news channel. “It is a matter of concern,” he added.<br />
“The deceased patient, Riya Shaikh, had been admitted to Jehangir Hospital, a private hospital, July 21. As per preliminary information, she passed away this evening,” a health official in Pune told IANS.<br />
Pune, which has already become the country’s swine-flu capital, notched 102 patients Monday, of whom 86 are children, mostly school students, he said.<br />
The girl had consulted a general practitioner when she first reported flu-like symptoms - sore throat, runny nose, headache - on July 21. When her condition improved, she joined school on July 23. <br />
“She again developed fever on July 25, for which she consulted another private practitioner. Her fever continued and she was admitted to a private nursing home in Pune July 27,” according to a health ministry statement. <br />
Her condition worsened and she was shifted to the ICU and put on the ventilator on July 29. “The patient’s lung aspirate was sent to the NIV (National Institute of Virology) on July 31 and was tested positive for swine flu.” <br />
She was put on Oseltamivir or Tamiflu on July 30. “Her condition deteriorated again with multi-system involvement and she expired on the evening of August 3,” the statement said. <br />
Health officials are flummoxed how a serious patient of H1N1 could remain under treatment in a private hospital and are inquiring whether the case was notified to the authorities or not, especially since Pune had been declared a ‘pandemic’ city last month.<br />
Dilip Bhan, divisional commissioner of Pune, maintained: “We were not aware of the patient. She had taken private treatment. People should not go to private hospitals and instead get themselves admitted to government hospitals.” <br />
“After the death we have all become very conscious and alert. We are taking every precautionary measure to ensure that no more deaths take place,” he added <br />
The health ministry said the Pune hospital staff, including three doctors and a nurse, who had treated the girl and had developed respiratory symptoms were being treated with Oseltamivir. <br />
“About 85 other hospital contacts have been put on prophylaxis, while 31 contacts, including 11 family contacts, have also been put on chemoprophylaxis,” it added. <br />
Dayal said they have already issued guidelines regarding swine flu to schools as it is mostly affecting children.<br />
Asked if the government has issued any guidelines of closing down the schools, he said: “Guidelines are very clear. If a child is suffering from swine flu virus he should not come to school and get himself isolated. We have not recommended closing down of schools.”<br />
He said they are monitoring the situation and would take action and review the situation following the girl’s death.<br />
Dayal also said the government has enough stock of anti-flu medicines and if the need arose they would be able to acquire more. Since Tamiflu is available only in select government hospitals, Dayal said the government would review the situation.<br />
Most of the cases are being reported from the metros as the infected people were returning from foreign jaunts.<br />
“(More cases) will happen,” he said, adding that at the time people return to India they do not exhibit symptoms of the flu, which has an incubation period of seven-10 days. “The symptoms develop later,” Dayal said.<br />
He added that one third of the people who test positive for swine flu are those identified at the entry point, while the rest are cases who report themselves later.<br />
“The infection is largely from abroad and is mainly confined to cities. No case has been reported from rural areas,” he added.<br />
Dayal stressed that testing for swine flu can’t be done in private hospitals.<br />
“Testing can’t be done in every hospital lab. Certain care has to be taken while taking samples. The doctor or the technician has to wear protective gear. If it is not taken carefully, more people could be infected,” he added.<br />
Asked if India has handled the swine flu cases properly, he said: “We have handled it better than other countries. We have only one death from the virus.” <br />
On Monday, seven positive cases were reported in the country - Delhi (2), Pune (3), Chennai (1) and Ahmedabad (1).<br />
Health officials said an 11-year-old boy in Delhi contracted the virus from another person.<br />
Pune continued to report swine flu, with three new cases, including two children. They contracted the virus in school.<br />
In Chennai, an eight-year-old boy, who had arrived from Muscat on July 29, tested positive.<br />
In Ahmedabad, a 27 year-old woman doctor who was on airport screening duty, reported with flu-like symptoms on July 30. <br />
In Maharashtra, the number of cases rose to 147 Monday - with 102 in Pune, 20 in Mumbai, 23 in the hill-station of Panchgani, and two in Thane.<br />
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) till July 27, about 134,503 laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1) have been reported. About 816 deaths have been reported, mostly from Mexico and the US.<br />
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The highest incidence of severe H1N1 occurred in Manitoba, where 45 residents of the province were admitted to an ICU. As of September 5, 2009, there had been 795 laboratory confirmed cases of H1N1 in the province where location of treatment could be determined. Seventy-two percent (569) of patients remained in the community, 23% (181) were admitted to hospital but not the ICU and 6% (45) were admitted to the ICU. The mean age of people with H1N1 was 25.3 years old. <br />
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In this study, which included all confirmed H1N1 cases in Manitoba, the authors found that longer intervals from symptom onset to eventual treatment with antivirals (<a href="http://www.medilexicon.com/drugs/tamiflu_capsule.php" target="_blank" title="More information on Tamiflu capsule. External link">Tamiflu</a>) were strongly associated with more severe disease necessitating admission to an intensive care unit. Those who had untreated symptoms the longest required more life support, compared to people who were treated within 48 hours. <br />
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"Of course not everyone with H1N1 symptoms requires treatment, but this finding underscores the importance of prompt medical therapy for those experiencing serious symptoms, such as shortness of breath, in patients with underlying medical conditions, and among First Nations people," states lead researcher Dr. Ryan Zarychanski. <br />
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In the study, Dr. Zarychanski and colleagues also found that First Nations ethnicity was associated with severe H1N1 disease requiring ICU admission. The proportion of First Nations people increased as the severity of disease increased; 28% of confirmed H1N1 cases in the community occurred in First Nations people, compared with 54% of hospital admissions and 60% of admissions to the ICU. Similar trends have been observed in Aboriginal communities in Australia and New Zealand. This is "consistent with historical records from the 1918 Spanish <a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/15107.php" title="What is Flu? What is Influenza? What are the Symptoms of Flu?">influenza</a> pandemic, during which mortality in Aboriginal communities was far higher than in non-Aboriginal communities," write the authors. While the authors note that a genetic predisposition hypothesis is interesting, Aboriginal peoples in Canada, Australia and the Torres Strait do not share common ancestry. "What they do have in common is a history of colonization, combined with historic and continuing social inequities that have led to significant health disparities," write the authors. They also suggest the increased risk for First Nations peoples may be because of substandard living conditions, low income, diet, additional health issues or lack of access to health care.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644463162988005083.post-61772501718782631402009-11-05T16:11:00.001+05:302010-01-23T16:19:05.882+05:30Swine FluSeven more peope have died of influenza A (H1N1) in India, taking the toll due to the swine flu pandemic in the country so far to 1170, an official statement said here today.<br />
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Two of the deaths, both in Gujarat, were reported during the day. Besides, reports of five deaths that occurred in recent days - three in Maharashtra and one each in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh - were conveyed by the authorities of the states concerned to the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare today.<br />
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Of the total swine flu deaths in the country so far, Maharashtra now accounts for 306, while 208 lives have been lost in Gujarat, 172 Rajasthan, 141 in Karnataka, 90 in Delhi, 52 in Andhra Pradesh, 38 in Punjab, 36 in Kerala, 33 in Haryana, 19 in Madhya Pradesh, 18 in Uttar Pradesh, 13 in Uttarakhand, 8 each in Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh, 7 in Tamil Nadu, 6 in Puducherry, 5 in Goa, 3 in Orissa, 2 each in Assam, Jammu & Kashmir and Chhattisgarh and 1 in Mizoram.<br />
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The statement said 47 new cases of swine flu were reported from different parts of India today, including 19 in Maharashtra, 10 in Gujarat, 8 in Karnataka, 7 in Uttar Pradesh, 2 in Haryana and 1 in Madhya Pradesh.<br />
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With these, the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus reported in the country so far has gone up to 28,512, the statement added.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644463162988005083.post-17398997195728935542009-10-14T12:11:00.000+05:302009-10-14T12:11:39.104+05:30Saudi Aarabia Health Ministery requested people to avoid Haj pilgrimageThe WHO, which declared a swine flu pandemic in June, said the total number of laboratory confirmed cases worldwide is now over 318,925, but this estimate is significantly lower than the actual number of cases that have occurred, as many countries have stopped testing and reporting individual cases, particularly the milder ones.<br />
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Saudi Arabian has written to several swine flu-affected countries, including India, advising those at a high risk of catching swine flu, like children, pregnant women and people suffering from chronic ailments, to avoid Haj pilgrimage and help curb the spread of the pandemic.<br />
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"Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, recommends that elderly, pregnant women, people with chronic diseases and children should postpone the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages this year for their own safety," the advisory from Saudi Arabia said.<br />
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According to India's health ministry, those wishing to go on the pilgrimage would be medically examined for the symptoms of influenza A (H1N1) at the point of embarkation, that is at the place where booking of pilgrims takes place in their respective states.<br />
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</div>India's swine flu influenza A (H1N1) virus toll raised to 290 after five more deaths - out of which one case came to light in Andhra Pradesh and other four from Karnataka on Saturday. <br />
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From Andhra Pradesh some more suspected Swine Flu deaths have been reported but health Authorities in New Delhi said that they are awaiting confirmation reports from laboratory.<br />
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Moreover, fresh 208 Swine Flu cases were reported all over the country taking India toll of Infected People with swine flu influenza A (H1N1) virus to 9,492. These fresh cases were reported from Delhi (66), Tamil Nadu (32), Maharashtra (32), Andhra Pradesh (24), Karnataka (18), Kerala (13) and Haryana (13).<br />
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Since the outbreak of this deadly virus known as swine flu, a total of 3,917 people have died globally. Out of these, alone 2,948 deaths occured in America. The second highest death rate that is 362 are occured in West Pacific. After that four WHO regional offices in Southeast Asia, Europe, East Mediterranean and Africa reported 340, 154, 72 and 41 deaths respectively.<br />
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CDC held a media briefing pn Swine Flu. There MD, Director of CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Annie Schuchat, said ''Unfortunately we are seeing more illness, more hospitalizations, and more deaths."<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Virtually all, she says, is due to the H1N1 virus. By this date 37 states of US has been infected due to Swine Flu virus and last week nineteen pediatric deaths were reported added Annie Schuchat,. "We are now up to 76 children having died'' this year from swine flu -- many more already, she said, than the typical toll from influenza in past years.<br />
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</div>From Aug. 30 to Oct. 3, 1,784 U.S. adults and children have died from pneumonia or influenza of all types, according to the CDC.<br />
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<a href="http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20091009/swine-flu-cases-rise-cdc-urges-vaccination"> For more report </a><br />
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The vaccine against seasonal influenza does not typically contain an adjuvant. Some, however, contain an oil in water emulsion containing squalene (MF59 of Novartis). <br />
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Vaccines against influenza A (H1N1) occurred either without adjuvant (especially the U.S.) with an adjuvant containing squalene (especially in Europe).<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Squalene, said WHO is a substance found naturally in plants, animals and humans. In humans, it is synthesized in the liver. It is commercially extracted from fish oil. <br />
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"Since 1997, 22 million doses of flu vaccine from Chiron (the FLUAD) were administered without safety concerns. The vaccine contains about 10 mg of squalene per dose and he was not associated with any serious adverse reaction. It has been observed some moderate local reactions, "says the WHO. <br />
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The effects of this adjuvant, however, are little known on special populations such as pregnant women, immunocompromised persons or very young children. The High Council of Public Health (HCSP) recommends the use of non-adjuvanted vaccines for children 6 to 23 months, pregnant women and immunocompromised individuals. <br />
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In Canada, GlaxoSmithKline will provide a version without adjuvant, which will be offered to pregnant women.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> The French authorities advise not to delay the seasonal vaccine, then to meet a deadline of at least three weeks before receiving the pandemic vaccine, as recommended by the High Council of Public Health. <br />
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People over 65, those suffering from certain illnesses, those residing in a medical facility in the medium or long stay and health professionals are covered by the vaccination for seasonal influenza. More than 9 million policyholders Monday will receive a voucher that will allow them to get free, from Friday, September 25, the vaccine in their pharmacy.<br />
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The seniors do not, however, among the first people targeted for vaccination against influenza A H1N1, which will be ready in October, because they would be even better protected against pandemic viruses because their immune system has already met with the same virus type . those priorities for the new vaccine against influenza are pregnant women, young children, immunocompromised patients and caregivers. <br />
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Seasonal flu annually affects 2.5 million people in France. It causes about 2,500 deaths per year, of which 90% are over 65 years.<br />
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<b>>> 5'382 (5'676) dead:</b><br />
<ul><li><b>Americas (4'061-4'353)</b> 1'529 in the United States, 899 (1'114) to Brazil, Argentina 538, 231 (308) in Mexico, 143 in Peru, 132 in Chile, 91 in Colombia , <span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">83 in Venezuela</span>, 78 in Canada, 60 in Ecuador, <span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">54 in Bolivia</span>, 52 Paraguay, 37 in Costa Rica, 33 in Uruguay, 21 in Dominican Republic, 19 in El Salvador, 15 in Honduras, 13 in Guatemala, <span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">11 in Nicaragua </span>, 11 in Panama, 4 in Jamaica, 2 in Suriname, 1 Barbados, 1 in French Guiana, 1 in the Cayman Islands, 1 in Martinique and 1 in St. Kitts and Nevis. </li>
<li><b>Asia (843-844):</b> <span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">329 India,</span> 165 in Thailand, 77 in Malaysia,<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;"> 35 in Saudi Arabia, </span>28 in the Philippines, <span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">28 in Israel</span>, 24 in Hong Kong, 21 in Oman, 18 in Japan, 18 in Singapore, 18 Taiwan, <span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">16 in Vietnam, </span>11 in South Korea, 10 in Indonesia, 8 in Kuwait, 6 the United Arab Emirates, Yemen 6, 4 to Bangladesh, Iran 4, 3 to Bahrain, Qatar in 3, 2 in Lebanon , 2 in Syria, 1 in Brunei, Cambodia 1, Georgia 1, 1 in Iraq, 1 in Laos, Macau 1, 1 and 0 in Palestine (1) in Russia. </li>
<li><b>Oceania (220):</b> 180 in Australia,<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;"> 18 in New Zealand,</span> 9 in New Caledonia, 7 in French Polynesia, 2 to Samoa, Cook Islands 1, 1 Marshall Islands, 1 in the Solomon Islands and Tonga Islands 1 . </li>
<li><b>Europe (154-155): </b>82 in Great Britain, 36 in Spain, 6 in metropolitan France,<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;"> 4 in Italy, </span>4 in Norway, 4 The Netherlands, 3 in Greece, 3 in Malta, <span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">2 in Belgium,</span> 2 in Hungary, 2 Ireland 2 Sweden 1 Germany, 1 Bulgaria, 1 in Luxembourg and 1 (2) in Portugal. </li>
<li><b>Africa (104):<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;"> </span></b><span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">83 in South Africa,</span> 8 in Mauritius, 6 at the Meeting, 2 in Egypt, 2 in Mozambique, 1 in Ghana, 1 in Madagascar and 1 in Namibia. </li>
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<b>>> + Of 441'000 registered cases (affected country): <br />
36'644 cases of influenza A H1N1 confirmed in Australia. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">In France - 30 confirmed deaths </span></b><br />
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The kindergarten Amur - who has 45 children - has closed its doors yesterday for a period of one week. This precautionary closure has been taken following the outbreak of influenza in 4 students. "The four persons employed in school Amur not found so far technically unemployed: they are responsible, this morning, to clean all that has been in contact with children. What a lot of work in two kindergarten classes: door handles, beds, dining room ... and hundreds of toys. "<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Source: The New Republic)</span><br />
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